U.S. and Iran Still Deadlocked on Key Issues Despite Signs of Diplomatic Progress

By Jacob Bogage and Parisa Hafezi

WASHINGTON/DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Iran stuck to opposing stances on Thursday over Tehran’s uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz, although U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there had been “some good signs” in talks.

U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. will eventually recover Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium – which Washington believes is destined for a nuclear weapon though Tehran says it is intended purely for peaceful purposes.

“We will get it. We don’t need it, we don’t want it. We’ll probably destroy