U.S. SCRAMBLES OVER IRAN-NIGER TALKS

The United States claims Iran and Niger are talking about a uranium deal.

The radioactive substance can bolster a country's development and defence. And, with Niger being the world's seventh-largest producer, Iran may have found a gold mine with which it may be able to escape decades of US/UN/EU sanctions.

US officials made this claim during an unannounced visit to the Sahelian country that broke diplomatic protocol. A few days later, Niger's military government, which had ousted Western-aligned President Mohamed Bazoum in July 2023, announced it was nullifying an agreement that another Western-aligned Nigerien president, Mahamadou Issoufou, had negotiated in 2014. The deal had allowed the US military to occupy a $110 million US-built drone base in Agadez.

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