America and Israel Discuss Sending Special Forces to Seize Iran's Nuclear Stockpile

SadaNews - Axios revealed, citing four informed sources, that the United States and Israel discussed the possibility of sending special forces to Iran at a later stage of the war with the aim of taking control of the high-enriched uranium stockpile.

According to an American official, the U.S. administration is considering two main options for dealing with this stockpile: either completely transferring it out of Iran or sending nuclear experts to work on reducing its enrichment level.

For his part, an Israeli security official stated that U.S. President Donald Trump and his team are seriously considering the option of conducting special operations inside Iran related to the sites of its nuclear program.

In the same context, the website Semafor reported that the U.S. Central Command and Israel developed a plan for qualitative ground operations inside Iran, including the possibility of sending special forces to secure and destroy key nuclear sites, noting that the American military's Delta Force is ready for missions related to countering weapons of mass destruction.

Meanwhile, the New York Times mentioned that U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Iran or another entity could manage to recover a significant stock of high-enriched uranium buried under a nuclear facility in the city of Isfahan, which was buried after U.S. strikes last year.

Informed officials added that Iran may be able to access this uranium through a narrow entry point, although it is unclear how long it would take to transfer the stored quantities in the form of gas inside containers.

U.S. officials have confirmed that intelligence agencies are continuously monitoring the Isfahan site, and they possess significant capability to detect any attempts to transfer this uranium and deal with them.

This stockpile is a crucial factor should Iran decide to proceed towards developing a nuclear weapon, making it a central topic of discussion within the Trump administration on how to secure it amid rising tensions and ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes.

When asked about the possibility of sending ground forces to secure the high-enriched uranium, Trump told reporters: "We are currently delivering strong strikes, but we have not targeted this stockpile yet, and that may be a later option, but we will not do that now."