Iran signals re-closure of Hormuz as it rejects uranium transfer abroad
(www.middleeasteye.net)
from pete_link@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 2026 05:34
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from pete_link@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 2026 05:34
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cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/46123369
Iran on Saturday denied US claims that it agreed to transfer its enriched uranium abroad and signalled that the Strait of Hormuz has been closed again due to Washington’s ongoing naval blockade.
On Friday, President Donald Trump said the US would maintain a naval blockade on Iranian ports, imposed earlier this week, until a final agreement between the two countries is reached.
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Of course Iran is going to take every opportunity they get to make the US look like the untrustworthy assholes they have proven themselves to be.
It’s not like they have to try all that hard.
Doesnt handing the uranium over more or less guarantee more american freedom in their land? Fuck that shit.
Serioisly, the americans still trying to apply pressure here is insane. Theyre so owned.
Everyone wants nukes now. How else can you stop the US or Russia or China?
If they close the strait while you’re in the middle of it, are you stuck?
🎶 Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right–here i am! Stuck in the Strait of Hormuz 🎶
And I’m wondering what it is I could lose.
You turn back, and might be shot at.
reuters.com/…/convoy-tankers-is-seen-leaving-gulf…
Iran might agree to transfer its uranium to Russia. Russia would issue it as needed to Iran for peaceful purposes.
This is about the 60% enriched uranium. Which ‘peaceful purposes’ do you see for it?
Well, if it has no peaceful purpose, then Russia will have no obligation to return it.
Well you can read their answer to that in the article. The title, even
Actually, someone posted another article which said that Iran is willing to transfer its enriched uranium to Pakistan.
The transfer to Pakistan is a leak that’s not coming from Iranian sources for as far as I read, so it seems more like something that was coined during the talks or around them. Tbh, I think the US negotiators would gladly accept the offer (after they cleaned the coffee from their notes)
I also read the Iranians would agree to dilute it within their own borders
Of course, any of those solutions would just boil down to the same thing, without losing as much face
A nuclear arsenal to prevent certain countries from just randomly invading?
Yeah as soon as they get rid of their dictatorship government of religious child rapists: let me know and I’ll reevaluate
Are you talking about Iran or America?
Exactly ;-)