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Uranium removal keeps war going
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that the war with Iran is “not over,” saying Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium must be “taken out” and “enrichment sites” dismantled before the conflict can be considered finished.
“It's not over, because there's still nuclear material -- enriched uranium -- that has to be taken out of Iran.”
Netanyahu said, “You go in and you take it out,” when asked how the uranium could be removed, and he added that he would prefer an agreement for the operation.
U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview released by Full Measure, said the uranium could be removed “whenever we want” and warned, “If anybody got near the place we will know about it and we’ll blow them up.”
Netanyahu also framed the remaining war aims as more than uranium, saying there were “still proxies that Iran supports” and “ballistic missiles they still want to produce” even after Israel and the U.S. degraded Iran’s capabilities.
Trump, CBS, and the dispute
Netanyahu’s remarks aired in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview set to air Sunday evening, and Politico said the clip told Major Garrett that “I think it accomplished a great deal, but it’s not over.”
In the same CBS interview context, Netanyahu warned that “There are still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled,” and he said the war’s end depends on removing “enriched uranium” and dismantling Iran’s nuclear-related infrastructure.
Kurdistan24 reported that Trump said Washington is closely monitoring Iran’s remaining enriched uranium stockpile, which he claimed is buried under rubble, and Trump warned that any attempt to access it would trigger a military response.
France 24 also described a contrast between Netanyahu and Trump’s public positions, noting that Netanyahu said Trump had a similar view while France 24 reported Trump insisted the uranium could be removed “whenever we want.”
Negotiations, monitoring, and what’s at risk
As the U.S. and Iran hold talks in Pakistan, Netanyahu said the campaign is “not over yet,” while he argued that Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium will be eliminated through an agreement or “other means.”
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military campaign against Iran is 'not over yet,' as the United States and Iran hold talks in Pakistan”
ynetnews reported that Iranian state media said Tehran submitted its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal through Pakistani mediators, with Tehran seeking to shift negotiations away from its nuclear program and toward ending the war across all fronts, especially Lebanon.
ynetnews also said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz stated that President Trump was giving diplomacy “every chance we possibly can before going back to hostilities,” and it described the diplomacy as aiming first at a temporary memorandum of understanding to pause fighting and allow shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
In the same reporting thread, Netanyahu refused to give a timeline and said, “I’m not going to talk about our military possibilities, plans, or anything of the kind,” while he maintained that “Now we’ve degraded a lot of it, but all of that is still there, and there’s work to be done.”
