Iran has dramatically escalated efforts to seal off its cache of near-bomb-grade uranium, deliberately collapsing tunnels and booby-trapping entrances with explosive mines, according to five sources familiar with US intelligence.
CNN, if accurate, reports that Iran booby-trapped the entrances and tunnels leading to the enriched uranium, which would have to be dug out. The sources are anonymous, and the reporters are CNN, so this entire report could be inaccurate. However, don’t discount it outright. The regime is capable of anything.
As we reported earlier, in recent weeks, Iran has dramatically escalated efforts to seal off its cache of near-bomb-grade uranium, deliberately collapsing tunnels and booby-trapping entrances with explosive mines, according to five sources familiar with US intelligence.
They Planned to Blow Up the Tunnels
Getting to the uranium is difficult without that. They did it a month ago when they heard the U.S. might order U.S. soldiers to dig it out.
According to a report by CNN citing United States intelligence sources, Iran has fortified its underground reserves of highly enriched uranium. The Iranian regime intentionally collapsed tunnels leading to its uranium reserves and set booby traps and explosive mines at the entrances to prevent access.
These fortifications—primarily located at the Isfahan nuclear complex—complicate retrieval efforts, meaning any potential U.S. commando or ground operation to secure the fissile material would carry a high risk of casualties. These measures were taken amid ongoing peace negotiations regarding Iran’s nuclear program and threats of potential military action.
They Allegedly Came Close to a Ground Operation
Briefings for a potential high-risk ground operation took place last month.
But Trump hit pause after being warned it would likely prompt severe Iranian retaliation, extending the war and plunging the global economy into further turmoil, the sources said. Trump has also voiced concern about the potential for a significant number of US casualties, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Tehran has also been plotting an economic “nuclear option” if negotiations with the US fail and the war resumes, three people familiar with the matter told CNN: getting the Houthis, the Iranians’ chief proxy force in Yemen, to close the Bab-al-Mandab Strait—a key waterway and global trade chokepoint that has served as a shipping lifeline as the entrance to the Red Sea amid Iran’s months-long closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
