US President ​Donald Trump on Thursday said ‌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”.