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Trump Seeks to Abolish Iran’s Nuclear Stockpile, a Problem He Helped Create
ByWilliam J. Broad and David E. Sanger April 25, 2026April 26, 2026

President Trump withdrew from the Obama-era nuclear accord in 2018, saying it was the worst deal ever. But Iran responded with an enrichment spree that haunts the negotiations to this day.

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Trump Keeps Talking About Iran’s ‘Nuclear Dust.’ What Is It?
ByLuke Broadwater and David E. Sanger April 23, 2026April 23, 2026

First of all, it isn’t dust. It’s Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium, which is stored in large canisters about the size of scuba tanks.

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Trump Is Urged to Move on Nuclear Site Thought to Be Beyond Reach of Bombs
ByMichael Crowley April 17, 2026April 18, 2026

Little is known about Pickaxe Mountain, but some experts say it illustrates the impossibility of relying on force alone to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.

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The Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Uranium Stockpiles Were Sticking Points in U.S.-Iran Peace Talks
ByFarnaz Fassihi April 12, 2026April 12, 2026

The U.S. had demanded that Iran immediately reopen the strait to all maritime traffic, but Iran said it would do so only after a final peace deal, according to Iranian officials.

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Cease-Fire Leaves Questions Over Fate of Iran’s Uranium
ByAdam Rasgon April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

President Trump has vowed to stop Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. On Wednesday, he posted that the United States would work with Iran to dig up the “Nuclear ‘Dust.’”

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Trump Says He’ll End the Iran War in Weeks. What If He Can’t?
ByDavid E. Sanger April 2, 2026April 2, 2026

President Trump faces the possibility that at the end of his own two-to-three week window for wrapping up the war in Iran, nothing much will have changed.

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Iran Is Skeptical About Diplomacy, U.S. Intelligence Says
ByEdward Wong and Julian E. Barnes April 1, 2026April 2, 2026

Any decision by Iran to keep fighting would complicate President Trump’s stated goal of trying to end the war within weeks.

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‘I Don’t Care About That’: Trump Says Iran’s Enriched Uranium Is Not a Concern
ByDavid E. Sanger April 1, 2026

President Trump’s statement was the second time in 24 hours that he had declared that the nuclear problem with Iran had been solved, despite all evidence to the contrary.

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Iran Moves to Assert Control Over Strait While Trading Strikes With Israel
ByEuan Ward, Yeganeh Torbati, Adam Rasgon and Michael Levenson March 27, 2026March 28, 2026

Two ships turned back after being warned not to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. Iran said strikes in the country had hit a uranium processing plant and industrial sites.

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U.S. Circulates Iran Peace Plan While Sending Troops to the Middle East
ByDavid E. Sanger March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

The 2,000 paratroopers heading to the region may give President Trump more leverage in negotiations, but they also leave him with the option of doubling down on military force.

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