ReportedDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States
U.S. military plans how to secure Iran's enriched uranium if a deal is reached, CBS says
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 2:18 PM in New York
- Where
- Washington, D.C., United States
U.S. officials told CBS News the Pentagon was planning how it could support Energy Department teams in locating, securing and removing Iran's highly enriched uranium, including a scenario deploying troops to several Middle East countries for a rapid-response operation; officials stressed the planning was preliminary and not a decision to act.
Why it matters
A senior administration official said the same day that under a deal Iran's uranium would be 'destroyed on site and then taken out of the country', which Iran rejected in favour of diluting it at home.
Sources (2)
- CNN transcriptstranscripts.cnn.com
- CBS Newscbsnews.com
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Correction
- Corrected the time from 1:05 PM New York time, Jun 12, 2026 to 2:18 PM New York time, Jun 12, 2026; corrected the headline (it read "U.S. contingency to seize or secure Iran HEU was still being planned"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from U.S. National Security command chain, Iran-related contingency planning to Washington, D.C., United States; reclassified it from military-planning to nuclear; updated the sourcing note. Why and evidence