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A top US official has now claimed that Iran is just one week away from producing industrial-grade nuclear bomb material.
Some shit you should know before you dig in: Last year, President Trump authorized the “Midnight Hammer” operation, a series of coordinated US strikes targeting three major Iranian nuclear facilities, including enrichment sites, centrifuge infrastructure, and suspected weaponization centers. The administration said the objective was to cripple Iran’s ability to produce weapons-grade uranium and dismantle key components of its nuclear program. Trump said the mission was a total success, insisting the strikes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capabilities and eliminated any immediate pathway to a bomb. However, some analysts and intelligence sources suggested the damage may not have been absolute, noting that Iran had weeks of warning due to rising regional tensions and could have relocated enriched uranium stockpiles, equipment, or sensitive materials before the strikes. Despite those claims, Trump remained defiant, repeatedly doubling down that Iran’s nuclear program was completely destroyed and dismissing suggestions that significant elements survived the operation.
What’s going on now: During an appearance on Laura Trump’s show on Fox, Steve Witkoff warned that Iran’s uranium enrichment has reached “60 percent” and claimed, “They’re probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material.” By that, Witkoff was referring to highly enriched uranium that is close to weapons-grade, typically above 90 percent purity, meaning Iran could theoretically take its existing 60 percent stockpile and further enrich it to the level needed for a nuclear weapon in a short timeframe if it chose to do so. “They can’t have that,” he said, arguing that even being on the threshold is “really dangerous.”
He stressed that President Trump has drawn a firm “zero enrichment” red line for any future deal, adding, “This is something that they have to stick with until they prove to us that they can behave.”
Witkoff’s warning comes even as US and Israeli intelligence assessments reportedly suggest Iran is still roughly two years away from being able to produce and deliver an operational nuclear weapon, given the damage to its centrifuges and weaponization infrastructure.
This all comes as Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has publicly rejected demands to dismantle the country’s nuclear program, calling nuclear energy an “undeniable right.”
