Channel 14 reports that Israeli intelligence assesses Iran cannot extract its enriched uranium from buried tunnels without US or Israeli detection. The demand for complete removal remains, and the IRGC's refusal raises the probability of a full-scale military confrontation.
Channel 14's evening edition reported Wednesday that Israeli intelligence assesses Iran cannot retrieve its enriched uranium from deep underground tunnels without detection by Israeli or US intelligence. The assessment, attributed to security sources, notes that the majority of the material is buried in tunnels in Isfahan and the ruins of the Fordow facility. The report stresses that the demand for complete removal of all enriched uranium from Iranian territory remains, and the Revolutionary Guards' refusal to do so raises the likelihood of a renewed full-scale military confrontation. The Zioneer has previously covered the evolving assessments and negotiations regarding the fate of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.
2 developments
- DevelopingAssessment: Most 60%-enriched uranium found in destroyed tunnels at Isfahan nuclear site
- StrongIran collapses tunnels, lays mines to shield near-weapons-grade uranium stockpile, CNN reports
- DevelopingSatellite imagery shows Isfahan nuclear facility tunnel entrances still buried under rubble a year after strikes
- DevelopingGNS analysis: Iran's nuclear potential underestimated over overlooked 20% and 5% enriched uranium stockpiles
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