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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,188 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:31 PM Yesterday

Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium

Source: LeMonde

Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium

The US president said Washington and Tehran were 'very close' to a peace deal. Iran has previously insisted that its nuclear program is peaceful.

Le Monde with AFP
Published today at 12:11 am (Paris)
2 min read


President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Washington. JEN GOLBECK / AP

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, April 16 that Washington and Tehran were "very close" to a peace deal and insisted that Iran had agreed to hand over its enriched uranium, a key sticking point in negotiations. The United States had earlier threatened to resume airstrikes on the Islamic Republic and maintain a naval blockade of its ports if Tehran refused to accept a deal to solve the conflict that broke out on February 28.

At the same time, a ceasefire came into effect between Israel and Lebanon - a 10-day truce - with Trump saying he expected the two countries' leaders at the White House within "four or five days." Hezbollah has not said if it recognizes the ceasefire - but a senior figure said it would respect it if Israeli attacks on the militants stopped.

But Israel's army said it was striking Hezbollah rocket launchers after fire from Lebanon shortly before the ceasefire was due to begin. The prime ministers of both countries welcomed the ceasefire, which came days after the US and Iran agreed to a separate truce and as Pakistan pursued diplomatic efforts to arrange a new round of talks between foes Washington and Tehran.

{snip}

Read more: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/17/trump-says-iran-has-agreed-to-hand-over-enriched-uranium_6752515_4.html



Paris is something like 6 hours ahead of EDT.

"Trump says" is generally regarded as an indication of a lie. Expect a denial pretty soon.
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Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP
I don't believe a word of it pfitz59 Yesterday #1
Nor I. GentryDixon Yesterday #2
Pathological liar. Mentally demented and inept as well. AZ8theist 15 hrs ago #47
You lost me after Trump says" BumRushDaShow Yesterday #3
The picture shows him doing his air accordion. That's a tell that he's lying. PSPS Yesterday #4
If his lips move Lokee11 23 hrs ago #15
That's a very defensive gesture, IMO. usonian 19 hrs ago #40
Love it! Diamond_Dog 7 hrs ago #51
It's the BEST usonian 7 hrs ago #53
I am not Italian Diamond_Dog 6 hrs ago #54
In what form? SSJVegeta Yesterday #5
They are shipping it FedX to Merda Loco. twodogsbarking Yesterday #6
Nope Bayard Yesterday #7
Trump said: AverageOldGuy Yesterday #8
..... Diamond_Dog 7 hrs ago #52
Hmmm? Really? Who's doing the negotiating? IcyPeas Yesterday #9
They left an AI-powered replicant of Vance to negotiate--- Jack Valentino 22 hrs ago #30
If it's Witkoff & Kushner you know it's not serious thought crime 18 hrs ago #43
Dot...... MIKE UU 17 hrs ago #45
Since Trump Lies All of the Time MissouriDem47 23 hrs ago #10
Yeah, I'm sure. Two weeks after you show your taxes! Enter stage left 23 hrs ago #11
But in June you told us it was buried & would take years to dig out. Callie1979 23 hrs ago #12
Will the DoorDash Grandma be the one delivering it? tinrobot 23 hrs ago #13
Snort! Literally. 50 Shades Of Blue 23 hrs ago #14
Yes. In a big McDonald's bag. durablend 22 hrs ago #23
Yeah, right, tell me another fairy tale DinahMoeHum 23 hrs ago #16
I wonder what it said in the... reACTIONary 22 hrs ago #17
I hope they hand some to him so he can pose with a picture of him holding it n/t Cheezoholic 22 hrs ago #18
I'll give him the benefit of a doubt Red Mountain 22 hrs ago #19
Trump can verify by the feelings in his bones thought crime 18 hrs ago #44
No worries. Tomorrow he will come on FOX carrying a brown paper bag tavernier 22 hrs ago #20
LOL! Ray Bruns 21 hrs ago #31
"Iran's agreed to that, and they've agreed to it very powerfully." Aviation Pro 22 hrs ago #21
For how long? blue-wave 22 hrs ago #22
Really? Were Trump's lips moving? Martin68 22 hrs ago #24
Horrrrrrrseshit. Grokenstein 22 hrs ago #25
Trump's credibility wasn't too high in 'The Apprentice' days. Aussie105 22 hrs ago #26
Yeah I'm betting that's a lie. yourout 22 hrs ago #27
It is a blatant lie, as usual dalton99a 22 hrs ago #28
In two weeks . . . Strelnikov_ 22 hrs ago #29
What fertilizer shortage? BidenRocks 21 hrs ago #32
And I will also sell you some great beach front in Florida.... Sancho 21 hrs ago #33
That means they said they will NOT hand over enriched uranium. Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #34
The only reason to give it up is a complete lifting of sanctions Renew Deal 21 hrs ago #35
3 things: Botany 21 hrs ago #36
_ LudwigPastorius 21 hrs ago #37
With detonators TexasBushwhacker 20 hrs ago #38
Depends (pun not intended) on how it's delivered. usonian 20 hrs ago #39
Testing new material ... Tasmanian Devil 19 hrs ago #41
Is it too much to hope it's true and it's handed to him Buddyzbuddy 19 hrs ago #42
The Washington Post headline Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 17 hrs ago #46
in other news: the orange pedo maintains his place as the biggest bullshit artist of all time. nt Javaman 12 hrs ago #48
What does Iran say? Zelda_Orchid 12 hrs ago #49
liar. travelingthrulife 7 hrs ago #50
Lying liar sez wut? City Lights 5 hrs ago #55
Has Iran corroborated the claim? RussBLib 4 hrs ago #56

pfitz59

(12,786 posts)
1. I don't believe a word of it
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:32 PM
Yesterday

If true, they should hand it to him, in person, without shielding.

