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Estimated Iranian Enriched Uranium Purity Levels
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Iran's enriched uranium under US surveillance, Trump says
“If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up,” Trump said. US President Donald Trump listens to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 8, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/ELIZABETH FRANTZ)ByDANYA SAPERSTEINMAY 10, 2026 19:42US President Donald Trump said that the US has Iran’s enriched uranium surveilled, and is prepared to take action if it receives intelligence that action is being taken at the site in an interview with Full Measure on Sunday. When asked where the US is in the war without acquiring the uranium, Trump responded that the US would attain it “at some point,” and that the Space Force has the site under surveillance.“If anybody gets near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up,” Trump said. Trump reiterated his commitment to stopping Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon and emphasized how close Iran was to such a goal before his intervention. Mentioning the attack on Iran, which took place in June of 2025, Trump claimed the operation stopped Iran when they were only two weeks away from a nuclear weapon. “If we didn’t do that, they would have already blown up Israel,” Trump said.The Jerusalem Post has previously reported that Iran was not two weeks away from a nuclear weapon, as Trump stated, but was rather weeks away from having enough enriched nuclear uranium. Notably, the other elements for finishing a nuclear weapon would have taken at least one year, if not two. A SATELLITE image shows a closer view of the Natanz Nuclear Facility with new building damage, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, near Natanz, Iran, March 2, 2026. (credit: VANTOR/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)Trump downplays effect of Iranian blockade on USTrump also discussed the Strait of Hormuz, saying that the US does not rely on the waterway and that its operations there are done to aid allies in the region. “We don’t need the strait. We were doing it to help Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, and others,” Trump said.Trump added that the US was now producing more oil and gas than Russia and Saudi Arabia combined and that he expects that number to double by the end of the year.Iran at 'full readiness' to protect nuclear sitesAn Iranian military spokesperson said that Iranian forces were on “full readiness” to protect nuclear sites storing uranium in an interview with state news agency IRNA on Saturday.Brig. Gen. Akrami Nia told IRNA that Iran considered that the US might try to remove the uranium through infiltration...
Trump says US will not allow Iran to reach enriched uranium
US president says Washington has the nuclear material in Iran ‘surveilled’ and will ‘blow up’ anyone who gets near it.President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will target any Iranian trying to reach the country’s highly enriched uranium, saying that the nuclear material is under constant surveillance by the US military.In an interview with the syndicated TV show Full Measure that aired on Sunday, Trump appeared to play down the significance of the uranium, which is believed to be buried under the rubble of nuclear facilities, remaining in Iran for now.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US-Iran ceasefire under strain as Gulf states report drone attackslist 2 of 3Iran sends response to US proposal to end war via mediator Pakistanlist 3 of 3Putin hints at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, but why now?end of list“We’ll get that at some point, whenever we want. We have it surveilled,” Trump said.“I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching. If somebody walked in, they can tell you his name, his address, the number of his badge … If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up.”Iran’s highly enriched uranium is one of the major sticking points between Washington and Tehran in ceasefire negotiations to end the 10-week US-Israel war on Iran.The US wants Iran to transfer the uranium outside the country and completely shut down its nuclear programme, but Tehran has stressed that it will not give up its right to a domestic enrichment programme.Several international media reports have said that the uranium remains under nuclear sites that the US bombed in June 2025, but Tehran has not confirmed the location of the nuclear material.Last month, Trump announced that Iran had agreed to allow Washington to retrieve the uranium and bring it to the US – claims that Tehran quickly dismissed.Trump told Reuters on April 17 that the US would work with Iran “at a nice leisurely pace, and go down and start excavating with big machinery” to retrieve the uranium stockpile at the sites.“We’ll bring it back to the United States,” he added.Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei denied Trump’s claim. “Enriched uranium is as sacred to us as Iranian soil and will not be transferred anywhere under any circumstances,” he said.Iran is estimated to have more than 400kg (882lb) of uranium enriched at 60 percent purity.Uranium enrichment is a complex process of isolating and garnering the most radioactive variety –...
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