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Anderson Cooper 360

Trump: Putin Offered Help with Iran's Uranium Stockpiles

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Iran is expected to submit a revised peace proposal soon, sources say, and President Trump and Russian President Vladimir discussed the Iran ceasefire and other topics in a 90-minute phone call. The President told reporters Putin said he’d “like to be involved” in helping settle the issue of Iranian nuclear enrichment. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparred with Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee in his first testimony since the war began, describing lawmakers who criticize the effort as “the biggest adversary.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening from the newsroom, breaking news, and the war with Iran in an Oval Office

0:09.4

event late today. The President said the Trump administration is currently having talks

0:13.0

telephonically, in his words, with Iran and they have to cry uncle. He also spoke about

0:18.7

a 90-minute phone call he had today with Russian President Vladimir

0:21.8

Putin.

0:24.0

What involvement does he want to have in the Iran situation?

0:29.0

He told me he'd like to be involved with the enrichment if he can help us get it.

0:34.3

I said I'd much rather have you be involved with ending the war with Ukraine.

0:40.2

While Russia did play a role in storing Iran's uranium under the 2015 agreement,

0:44.7

the Obama administration made with Iran, which President Trump backed out of, it should be noted

0:48.5

that Russia, presumably, under orders from Vladimir Putin, has provided Iran with intelligence

0:53.7

about the location and movements

0:55.0

of American troops and ships and aircraft. Now that's according to multiple people familiar with

0:59.8

U.S. intelligence reporting on the issue. Additionally, Russia has helped Iran with advanced drone

1:04.7

tactics to actually hit U.S. and Gulf Nation targets in the Middle East, according to a Western

1:09.2

intelligence official and Americans have been killed and wounded in Iranian drone strikes, we should point out.

1:15.3

With the Iran war now passed its two-month mark, the president was pressed on the timeline for the

1:19.8

conflict.

1:21.8

Do you think the war in Iran ends first or the war in Ukraine?

1:26.0

Well, we talked more about the war in Ukraine, but he would like to be of help.

1:32.3

I said, before you help me, I want to end your war.

1:35.3

But which war do you think ends first?

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