President Donald Trump said Thursday that the US opposes any tolls on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and vowed that Iran will not be allowed to retain highly enriched uranium, Anadolu reports.
“We don’t want tolls. It’s an international waterway. They’re not charging tolls right now,” Trump told the reporters at the White House.
Trump claimed Iran is suffering major financial losses because of restrictions on shipping activity.
Asked whether Iran could retain its stockpile of highly enriched uranium under any future arrangement, Trump answered bluntly.
“No, we get the highly enriched; we will get it,” Trump said. “We don’t need it. We don’t want it. We’ll probably destroy it after we get it, but we’re not going to let them have it.”
