Middle East

Trump Hunt for Iran’s Uranium Hindered by Monitoring Disruption

President Donald Trump

Photographer: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg

The US says it knows where Iran’s most sensitive nuclear material is buried and how to get it. The international inspectors who last saw the enriched uranium say that’s far from certain.

With much of the world’s focus on the Strait of Hormuz and the fragile cease fire that has largely held for the past 48 hours, the disconnect highlights Washington’s shifting priorities in the war it started: No one can currently verify the location or condition of Iran’s full stockpile of highly enriched uranium, material that could be used in a weapon within days if further processed.