President Donald Trump has vowed to confiscate Iran's remaining nuclear material and warned that the United States is closely monitoring its facilities from space. The president stated that securing Iran's enriched uranium remains his administration's top priority in dealings with Tehran.
Trump's Interview Remarks
“We'll get that at some point,” Trump, 79, told TV's “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson” in an interview that aired on Sunday. “We have it surveilled. You know, I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching.” He added, “If somebody walked in, they can tell you his name, his address, the number of his badge. We have that very well surveilled. If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we'll blow them up.”
Potential Ground Deployment
During the conflict with Iran, Trump has considered authorizing a risky ground-troop deployment to seize Tehran's nuclear material. So far, he has refrained from giving the go-ahead. The U.S. already bombed three of Iran's top nuclear sites in June during Operation Midnight Hammer.
Iran's Nuclear Capabilities
Earlier this year, during negotiations with Iran, the regime claimed to still have enough nuclear material that, if fully enriched, would be sufficient for 11 nukes, according to special envoy Steve Witkoff. Both the U.S. and Israel are believed to have conducted additional bombing near Iran's nuclear sites. Trump has long claimed that Iran's “nuclear dust” is now buried deep underground under rubble.
Israeli Prime Minister's Comments
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News' “60 Minutes” of the allies' joint war against the Islamic Republic: “I think it accomplished a great deal, but it's not over because there's still nuclear material — enriched uranium — that has to be taken out of Iran. All that is still there, and there's work to be done.” He noted that to get rid of the nuclear material, “you go in, and you take it out.”
Negotiations and Challenges
The Trump administration has been negotiating with Iran for weeks. Last week, The Post reported on a 14-point framework for peace talks between Washington and Tehran. The two sides remain at odds over Iran's nuclear program. Trump acknowledged the difficulties of negotiating with Iran because “they make a deal, and then they break it.”
“They're militarily defeated. In their own minds, maybe they don't know that, but I think they do, because I deal with them. And we cannot ever let Iran have a nuclear weapon,” the president said. “They have no navy. They have no air force. They have no anti-aircraft weaponry. They have no radar. They have no leaders. Their leaders are gone. The first set, the A-Team, is gone. The B-team is gone, and part of the C-team is gone. If we left today, it would take them 20 years to rebuild.”
Separate Incident: Arrest in Brooklyn
In a separate incident, police have arrested an alleged violent predator over the horrific rape of a 59-year-old woman in her Brooklyn apartment. Jakhongir Sattorov, 38, was charged Saturday, May 9, with three counts of rape, two counts of assault, criminal obstruction of breathing, and criminal mischief after he allegedly beat down his victim's apartment door in Bensonhurst on Friday evening and demanded sex, the New York Police Department said.
When his terrified victim refused, Sattorov beat her and throttled her while carrying out the sickening sexual assault at her home on 15th Ave. and 71st Street at around 8:30 p.m., according to police. The woman reported the attack to the NYPD at 11:15 p.m. and was later taken to Lutheran Hospital in stable condition. She reported that the attacker was her neighbor and that she knew him, law-enforcement sources said previously. The suspect has at least seven previous arrests, all for drug possession, sources said. Cops swarmed the area around the scene Saturday, with NYPD crime scene investigators, detectives, and the Special Victims Squad photographed leaving the home carrying multiple evidence bags.
