Trump admits failure of plan to seize Iran's uranium
President of the United States, Donald Trump, admitted the failure of a meditated plan to steal enriched uranium from Iran.
Recalling the failure of the US military operation in the Tabas desert in central Iran in April 1980 during Jimmy Carter's presidency, Trump said on Thursday night to journalists that for this reason he did not carry out the secret operation to steal nuclear material from inside Iran.
"I didn't want to be Jimmy Carter", the magnate said in response to a question about the plan for an airstrike to obtain Iran's enriched uranium from nuclear facilities bombed during the war imposed in June.
"We considered it (the airstrike), but I didn't want to find myself in the position of having to intervene," the US president emphasized, arguing that Iran is not like Venezuela, where we can go in, stay a few minutes, and then leave, while from below they wave goodbye as we fly back.
"You have to be there for two weeks and transport huge equipment by plane," he added.
Trump once again reiterated his claims about Iran's nuclear program, declaring that the Islamic Republic could never obtain nuclear weapons.
Referring to the US attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities in June 2025, the White House occupant argued that only the United States and "probably" China could access the Persian country's enriched uranium.
He alleged that the United States could seize the material right now, but that "there is no reason to do so."
Regarding negotiations, Trump stated that the two main pillars of the negotiated agreement are that Iran must not obtain a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz must be reopened immediately.
He repeated his threats and contradictory statements while dealing with the political and economic consequences of the war he launched alongside the Israeli regime against Iran, saying "we will win anyway. Either militarily or on paper [referring to a possible agreement]."
Trump indicated that he was willing to meet with Iran's new Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei, in the event of an agreement to end the war.
"I have no intention of meeting, but if it were the case, it would be an honor for me to meet with him," he declared.
The president, known for his rude behavior and for not respecting official and diplomatic protocols in his meetings with world leaders, stated that if this meeting occurred, he would treat him with respect.
The Tabas history repeats itself with an intensified humiliation in Isfahan
The United States launched in April 1980, via Delta Force, the elite unit of the US Army that managed to kidnap Maduro, the covert operation "Eagle Claw" in the Tabas desert (central-eastern Iran), with six aircraft and eight helicopters, ordered by then-President Jimmy Carter, with the objective of freeing the personnel of its embassy in Tehran, the Persian capital, who were detained after Iranian students and revolutionaries took over the diplomatic headquarters of the North American country, the known Nest of Espionage, in November 1979.
However, the operation was aborted after three of the US helicopters crashed due to technical failures and US forces were hit by a sandstorm in the Iranian desert of Tabas that caused a helicopter to collide with a C-130 Hercules plane, killing eight soldiers and resulting in the failure of the mission.
The failure of the US Armed Forces in Tabas was a major blow to the political prestige of the United States; they were not only humiliated internationally but also faced a national crisis of abjection.
The US Army suffered the same defeat during a rescue operation in the 40-day war against Iran, this time led by Trump.
On the thirty-seventh day of the aggression, the US conducted a failed mission in the south of Isfahan province, central Iran, to rescue a pilot of an F-15E shot down during clashes on April 3 by Iranian forces.
Instead, the mission became a complete operational failure after Iran destroyed two C-130 aircraft and two Black Hawk helicopters, forcing US troops to flee the area.
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