Iran said it revitalized 880 pounds of rich uranium before the US bombed its nuclear presence.
Trump says Israel and Iran agree to a ceasefire
President Donald Trump says he agreed to a ceasefire after Iran and Iran retaliated for our strike at three nuclear facilities.
WASHINGTON – His claim that he “decapitalizes” Iran’s nuclear site in President Donald Trump’s scramble to save the Israeli-Iran ceasefire remains unanswered – where is uranium?
Trump’s June 23 ceasefire announcement comes after his administration said he had destroyed three major nuclear facilities in Iran: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
The US has “completely and completely wiped out” Iran’s nuclear facility, Trump said on June 21 after the bomb was dropped.
burial? fine? There is no answer regarding Iran’s enriched uranium.
The initial assessment has resulted in all three sites being “maintained very serious damage and destruction,” General Dan Kane, chairman of the Co-Sided Officer, told reporters.
But Iran’s nuclear program watchers say a massive question mark is looming on US operations. What happened to Iran’s rich uranium?
That was “not the question before us,” Vice President JD Vance said in a June 23 interview with Fox News that he avoided what happened to Iran’s uranium stockpile. The bombing, more importantly, destroyed Tehran’s ability to enrich uranium to the level required for nuclear weapons, he said.
“I think uranium has been buried,” he added.
“Crime”
Nuclear experts disagreed.
“Critical nuclear materials remain unmeasured,” said Kelsey Davenport, director of non-proliferation policies at the Arms Management Association.
“Our understanding is that some of them have been taken to Iran and we don’t know where they are,” former UN nuclear weapons inspector David Albright said in a June 24 interview with CNN about his abundant uranium stockpile.
Satellite images showed new craters at the Fordow and Natanz facilities where our “bunkerbuster” bombs had an impact.
“It is clear that Fordow was also directly affected, but the extent of damage within the uranium enriched holes cannot be determined for certain,” said Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in a June 22nd report.
Officials and nuclear experts say that most of Iran’s enriched uranium is stored in an underground complex near the Isfahan facility, with the US struck by Tomahawk missiles fired from naval submarines, destroying several ground facilities, satellite images show.
Grossi has reported damage to several buildings and entrances to underground storage tunnels, but it is unclear what happened to the uranium that may be held in the tunnel.
“The underground facilities don’t appear to be targeted at all,” says Samlea, a researcher at the James Martin Center, James Martin Center, Middlebury College.
“Natantz, Fordow and Isfahan all contain deep buried facilities on the ground at these sites that make it difficult to assess the extent of damage without boots,” Davenport said.
Did Iran move uranium stock before we bombed?
Rhea said Iran has enough time to remove rich uranium from the underground tunnels before Israel first attacks the facility on June 13th.
The Maxar Technology satellite image captured vehicle activity on the Fordow over the days leading up to the US strike, including a line of cargo trucks parked outside. Hassan Abedini, deputy politician director of Iran’s state broadcasting station, told reporters after the US bombed Iran, “it was not hit hard because the material had already been extracted.”
Iran’s enriched uranium is the heart of Israel and the US justification for the attack. According to the IAEA, Iran enriched 400 kilograms of uranium (about 880 pounds) to 60%.
Secret Sites, Enrichment for the Future?
“The risk posed by 60% of the enriched uranium is amplified because Iran may have hidden the centrifuge at an undeclared site,” Davenport said.
On June 13, when Israel launched an attack on Iran, citing the dangers of the nuclear program, the IAEA said Iran had revealed plans for a new enrichment site.
“The Iranians were preparing to do something similar to this on a level,” Leah said. Another site is that “they are ready to install a centrifuge somewhere and not many people are talking about it.”
On June 24, Iranian nuclear chief Mohamad Eslami told Mehr News that the nuclear program that Iran claims is peace would be restored. “The plan is to prevent any interruptions in the production and service process,” Eslami said.
But Trump vowed in a post about the True Society: “Iran will never rebuild their nuclear facilities!”
