{"id":4247,"date":"2025-06-27T13:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:29:07","slug":"us-divided-on-fate-of-irans-enriched-uranium-after-strikes-nyt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/us-divided-on-fate-of-irans-enriched-uranium-after-strikes-nyt\/","title":{"rendered":"US divided on fate of Iran\u2019s enriched uranium after strikes \u2013 NYT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intelligence reports differ as the IAEA says the fuel could have been moved before the attacks, the outlet says<\/strong><\/p>\n

US intelligence officials are divided over the fate of Iran\u2019s enriched uranium stockpile following recent US and Israeli airstrikes on key nuclear facilities, the New York Times reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The hostilities began on June 13 when Israel launched strikes on Iran, claiming Tehran was close to developing a nuclear bomb \u2013 which has been denied by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and US intelligence.<\/p>\n

The US joined the campaign on June 22, striking several nuclear facilities. A ceasefire brokered by Washington came into effect on Tuesday and has so far been upheld.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has said the strikes \u201ccompletely and totally obliterated\u201d<\/em> Iran\u2019s nuclear infrastructure. However, US intelligence assessments and international watchdogs reportedly suggest that while the facilities were damaged, Iran\u2019s capability to resume its nuclear program remains.<\/p>\n

US officials said intelligence assessments on the status of Iran\u2019s enriched uranium stockpile are inconsistent, with differing views among Iranian officials contributing to the uncertainty, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

Parts of the Natanz nuclear facility, where some of the uranium was believed to be stored, were damaged but not destroyed in the US and Israeli airstrikes, the report said, citing US officials.<\/p>\n

Due to limited access and conflicting assessments, the US intelligence community has not reached a firm conclusion about how much of<\/p>\n

the material Iran has retained, people familiar with the findings told the NYT.<\/p>\n

Following a classified Senate briefing on Thursday, several Republican lawmakers stressed that destroying or seizing the stockpile was not an objective of the strikes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t want people to think the problem is over, because it\u2019s not,\u201d<\/em> Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told reporters, noting that the nuclear sites were significantly damaged.<\/p>\n

There is also uncertainty over the original location of Iran\u2019s uranium stockpile. Trump said it was at Fordow, while others pointed to Natanz. The IAEA reported that most of it was stored at Isfahan, where Iran operates reactors and nuclear facilities. Some experts believe the stockpile was dispersed across multiple sites.<\/p>\n

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said Iranian officials told inspectors they would relocate the material if it was threatened. The uranium was stored in containers small enough to fit \u201cinto the trunk of an ordinary car,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

In the days leading up to the US missile strike on Isfahan, surveillance reportedly shows vehicles moving items into or out of the labs.<\/p>\n

Grossi said this week he believes much of the uranium remains in Iran\u2019s hands. \u201cI don\u2019t know if they moved all of it,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cBut the evidence points to their moving out a lot of it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Intelligence reports differ as the IAEA says the fuel could have been moved before the attacks, the outlet says US intelligence officials are divided over the fate of Iran\u2019s enriched uranium stockpile following recent US and Israeli airstrikes on key nuclear facilities, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The hostilities began on June 13…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4251,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions\/4251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}