U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed to stop backing proxy groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, as part of a broader understanding with Washington. 

According to remarks he made in a phone interview with CBS News, Trump said Iran has “agreed to everything” and would work with the United States to remove its stockpile of enriched uranium, describing the arrangement as part of a developing agreement between the two sides.

“No. No troops,” Trump said when asked whether U.S. ground forces would be involved.

“We’ll go down and get it with them, and then we’ll take it. We’ll be getting it together because by that time, we’ll have an agreement and there’s no need for fighting when there’s an agreement. Nice right? That’s better. We would have done it the other way if we had to.”

Trump added that the material would ultimately be transferred to the United States.

“Our people, together with the Iranians, are going to work together to go get it. And then we’ll take it to the United States,” he said.

However, within hours of Trump’s comments, a spokesperson for Iran’s foreign ministry issued a statement rejecting any such move, saying: “Enriched uranium is as sacred to us as Iranian soil and will not be transferred anywhere under any circumstances,” and adding that “transferring uranium to the United States has not been an option.”

Trump told CBS News that talks between the two sides were ongoing, with another round of meetings expected over the weekend. He said the United States would maintain its blockade measures “until we get it done.”

The remarks come amid conflicting signals over the contours of a potential agreement. While Axios reported earlier that the Trump administration had discussed the possibility of releasing $20 billion in frozen Iranian assets in exchange for Tehran’s nuclear stockpile, the president dismissed the report.

“No, we are not paying 10 cents,” Trump said.