White House Says 'No Indication' Any Uranium Was Moved From Iran's Sites Before Attack

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During a press conference on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Iran had not moved any of its highly-enriched uranium from any of its nuclear sites before Saturday's bombing attack.

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00:00The Press.

00:01The Press.

00:02The Press.

00:03Thanks, Caroline.

00:04The President mentioned in a true social post that no enriched uranium was moved from

00:07Fordow.

00:08What about the other two sites, Isfahan and Natanzan?

00:11How can the President be so sure that no uranium was moved?

00:14Well, what I can assure you is that the United States and our intelligence agencies and Director

00:21Ratcliffe and the President's entire national security team were obviously watching these

00:24sites very closely in the weeks and the days leading up to the attack on Saturday, which

00:29I will add was one of the most secretive and successful operations in United States history.

00:33I think many of you in this room would agree with that because none of you in this room

00:36knew about the strike on Saturday until it took place.

00:39So we were watching closely and there was no indication to the United States that any

00:43of that enriched uranium was moved prior to the strike.

00:46The Press.

00:47From any of the sites?

00:48Correct.

00:49The Press.

00:50And then one more thing, Caroline.

00:51Next week, the President mentioned there to be talks with Iran.

00:54He didn't mention any details and Iran has not confirmed them.

00:57Can you share any details about any potential talks next week?

00:59We don't have anything scheduled as of now, but I spoke to our Special Envoy

01:03Whitcoff at length this morning, and I can assure all of you we continue to be in close

01:07communication with the Iranians and through our intermediaries as well, namely the Qataris,

01:12who have been an incredible ally and partner throughout this entire effort.

01:16And as I said, this administration is always focused on diplomacy and peace, and we want

01:21to ensure we can get to a place where Iran agrees to a non-enrichment civil nuclear program.

01:27And there are many other requests that the United States has.

01:30Those details continue to really, they're just starting.

01:33Of course, the operation was just on Saturday night, but we are in touch.

01:37And if there is a meeting, we will let you know, as we always do.

01:40Brian.

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