Politics Trump: Iran did not bring uranium to safety before US attacks
According to US President Donald Trump, he does not believe that Iran has taken enriched uranium to safety before the US attacks on its nuclear facilities. In an interview with Fox News, the Republican denied media reports that quantities of uranium may have been moved. "They didn't move anything," said Trump.
29.06.2025, 18:06
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The USA had not announced the attacks, so there had hardly been any preparation time. "They didn't know we were coming", said Trump. It was also extremely difficult, dangerous and logistically complex to relocate enriched uranium due to its weight.
According to the US President, there were indications of activities at a facility shortly before the attack - although he did not explicitly name the Fordo site, he spoke of a "very deep" facility. Vehicles and construction workers had been seen on site trying to seal entrances. "These were people working with concrete. They were trying to seal the entrance where the bomb was likely to hit," Trump said. In his estimation, however, no uranium had been transferred. The US weapon had also "cut through the seal like butter".
Leadership in Tehran insists it does not want to build nuclear weapons
According to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran possesses more than 400 kilograms of uranium with a purity level of 60 percent, which is almost suitable for weapons. According to diplomats, this could be used to produce several nuclear weapons if the material were to be further enriched to 90 percent. Following the attacks by the USA and Israel in Iran, the IAEA is interested in verifying the whereabouts of this material. "We don't know where this material could be," IAEA chief Rafael Grossi recently told CBS News.
The leadership in Tehran insists that it does not want to build nuclear weapons, but there has been growing concern in many countries recently that it is moving ever closer to the ability to produce nuclear weapons.