AZ8theist

(7,452 posts)
47. Pathological liar. Mentally demented and inept as well.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:25 AM
15 hrs ago

Simply ANOTHER distraction from the Epstein files.

usonian

(25,842 posts)
40. That's a very defensive gesture, IMO.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:28 AM
19 hrs ago

Highly unqualified opinion, but I speak Italian.

Like so.



My reply.

Diamond_Dog

(40,759 posts)
54. I am not Italian
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:19 PM
6 hrs ago

But I live in an area where there are many Italians and have definitely seen this before and know what it means!

AverageOldGuy

(3,983 posts)
8. Trump said:
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:05 PM
Yesterday

"I will pass a beautiful health care bill."

"Gas will be below $2.00 a gallon."

"I never heard of Geoffrey Epstein."

"I didn't pay that woman $133,000."

IcyPeas

(25,580 posts)
9. Hmmm? Really? Who's doing the negotiating?
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:05 PM
Yesterday

Trump? Vance? Rubio?

Prove it.

I'll wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jack Valentino

(5,136 posts)
30. They left an AI-powered replicant of Vance to negotiate---
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:10 PM
22 hrs ago

unfortunately it is stuck to a couch....

MIKE UU

(12 posts)
45. Dot......
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 02:34 AM
17 hrs ago

For the people who use a reading app the repeating periods are read as individual dots x100.......FYI

Enter stage left

(4,603 posts)
11. Yeah, I'm sure. Two weeks after you show your taxes!
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:24 PM
23 hrs ago

You are so fucking stupid and lie so much that if you stated the sun would rise in the east, I'd go outside tomorrow morning to make sure.

Callie1979

(1,368 posts)
12. But in June you told us it was buried & would take years to dig out.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:29 PM
23 hrs ago

Were you lying THEN or were you lying 7weeks ago?

Red Mountain

(2,363 posts)
19. I'll give him the benefit of a doubt
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:27 PM
22 hrs ago

they might have agreed to hand over some quantity of enriched uranium.

If they did, and do, I'd guess they still have plenty left.

It's all about the verification. It takes real diplomacy to make that work.

Expectation level: low.

tavernier

(14,463 posts)
20. No worries. Tomorrow he will come on FOX carrying a brown paper bag
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:28 PM
22 hrs ago

with Rich Urayneeyum written on the side in black Sharpie.

Aviation Pro

(15,638 posts)
21. "Iran's agreed to that, and they've agreed to it very powerfully."
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:31 PM
22 hrs ago

More stupid shit from the child raping bag 'o fuck.

Just remember, motherfucker, once this crisis, that you fucking caused, is over Epstein comes roaring back.

Aussie105

(8,020 posts)
26. Trump's credibility wasn't too high in 'The Apprentice' days.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:02 PM
22 hrs ago

And it has been getting lower ever since.

Which orifice did he pull that info from?
Does Iran know?

The 'air accordion' hand action is just him lying, and stretching the lie further with his hand actions.
'Believe me Bigly!', he says.

Renew Deal

(85,262 posts)
35. The only reason to give it up is a complete lifting of sanctions
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:50 PM
21 hrs ago

With committed investment from the US and others. Iran would have to also commit to not call for the end of Israel. If you put all of that into a deal, it may be workable. It's tough to lift sanctions without any commitment by Iran on Israel.

Botany

(77,528 posts)
36. 3 things:
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:51 PM
21 hrs ago

The enriched uranium that Iran would never have had under the previous agreement that
the Obama administration had gotten done which Trump tore up.

I don’t believe a word out of Trump’s mouth.

EPSTEIN.

TexasBushwhacker

(21,237 posts)
38. With detonators
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:03 AM
20 hrs ago

They may not have it enriched enough to make a nuke, but I bet they can make dirty bombs.

usonian

(25,842 posts)
39. Depends (pun not intended) on how it's delivered.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:14 AM
20 hrs ago

If that burger's glowing,
To Hades he's going.


IN A TAN SUIT.




Tasmanian Devil

(182 posts)
41. Testing new material ...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:33 AM
19 hrs ago

He's just trying out new jokes for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner!

Why do people even bother to report what he says?

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,281 posts)
46. The Washington Post headline
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 02:35 AM
17 hrs ago
Trump says Iran agrees to hand over ‘nuclear dust’.

Iran has not confirmed Trump’s claim.

https://wapo.st/41DySw4

The comments section is very skeptical.

Javaman

(65,860 posts)
48. in other news: the orange pedo maintains his place as the biggest bullshit artist of all time. nt
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:17 AM
12 hrs ago

Zelda_Orchid

(86 posts)
49. What does Iran say?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:36 AM
12 hrs ago

It's a sad state of affairs when a "rogue regime" is more trust worthy than the US govt.

RussBLib

(10,674 posts)
56. Has Iran corroborated the claim?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:36 PM
4 hrs ago

Last I saw there was no comment from Iran about the frequent liars claim. So now I guess if Iran says NO Trump can claim “they double-crossed me.”

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

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