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White House: Iran Did Not Move Its Stockpile of Enriched Uranium Before U.S. Strikes
The White House has confirmed that Iran did not relocate its stockpile of highly enriched uranium prior to the U.S. military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities.
President Donald Trump strongly criticized U.S. media outlets after a secret intelligence report questioned the effectiveness of the U.S. operation carried out in support of Israel, targeting three nuclear sites in Iran: Fordow (south of Tehran), Natanz, and Isfahan (central Iran).
Since the operation, Trump has repeatedly asserted that the strikes completely destroyed the three nuclear sites.
However, some experts suggested that Iran might have anticipated the attack by removing around 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% from these locations.
White House spokesperson Caroline Levitt told a news outlet on June 25, 2025, that the U.S. had received no evidence indicating that the enriched uranium was moved before the strikes, calling reports to the contrary “false.” She added that what remains at the sites is buried under massive rubble due to the success of the Saturday night strikes.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe also confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that reliable information indicates Iran’s nuclear program was severely damaged by the recent targeted strikes. He stated that multiple key nuclear facilities were destroyed, and rebuilding could take several years.
Tehran acknowledged on Wednesday that its nuclear sites were heavily damaged due to Israeli and American bombings during the 12-day conflict.
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Director General Rafael Grossi told a French television channel that the agency could no longer monitor the material since the start of hostilities but did not suggest that the enriched uranium was lost or hidden.
According to a leaked secret document published by a news network on Tuesday, the U.S. strikes only delayed Iran’s nuclear program by a few months rather than destroying it entirely, contradicting President Trump’s repeated claims.
The release of this document provoked Trump’s anger, leading him to announce that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would hold a press conference Thursday morning to “defend the honor of our great American pilots.”