Trump Considers Seizing Iran's Enriched Uranium, Pelosi Calls Limits

Trump is reportedly considering dispatching US special forces to seize Iran's HEU stockpile.

“United States President Donald Trump is reportedly considering dispatching US special forces to Iran to seize the country’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium in what experts say would be a complicated and risky military operation”

Al Jazeera

He said the uranium is so far underground he doesn't care about that, and they'll be watching it by satellite.

Al Jazeera

The Wall Street Journal reported the president is still weighing the risks.

Pelosi called for calibrating and limiting the war.

Iran is believed to have about 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent.

This amount is roughly enough for a dozen nuclear warheads.

CNN

Satellite imagery indicated Iran moved reserves to an underground complex in Isfahan before the attacks began.

The stockpile's location deep underground would pose enormous challenges.

Experts warned that seizing HEU militarily would be a hellish mission fraught with risk.

“The Wall Street Journal, citing American officials, reported that President Donald Trump is still weighing the implications and potential risks of this move for U”

Euronews

Trump has claimed Iran was weeks from making a nuclear weapon, a claim experts rejected as absurd.

Iran maintains its nuclear program is for civilian energy purposes only.

The JCPOA was abandoned by Trump in his first term.

Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt have stepped in as mediators between the US and Iran.

Washington and Tehran have yet to begin direct talks to end the war.

The Guardian

Trump warned that Iran must accept US demands or it will lose its existence.

The campaign has expanded into regime change.