Trump ‘planning High-risk Operation To Seize Iran’s Uranium Using Us Troops’

President Donald Trump is considering whether to motorboat a risky subject operation to prehend uranium from heavy wrong Iran, according to US officials, successful what would correspond a awesome escalation successful nan war.

The American president is yet to make a last determination connected nan scheme arsenic nan conflict successful nan Middle East enters its 5th week, but he is said to beryllium unfastened to nan thought and weighing up nan threat to US troops, according to the Wall Street Journal.

On Sunday, Trump told reporters that Iran must springiness up its highly enriched uranium for nan ongoing warfare to end.

“They are decimated correct now. They're going to springiness up atomic weapons. They're going to springiness america nan atomic dust,” he said referring to nan uranium.

“They're going to do everything that we want to do. If they don't do that, they're not going to person a country.”

Seizing Iran’s uranium would entail a analyzable cognition involving American troops flying to atomic sites while nether occurrence from Iranian forces.

Combat troops would request to unafraid nan perimeters of nan sites, supported by highly-skilled method unit and engineers connected committee to extract nan radioactive material. This would request to beryllium carried successful astir 40 to 50 typical cylinders to beryllium transported retired of nan state without incident.

They would besides request to measure nan territory for mines and different explosive devices designed to ward disconnected information breaches.

“It’s nan occupation of nan Pentagon to make preparations successful bid to springiness nan commander-in-chief maximum optionality. It does not mean nan president has made a decision,” White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said successful a statement.

The Pentagon person not commented connected nan reports and a spokesperson for US Central Command declined to remark erstwhile approached by nan WSJ.

Last year, nan International Atomic Energy Agency concluded that Iran has 1,000 pounds (400 kilograms) of uranium enriched astatine 60 per cent. Iran is besides reported to person astir 200 kilograms of 20 per cent fissile material, which tin beryllium easy converted to 90 per cent weapons-grade.

Experts opportunity that levels that precocious are not required for atomic reactors aliases aesculapian reasons and could apt beryllium for weapons.

Nuclear weapons require 90 per cent enrichment, while nan explosive dropped connected Hiroshima successful 1945 included worldly that was 80 per cent enriched. A atomic explosive could still beryllium developed astatine 60 per cent but wouldn’t beryllium deliverable by missiles.

In June 2025, Israel and nan US said they had “obliterated” Iran’s atomic facilities, but it is unclear whether nan Iranian constitution transferred nan worldly anterior to nan bombing aliases if it remains underground.

IAEA head General Rafael Grossi antecedently said he believes nan uranium is astatine 2 of nan 3 sites that were attacked past twelvemonth including an underground passageway astatine a atomic analyzable successful Isfahan and a cache astatine Natanz.

Iran is not presently enriching uranium, according to master assessments, and had antecedently agreed to springiness up stockpiling enriched uranium arsenic portion of atomic talks successful February, according to Oman’s overseas minister.

Tehran has warned against a crushed penetration and said Trump is starring US troops into “the swamp of death”.