Iranians could reportedly be able to access and move highly enriched uranium that had been previously thought to have been buried underground by US strikes on the Isfahan nuclear facility last June.
According to a New York Times report, US intelligence agencies have determined that there is now a “very narrow access point” through which the uranium could potentially be retrieved.
The newspaper, writing based on anonymous interviews with US officials, says that American spy agencies are constantly surveilling the Isfahan facility and believe they will know of any Iranian attempts to relocate the enriched uranium. US officials have reportedly been debating options on how to secure the uranium for several weeks.
Since the US and Israeli bombings last June, Iran has refused to show what happened to its stockpile of highly enriched uranium or allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors access to sites where enrichment took place.
US President Donald Trump said yesterday he would not rule out the idea of sending ground troops into Iran to secure the country’s stockpiles of enriched uranium.
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