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Israeli intelligence believe that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium had not been removed from the Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites before they were struck by the United States last month amid Israel’s 12-day war with the Islamic Republic, Reuters reported on July 10, citing a senior Israeli official.
The stockpiles of some 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent had not moved since the strikes also, the unnamed official told Reuters.
The official suggested, however, that the Iranians might still be able to gain access to the enriched uranium at Isfahan but that it would be very difficult to remove it.
While there is a general belief that 90 percent enriched uranium is strictly needed to manufacturer a nuclear weapon, the International Atomic Energy Agency actually considers highly enriched uranium, which is defined as uranium enriched to 20 percent or greater, as a “direct use” material, meaning it “can be used for the manufacture of nuclear explosive devices without transmutation or further enrichment.”
Speaking on Fox Business during his visit to the U.S., Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on July 9 that Israel remains concerned about Iran’s supply of enriched uranium.
“We think we know where it is, it’s sort of buried underground, and we don’t have contrary information,” the primer said when asked about the current whereabouts of the enriched uranium.
Addressing Israel’s campaign against Iran, Netanyahu said, “The one thing that we didn’t deal with that we knew we didn’t deal with was the enriched uranium.”
“So it has to be made clear to them, and I think it has been, that they don’t get this enriched uranium,” he continued.
Netanyahu added that enriched uranium “is not enough to make atomic bombs — it’s a necessary component, but it’s not sufficient.”
Israel “want[s] that necessary component to be under control too,” he said, adding that “I think the Iranians understand that what the US and Israel did once we could do twice, and thrice.”
So far, Iran has remained silent on the fate of its enriched uranium stockpiles. While the Islamic Republic has always maintained that it was not interested in acquiring nuclear weapons, the recent U.S.-backed Israeli attack may have changed many opinions in Tehran.
If the enriched uranium is indeed still under the rebel of the three targeted nuclear sites, a lot of efforts will be needed to retrieve it. This can be done, however.
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try to “roll over it again” fafo!…
“under the rubble”. rubble is what a house leaves when it collapses.
it’s funny sometimes when russian writers make obvious mistakes. sometimes i saw russisms (russian expression literally translated what you don’t say in the other lingo). don’t get me wrong i am fine with this little russian info corner, just don’t pretend this is not a ru military mouthpiece. we need it 😉
why does southfront always spout israeli propaganda? or is it iranian disinformation? the one sure fact is that we all know israel has nuclear weapons. she can’t say that publicly because the usa wouldn’t be able to fund her
they can say it publicly. they don’t care. nothing will happens, they rule the west. the un is a farce. there is no international laws anymore. the international atomic energy agence gave infos to us and israël to locate the enriched uranium.
“it” also can’t say that because they are not signee’s to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty which in fact makes them a rogue “regime”.
that rubber should protect the uranium quite nicely.
it is absurd to suggest the iranians can’t excavate rubble. “thousands of tons of rock” – eh, where do all those shitty cybertrucks come from?
i suspect this propaganda is intended to confuse the iranians or possibly get them to disclose information that they shouldn’t. that and the zionists want to give the impression of omniscience and omnipotence.
a senior appointed expert liar for the warfare luc iferian state.
his goal is to destroy israel and end all three abramic faiths. another clown liar for the cult of death.
they want de population so bad, unfortunately his mother did not abort the satani c liar.
usa will decide if iran lives or dies…heheheh