Trump Says Iran Caved On Uranium
President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has “agreed to everything” in talks with the United States, including a plan to remove enriched uranium from the country. In a phone interview with CBS News, Trump said the operation would not require U.S. troops on the ground. That is the kind of detail that matters, because America should be dealing from strength, not sending our men and women into another mess unless it is absolutely necessary. Trump said U.S. personnel would work with Iranian counterparts to recover the material and move it to the United States, a step that would keep dangerous nuclear material out of the hands of a regime that has spent years playing games with the world.
BREAKING: President Trump tells CBS News Iran has "agreed to everything," including the removal of enriched uranium. https://t.co/eac5lIcNUD
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 17, 2026
Why The Uranium Matters
Axios reported that one idea on the table was sending the uranium to a third country, while Iran wanted an arrangement that would let it “down-blend” the fuel. The bigger issue is simple: Iran has built up a stockpile of enriched uranium that has alarmed U.S. officials for years. Commercial nuclear plants use uranium enriched to about 3 to 5 percent, while weapons-related material is much closer to 90 percent. According to the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, that gap is not a small technical detail. It is the difference between civilian energy and a very bad day for the planet.
🚨 FOX NEWS ALERT: Peter Doocy reports President Trump just told CBS News the Iranian regime has AGREED to allow U.S. personnel to enter Iran to collect and extract leftover uranium.
“This explained why it is he's so confident a deal is about to be closed with the Iranians.”… pic.twitter.com/hvhw2KluLW
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) April 17, 2026
Witkoff Says Iran Bragged About Capacity
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Iranian negotiators told him in March that they had enough enriched uranium to build 11 nuclear weapons. He said they claimed the “inalienable right” to enrich their own nuclear fuel, and the Trump team answered with the much more sensible position that America has the right to stop a nuclear threat cold. Witkoff also said the Iranians admitted to having roughly 460 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent, which he noted could be turned into weapons-grade material in about a week inside a nuclear facility. That is not the kind of bragging that builds confidence. It is the kind that reminds normal people why strong leaders matter.
Pressure Is Clearly Working
The pressure campaign appears to be biting. The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was costing Iran as much as $435 million a day, including $276 million in lost exports, while U.S. and Israeli airstrikes hit key steel and petrochemical facilities. In other words, the regime is feeling the heat, and not in the nice spa-day kind of way. If these reports hold up, Trump may be proving once again that peace is more likely when America projects strength instead of apology tours.
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