Classified Reports Shows Iran's Weapons-Grade Uranium Could Be Recovered Despite Trump Claims Nuke Site Was Annihilated: NYT

"U.S. intelligence believes Iran's store of highly-enriched uranium that kind used to manufacture nuclear weapons could still be retrieved, despite President Donald Trump's assertion that U.S. strikes wiped out Iran's nuclear capabilities. Times reporters spoke to multiple officials familiar with the classified reports who said Iran or potentially another group can still get to the uranium through a very narrow access point, even though the material was entombed under the country's nuclear site at Isfahan."

"Last June, Trump bragged that the U.S. did monumental damage to all nuclear sites in Iran, following strikes by bunker-busting bombs on nuclear sites at Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz. Obliteration is an accurate term! Trump posted on Truth Social at the time. The white structure shown is deeply imbedded into the rock, with even its roof well below ground level, and completely shielded from flame."

"U.S. officials have said that American spy agencies have constant surveillance of the Isfahan site and have a high degree of confidence they could detect and react to any attempt by the Iranian government or other groups to move it. The report said Trump chose not to try to retrieve the uranium last year after the 12-day war after determining that doing so at that time would be too dangerous."

U.S. intelligence officials report that Iran's stockpile of highly-enriched uranium, suitable for nuclear weapons manufacturing, remains accessible despite President Trump's assertions that American strikes completely destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities. The uranium, stored in gas form within canisters, is entombed beneath Iran's nuclear facility at Isfahan but can still be retrieved through a narrow access point. While Trump claimed monumental damage to nuclear sites at Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz following bunker-busting bomb strikes, U.S. officials maintain constant surveillance of the Isfahan site with high confidence in detecting any retrieval attempts. The timeline for Iran to move the uranium remains unclear. Trump declined to attempt uranium retrieval following the 12-day conflict, determining such action would be too dangerous at that time.

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