(All Israel News)—A senior Israeli official told The New York Times on Thursday that some of Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpiles likely survived the recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Tehran’s nuclear facilities – and may still be accessible to Iranian nuclear scientists.
Briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, the official said the remaining stockpiles are “likely buried in caskets underground,” raising concerns in Jerusalem that the Iranian regime could attempt “going nuclear underground.” Despite these concerns, the official emphasized that any Iranian move to recover enriched uranium would “most likely be detected by Jerusalem and Washington.” Such an action, the official warned, would almost certainly trigger renewed Israeli – and potentially American – aerial strikes on Iran.
During an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued that the Iranian regime would likely think twice before attempting to recover its buried enriched uranium due to fears of a strong Israeli and American military response.
“They know they felt the might – the might of America, the might of Israel and the combined might of Israel and America. It’s made an impact, not only in the Middle East, it’s made an impact around the world. Everybody sees this,” Netanyahu stated.
“So it has to be made clear to them, and I think it has been, that they don’t get this enriched uranium,” the Israeli prime minister continued.
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