00:00UK media say Tehran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium appears to be intact following U.S.
00:08strikes on uranium nuclear sites. The Financial Times reported the findings citing European
00:13officials who were briefed on preliminary intelligence assessments. The officials
00:18noted that European capitals believe Iran's stockpile of almost 410 kilograms of uranium
00:23enriched close to weapons-grade levels were not destroyed in Washington's strikes.
00:27Fordow is the most fortified of Iran's nuclear sites, lying in a mountain and buried close to
00:33100 meters below ground and is widely believed to be the main uranium storage facility.
00:38Early European intelligence suggests the uranium was moved out of Fordow prior to the U.S.'s attacks.
00:44White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt dismissed claims that uranium was transported
00:49from Fordow in a briefing on Thursday. Leavitt says the White House was watching closely and
00:54found no indications that any of the nuclear substance was moved.
00:57The European assessment is unlikely to go down well with U.S. President Donald Trump,
01:02who firmly stresses that Washington's strikes obliterated Iran's nuclear program.
01:07Trump's claims are supported by Israel's National Nuclear Agency. However, the Pentagon's intelligence
01:13arm also detailed in their own report that damage appears to be minimal.
01:17Speaking in a televised address, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei downplayed Trump's
01:23claims saying his assessment is, quote, exaggerated.
01:25Exaggerated.
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