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President Donald Trump sent another conflicting signal on the status of the Iran war on Wednesday, saying he does not care anymore about Iran's possession of enriched uranium — a key reason he previously stated for launching the military operation in the Middle East.

Trump was just hours away from addressing Americans when he made the comment that contradicted his previous statements, and that left ambiguous what conditions might end the conflict, The New York Times reported.

“That’s so far underground, I don’t care about that,” Trump told Reuters in an interview, referencing Tehran's uranium stockpile, which was reportedly buried following the June 2025 air strikes. ...

The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister said Wednesday that a Trump administration official did not give the real story about what prompted the war with Iran.

Majid Takht-Ravanchi told MS NOW anchor Ana Cabrera that Iran has continued to defend itself and its civilians after the surprise attack from the United States and Israel started on Saturday. He said that Iran has not received any messages from the United States and that Iran has also not sent any messages following the failed negotiations in February, saying that the Trump administration had not clearly represented what happened during those talks.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, had claimed that Iran had enough enriched uranium to develop 11 nuclear bombs — something Takht-Ravanchi argued was not the case, citing what happened during the two instances in Geneva last month. ...

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Earlier this year, Arizona lawmakers sued the Biden administration over the newly created Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument — arguing that the establishment of national monuments should be state matters and calling the move a “land grab.” Now, the Hopi, Havasupai, and Navajo Nation, whose ancestral lands overlap with the national monument, have intervened in the case and joined with the federal government to protect the area.

“Even if the Tribal Nations and federal government share similar goals and legal positions in this litigation, the United States cannot adequately represent the Tribal Nations’ sovereign interest,” the tribes’ intervention stated. ...

Belarus to shed nuclear material, giving boost to Obama anti-terror goal

Bombers on motorcycles kill Iranian nuclear scientist, wound another.