Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen told N12 that Iran's 60% enriched uranium remains far from a weapon, even as he praised the US bombing of the Fordow nuclear site as 'the fulfillment of all my dreams'. Cohen also reiterated that Mossad operatives walked through the facility repeatedly to study it, in remarks first reported earlier Tuesday.
Former Mossad Director Yossi Cohen told N12's Amit Segal on Tuesday that Iran's stockpile of 60% enriched uranium remains 'far from a bomb,' offering a technical assessment that aligns with prior Israeli intelligence evaluations. Speaking at the Galil Conference, Cohen also described the American strike on the Fordow facility as 'the fulfillment of all my dreams' and revealed that Mossad operatives had physically entered the site on multiple occasions to map its layout.
The remarks build on earlier disclosures from the same conference, which The Zioneer reported at 14:15 and 14:20 Jerusalem. At 14:15, Cohen noted that Mossad agents had walked through Fordow 'numerous times' to study it. By 14:20, he had called the US bombing a long-standing goal. The new N12 interview adds the explicit praise quote and reaffirms the assessment that Iran's 60% enriched uranium is not yet weaponizable.
The assessment that 60% material is not yet a bomb echoes a broader Israeli evaluation, as reports reported on June 13: most of Iran's near-weapons-grade uranium is believed to be entombed under rubble at the Isfahan tunnels and Fordow ruins, making extraction difficult and detectable. International monitors, including IAEA Director Rafael Grossi, have estimated that over 440 kg of 60% enriched uranium remain at these sites. Cohen's comment does not provide new details on the material's location or quantity.
No further elaboration was given on the timeline required to convert the enriched stockpile into a deliverable warhead, and no independent verification of the location or state of the material has emerged.
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