Iranians reportedly booby-trapped tunnels leading to enriched uranium at main nuclear site
The move was an effort to thwart the US from launching a raid to retrieve Tehran’s 440-pound stockpile of 60% highly enriched uranium believed to be buried there.
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World News Iranians reportedly booby-trapped tunnels leading to enriched uranium at main nuclear site By Gabrielle Fahmy Published June 13, 2026, 4:35 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Iran booby-trapped the tunnels leading to its highly enriched uranium stockpile in recent weeks — in an apparent bid to stop the US from raiding its key nuclear site, a bombshell new report revealed. The Islamic Republic planted explosive mines at tunnel entrances and deliberately collapsed passageways to its nuclear cache in the city of Isfahan, south of Tehran, five sources familiar with US intelligence told CNN. The news comes after President Trump was reportedly considering sending in US troops to seize the nuclear material in late March.
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