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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Trump: Extracting Iran’s buried uranium will be ‘long and difficult process’
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US President Donald Trump says Iranian uranium enrichment and storage sites were completely destroyed in an operation in June, and that digging out the nuclear material will be difficult.
“Operation Midnight Hammer was a complete and total obliteration of the Nuclear Dust sites in Iran. Therefore, digging it out will be a long and difficult process. Fake News CNN, and other corrupt Media Networks and Platforms, fail to give our great aviators the credit they deserve — Always trying to demean and belittle — LOSERS!!!” he writes on Truth Social.
Trump has previously claimed that the June operation during the 12-day war with Iran successfully destroyed Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities, and has recently claimed Tehran has agreed to allow the material to be shipped out of the country.
However, Iranian officials have insisted on their “nuclear rights” and have not agreed to such a term.
The Times of Israel Community.