Models of Iranian missiles displayed in front of the Defense Museum in Tehran on March 31, 2026. AFP
Donald Trump does not care about the "nuclear dust" lying beneath more than one hundred meters of rock near Isfahan, Iran. In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, April 1, the US president said he no longer worries about the stockpile of highly enriched uranium (at 60%) held by the regime. However, he had until recently repeatedly spoken about sending in hundreds of special forces troops in a ground raid to seize this treasure at the heart of Iran's nuclear program, which may have a military dimension. Now, he dismisses this risk: "It's so deep underground that I don't care," he said.
Israel and Washington bombed Iran's main nuclear sites, or their access points, during the 12-day war in June 2025. However, the material remained in the country, and Trump has accepted the possibility of ending the conflict while leaving some 440 kilograms of uranium within the regime's reach. The sites are under "intensive satellite surveillance and control. If we see them make a move, even a move for it, we will hit them with missiles very hard again," the American president warned in his address to the nation on Wednesday.
