IAEA Locked Out, 400 kg Uranium Gone: Is Iran Hiding a Bomb—or Playing Nuclear Mind Games with West?

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400 kilograms of enriched uranium—gone. After joint airstrikes by Israel and the U.S. on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the world is left asking: Where is the uranium? Did Iran move it in time? Was it destroyed in the strikes? Or is it now scattered across secret sites, ready for weaponization?    In this video, we break down:    What happened during the June 13 airstrikes    Satellite images and intel reports from Fordow and Isfahan    Why the IAEA is being denied access    Theories behind the uranium’s disappearance    And what this mystery means for global diplomacy, nuclear security, and the next phase of U.S.-Iran tensions.        #IranUranium #MissingUranium #NuclearCrisis #MiddleEastTensions #IAEA #IranIsraelTensions #IranAirstrikes #Geopolitics #BunkerBuster #Fordow #IranNuclearProgram #USIranConflict #EnrichedUranium #TehranMystery #PickaxeMountain

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00:00Where is Iran's 400 kilograms of enriched uranium?

00:22Hidden, destroyed or quietly dispersed?

00:27That's the critical mystery gripping diplomats, intelligence agencies and nuclear watchdogs

00:33around the world.

00:35One that could shape the next phase of Middle Eastern geopolitics.

00:39It all began on June 13, 2025, when Israel launched a series of targeted strikes on Iran's

00:47key nuclear facilities, Fordow, Nathansh and Isfahan.

00:53Years later, the United States followed with a massive air operation of its own.

00:58Using stealth bombers and submarine-launched missiles, the US dropped 14 bunker-busting

01:04bombs, each weighing 30,000 pounds.

01:08It was aimed at disabling Iran's underground nuclear infrastructure.

01:13The Fordow facility, located deep inside a mountain near Qaum, was hit with GBU-57, the largest

01:21conventional bomb in the US arsenal.

01:24Cratus confirmed deep damage, but days later, the world was still left wondering, where did

01:30the uranium go?

01:32At the times of the strikes, Iran was known to possess roughly 400 kilograms of uranium

01:38enriched to 60 percent, a level dangerously close to weapons grade.

01:44According to the IAEA, that's enough for at least 9 or 10 nuclear weapons, if further enriched.

01:51But after the dust settled, international inspectors couldn't find it.

01:56The IAEA, the global body responsible for monitoring nuclear programs, has not been allowed back

02:03into Fordow.

02:04And their last confirmed verification was days before the strikes.

02:09One possibility, Iran moved the uranium before the bombs fell.

02:15Intelligence reports and satellite images showed trucks and equipment leaving Fordow and Ispaha

02:21between 10th and 13th of June.

02:25Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakshi has also warned that IAEA, on June 13th, Iran could

02:32take special measures to protect its nuclear material, quote-unquote.

02:38Sources told Reuters and CNN News 18 that the uranium was quietly relocated to undisclosed

02:44locations, possibly deep underground.

02:48Some suspect a fortified site near Nathans, known as Kuhe Kolang Gazla, or Pickett's Mountain,

02:55which has never been fully inspected by the IAEA.

02:59If true, this would mean Iran anticipated the strikes and dispersed its most valuable nuclear

03:05material ahead of time.

03:08Another possibility, the uranium was destroyed in the bombing.

03:12The Pentagon and CIA have both claimed the strikes were highly effective, obliterating centrifuges,

03:20infrastructure and storage units at Fordow, Nathans and Ispaha.

03:25They argue the uranium never left and was vaporised during the attacks.

03:29However, the IAEA reported only localised radiation leaks inside the damaged sites.

03:36No significant offside radiation was detected.

03:40That suggests either the uranium was removed or the storage unit somehow withstood the bombs.

03:46A third theory is that Iran adopted a scatter strategy, spreading its uranium stockpile across

03:53several smaller, hidden sites to reduce the risk of total loss.

03:59European intelligence agencies say Iran has already been doing this since 2024, building

04:06a network of hardened, undisclosed facilities beyond IAEA oversight.

04:11This makes it clearly impossible to confirm how much uranium remains, where it's stored

04:17or whether it could be quickly turned into weapons-grade material.

04:21This mystery isn't just about missing nuclear material.

04:25It's about leverage, diplomatic, strategic and psychological.

04:30By staying silent on the uranium's location, Iran maintains ambiguity.

04:35That ambiguity can be used in negotiations, especially as US President Donald Trump hinted at potential

04:42talks with Tehran, even as he called them not that necessary.

04:47Meanwhile, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei declared the US strikes a failure and insisted

04:54Iran's capabilities remain intact.

04:57His message, Iran may have lost some facilities, but not its resolve.

05:04So where is the uranium?

05:05We don't know.

05:06Not yet.

05:07It could be buried in the mountains.

05:10It could be gone.

05:12Or it could be waiting, ready to re-emerge when diplomacy stalls again.

05:17For now, the IAEA can't inspect the sites, Iran won't say a word and the rest of the world

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