Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel knows the location of 450 kilograms of highly enriched uranium in Iran and has shared the information with the United States.
“We certainly know where it is. We have a pretty good idea where it is, and we share that information with each other,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News when asked whether Israel knows where the uranium is and has plans to neutralize it.
He said that Israel knew in advance of the June strikes that the stockpile would not be destroyed.
“We knew that in advance. In fact, our whole plan before and after the United States decided to join us took into account that we wouldn't get these 450 kilograms of enriched uranium,” Netanyahu said.
“We knew that. What we were targeting is the capacity to make more of that enriched uranium and also the attempt to weaponize it.”
He added that reinstatement of UN sanctions on Iran was a positive step toward increasing pressure to stop Tehran from resuming its nuclear program.
“I'm glad… We have to keep up the diplomatic and economic pressure on Iran to make it clear that we will not tolerate a resumption of their efforts to build nuclear bombs to destroy my country and yours (the United States),” he said.
