United States President Donald Trump has said efforts to obtain uranium from Iran would be “long and difficult” following last year’s military strikes on Tehran’s nuclear facilities.
In a statement posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump described “Operation Midnight Hammer” as a decisive mission that severely damaged Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. He claimed the strikes resulted in what he called a “complete and total obliteration” of targeted sites, adding that any attempt to recover remaining nuclear materials would be complex and time consuming.
The US leader has repeatedly used the term “nuclear dust” to refer to Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, which Washington alleges could be used to develop atomic weapons. At times, he has also used the phrase to describe remnants from the ed nuclear facilities.
Despite Trump’s assertion that Iran’s enriched uranium could eventually be transferred to the United States, officials from Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iran have strongly denied any such arrangement, maintaining that the country has no plans to hand over its nuclear materials.
Tensions escalated earlier this year when the United States and Israel carried out joint airstrikes on February 28, targeting key elements of Iran’s nuclear program. Israeli authorities described the action as necessary to neutralize what they called an existential threat.
The strikes followed heightened concerns from Israeli officials, who alleged that Iran had accelerated its nuclear ambitions after a brief but intense conflict the previous year. That conflict included coordinated s on multiple nuclear facilities, including a major uranium enrichment site.
The situation continues to draw international attention, with global powers closely monitoring developments amid fears of further escalation in the region and the broader implications for nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
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