Israel Says Iran Has Some Uranium Left
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Israel believes deeply buried stocks of enriched uranium at an Iranian nuclear facility hit by the US military are potentially retrievable.
Officials in Israel are acknowledging that some enriched uranium may have survived the powerful U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last month.
President Donald Trump claims Iran's nuclear sites were "totally obliterated," while Israeli officials report a portion of enriched uranium may have survived the operation.
Israel believes that Iran could potentially retrieve enriched uranium buried beneath one of the three facilities struck by US forces last month, according to a senior Israeli official.
It remains unclear how long it would take Iran to rebuild its nuclear program following US and Israeli attacks
Trump is counting on the threat of more attacks to pressure Tehran into a nuclear agreement, but Israel is skeptical a pact would prevent Iran from moving toward a nuclear weapon.
Portions of Iran’s near weapons-grade enriched uranium wasn’t entirely destroyed in US strikes and the stockpiles could potentially be accessed by nuclear engineers, according to a
Israel believes at least some of Iran’s highly enriched uranium was buried by U.S. strikes and not destroyed or moved beforehand.
Iran's president said on Thursday the U.N. nuclear watchdog should drop its "double standards" if Tehran is to resume cooperation with it over the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, Iranian state media reported.
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