US President Donald Trump has stated on Thursday that Washington did not need a deal with Iran to get enriched uranium from the country.
"We could get it right now. I don't think they could stop us if we wanted, but there's no reason to. It's entombed," he told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump also said that he did not want to meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. But he added that if Washington and Tehran reached a deal, it was possible that the two would meet and added: "If it happened ... I'd be respectful".
Meanwhile, the US President noted he believed progress was being made between Israel and Lebanon and that Lebanon deserved to have peace.
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "I actually spoke to Hezbollah about it".
He continued, "And I think progress is made. It's been going on for a long time, you know."
Hezbollah had earlier rejected a new ceasefire in Lebanon on Thursday, and Israel said it would not withdraw troops from the country.
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