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Trump looks for a way down from the Iran tree and a photo op, too

Opinion: Opening the Strait of Hormuz could give Trump an important but insufficient win; to claim he beat Obama on Iran, he needs something concrete: removing or destroying enriched material, or credible oversight proving the threat was addressed, not delayed

Eldad Shavit | 05.26.26

Iran agreed to give up enriched uranium stockpile in emerging US deal announced by Trump

US officials say Tehran’s commitment to surrender its highly enriched uranium is central to the proposed agreement, though details on how it would happen remain unresolved

ynet | 05.24.26

Trump vows US will retrieve Iran’s enriched uranium as Tehran weighs peace plan

US president says Washington will not allow Iran to keep its near-weapons-grade uranium stockpile, while Tehran reviews a US proposal to end the nearly three-month war and Pakistani mediation efforts continue

ynet | 05.21.26

US warning: Iran is 'frighteningly close' to nuclear weapon

Despite 40 days of intense US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the US energy secretary warned Tehran is 'weeks away' from enriching a ton of uranium to weapons grade; Iran threatened 90% enrichment; Vance said talks are progressing

ynet | 05.14.26

Netanyahu: Iran war ‘not over’ until enriched uranium is removed | Watch

PM tells CBS News’ 60 Minutes Tehran’s nuclear material must be taken out and its enrichment sites dismantled, but declined to say whether force would be used if diplomacy fails

ynet Global, news agencies | 05.10.26

Trump says Iran’s enriched uranium would go to US under emerging deal

US president says uranium transfer not possibility but part of emerging framework, as Israeli officials say Tehran has agreed to remove its 60% enriched stockpile, halt enrichment for 15 years and reopen Hormuz

Itamar Eichner | 05.06.26

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

ynet Global | 04.25.26

Uranium enrichment: key sticking point at center of US-Iran nuclear talks

The process increases the share of fissile uranium-235 for reactors or weapons, but requires complex technology, massive energy and thousands of centrifuges, making it difficult to control and a major focus of global monitoring and security concerns

Dr. Yuval Rosenberg and Ori Taichman/Davidson Institute of Science | 04.19.26

ראש הממשלה נתניהו ושר הביטחון כ״ץ בבור חיל-האוויר בקריה במהלך התקיפה בתימןב

Katz: Removing enriched nuclear material from Iran is a 'threshold condition' to end the war

Defense Minister Israel Katz says removal of enriched uranium is a precondition to ending the Iran campaign, citing US-Israel coordination; US officials say talks may resume as Hormuz tensions escalate, shipping disruptions grow

ynet | 04.14.26

Netanyahu says Iran’s enriched uranium will leave 'by agreement or renewed fighting'

PM says Israel aligned with US on removing Iran’s remaining enriched uranium, casts temporary ceasefire as only waypoint in war and vows that Hezbollah would remain outside truce as Israel stays ready to resume combat at any moment

Itamar Eichner | 04.08.26

תקיפה אמריקנית במחסן תחמושת גדול באיספהאן איראן

Behind the Isfahan strike: US moves to bury uranium, avoid risky ground operation

Analysis: Trump shares unexplained blast footage as US drops bunker-busters on Isfahan, likely targeting underground uranium sites while avoiding a ground operation, with satellite images showing prior uranium transfer

Ron Ben-Yishai | 03.31.26

נשיא ארה"ב מתייחס למלחמה באיראן בוועידת חברי בית הנבחרים הרפובליקנים

Report: Trump weighs mission to seize Iran uranium

US president is considering a risky operation to remove Iran’s enriched uranium as Washington presses Tehran to surrender it and weighs broader military steps

ynet | 03.30.26

Report: US weighs seizing Iran nuclear material as war shifts

CBS reports planning includes possible special operations mission to secure enriched uranium as Trump weighs next phase of campaign with Israel against Tehran

ynet | 03.21.26

איראן אתר ה גרעין ב איספהאן היכן ש קבור מאגר ה אורניום המועשר לרמה גבוהה

US intelligence: Iran could retrieve enriched uranium stockpile in Isfahan

US officials told The New York Times that Iran may have a narrow access route to about 440 kg of 60% enriched uranium buried at the Isfahan nuclear site, though US intelligence says it is closely monitoring the facility and could detect any attempt to move the material

ynet | 03.08.26

Turkey floats hosting Iran’s enriched uranium in renewed mediation push

Turkey has raised the possibility of taking custody of Iran’s enriched uranium as part of efforts to mediate between Tehran and Washington, reviving ideas discussed in past nuclear negotiations

ynet Global | 02.01.26