President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed back Tuesday against reports suggesting Iran may have relocated nuclear material ahead of U.S. airstrikes over the weekend.
Trump, posting on Truth Social, claimed that “nothing was taken out of [the] facility” before the bombing, arguing the uranium was too “heavy and hard to move.” He said vehicles seen at the site were operated by workers attempting to cover the facility’s shafts with concrete.
Hegseth echoed the claim during a press briefing, stating, “I’m not aware of any intelligence that I’ve reviewed that says things were not where they were supposed to be, moved or otherwise.”
The remarks follow mounting scrutiny over the actual impact of U.S. strikes on Iran’s Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities. Intelligence reports have raised questions about whether key material was removed beforehand, potentially limiting the operation’s long-term effect
