Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has, however, issued a directive that the uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources told Reuters before Trump's comments. Trump also railed against Tehran's intentions to charge fees for use of the Strait of Hormuz off its coast, where a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas passed through before the war.

Iran’s supreme leader has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources said,

Iranian sources say Khamenei ordered highly enriched uranium to remain in the country, complicating US-led talks as Trump warns of renewed strikes and Israel demands the stockpile…