Report: Iran has 11 tons of uranium, enough for up to 100 nuclear weapons

Most of the stockpile was accumulated after the 2018 collapse of the nuclear deal, with material stored at multiple enrichment levels and in fortified sites, complicating monitoring and any effort to limit Iran’s nuclear capacity​

International inspectors estimate that Iran now holds about 11 tons of uranium at varying enrichment levels — a stockpile that, if further processed, could be sufficient to produce up to 100 nuclear weapons, according to a report by The New York Times.

The report highlights that the scale of Iran’s overall reserves, rather than only its most highly enriched material, has become a central concern as nuclear negotiations resume. While a smaller portion of the stockpile is enriched close to weapons-grade, lower-enriched uranium can be further refined, making the total volume a key factor in assessing nuclear capability.

According to the report, the current stockpile represents a sharp increase from the period under the 2015 nuclear agreement, when Iran reduced its uranium holdings by about 97 percent and accepted strict limits on both enrichment levels and total volume. At that time, the remaining material was not sufficient for a single nuclear device.

The location of much of the uranium remains uncertain, the report adds, with some believed to be stored in underground or fortified facilities, complicating monitoring efforts.

Report: Iran has 11 tons of uranium, enough for up to 100 nuclear weapons

Most of the stockpile was accumulated after the 2018 collapse of the nuclear deal, with material stored at multiple enrichment levels and in fortified sites, complicating monitoring and any effort to limit Iran’s nuclear capacity

www.ynetnews.com

 

[mattfivefour]

If Trump is aware of this, surely he needs to act. Now.

 

[Andy C]

If Trump is aware of this, surely he needs to act. Now.

Finding and removing that much material would be extremely challenging. It would take lots of boots on the ground. I know we obviously have plans on how to conduct a large scale raid to secure the material, but Im thinking Trump will only authorize this as the last resort after negotiations have become terminal.

 

[Batman]

Hard to believe this stupidity has been in play since even before the 2005 ME mess when GWB was POTUS. But, society has held their noses all over the planet for decades and decades while unborn babies are murdered. We've also seen rampant corruption, lies, theft, and violence grow and grow in all major cities and it's much worse in the medium to small towns now too. Humanity is ridiculous and seems to be unable to have the hardness to properly govern, properly arrest, properly prosecute, properly sentence, and properly administer final punishment. Terrorists are even allowed to thrive. The 1st world nations of significance (whatever that really should or shouldn't mean) like the US, England, France, Russia, China, Japan, Germany, Australia, etc., etc. would NEVER allow a set of border nations, gangs, tribes, religions, or otherwise lob bombs over them. But Israel is expected over and over to let this happen.

Iran's uranium hold may or may not factor into the end times, but it does relate to all the other ludicrous things allowed to happen by governments and their people that are continuing to train wreck the planet.