Iran alleges US rescue ops likely cover to 'steal enriched uranium'

...why would they expect anyone to believe that we would need a cover at this point? If that was the goal it'd just happen.

If they had been securing uranium, they would be bragging about it right now.

Rescuing both pilots and making off with some bonus uranium? That’s just showing off…

Is it just me or does Iran seem to track various theories online and then provide support for those theories. It’s a smart disinformation strategy if so and there’s been at least a few times where it turned out to be fact.

The allegations are ridiculous. US soldiers aren’t wearing Iron Man suits. They are not the Hulk or Space Marines. They can’t dig out tons of rubble, transported 1,000 pounds of nuclear materials on their back for 22 miles, and load them to the aircraft without some sort of heavy equipment. And none of them are seen. The wreckage have the Little Birds, but not a single heavy equipment are seen.

Oh yeah we had 48 hours to capture the pilot but we failed now we need a cover-up. Makes sense IRGC

Iran says a lot of things. Listnookors loves to believe them for some reason.

Would that be the enriched uranium everyone keeps telling me Iran has no intention to make?

Sure. Irgc failed to capture the golden goose and trying to spin this off as a failed pirate mission

Best propaganda they could come up with because all they got from the Americans was a pair of undies and a half eaten MRE

Kinda embarrassing that they couldn’t stop tier 1 ops from rescuing the downed pilot despite their chest pounding

They already said they might take it... why would they make a cover story to do something they already said they were potentially going to do?

But I thought it was a completely failed operation? Oh wait, the IRGC is trying to save face after the US Military made them look incompetent by freely conducting a ground operation 200 miles in their own country. Sucks to suck, IRGC is incompetent.

No story here. This is very clearly a face-saving measure for internal loyalist consumption. It doesn’t even make much sense. 

So, if that’s true (it isn’t) then that means the pilot that was supposedly rescued is still at large? Not even this administration would be so stupid as to claim to have rescued a person and then be unable to produce him when his family want to speak to him.

You know, Iran’s speed to close the straight means they could do it any time. From a strategy perspective, I’m honestly glad they did it now and not when some other big oil crunch is going on. They’ve played their one card that has any meaning on the global stage and have demonstrated they would hurt the entire world. Which means, they were always going to play that card at any sign of conflict. I’m growing tired of the internet acting like Iran is some babe in the manger who would never do anything wrong. They’ve subjugated and controlled women since the 70s, threatened nearly every country around them, and committed countless human rights crimes. They kicked out the inspectors and canceled the agreement to inspect their uranium enrichment facilities. Is the US and Israel squeaky clean? No, but Iran being under pressure is a good thing. They’re making enemies of all their neighbors in the area. Soon enough the world will have enough of their shit. It might take 10 years, but at least everyone sees the risk for what it is now. I’ll get downvoted, but I’m glad we know how dependent the world economy is on that straight so that supply chains can be improved with alternate options. The world wants to keep the status quo, but you’ve got to think that the world leaders are also keen to take this card away from Iran permanently.

But I thought they didn’t have any enriched uranium.

Why would they use that as cover? The reason the US hasn't taken Iran's uranium is because it would be one of the most difficult military ops in history, not because the US doesn't want to. Degrading Iran's nuclear program is one of the stated goals for the war, there's no reason to hide it. If the US had successfully captured Iran's enriched uranium, they would not be covering it up and claiming the op was something else. Trump would be blasting it everywhere, claiming that it was the primary goal of the war the whole time, and declaring that he's open to a ceasefire because the US had now won the war.

Sure Jan

So now Iran admits they have enriched uranium. Not sure who us more stupid Trump or Iran’s leaders

Oh, it is a bullshit contest now?

The problem is that anything the Iranians can think up to make the US look bad is something Trump and his fucklenuts would proudly admit and take credit for. Honestly, I'd hate to be the one trying to think shit up.

Yes? I don't know why we would cover that up. That was one of the stated goals of the operation wasn't it? To prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Stealing the fuel for those weapons seems like a normal part of that.

What if both pilots got rescued during the first mission then the second one was the stealing of the enriched uranium?

So they have (or had) enriched uranium?

Sure Iran. Because that's how transporting radioactive materials works. Not like you'd need specialized equipment and people to do it.

The “Pirates of the Gulf “.

The Islamic Republic is becoming more and more delusional every day. It's another sign of their imminent collapse. Hitler was saying delusional things too in his final days.

That's just really REALLY funny. Made me laugh out loud. Of course, Iran always stores their "enriched uranium" in the deserted area where the plane crashed. And, of course, in the area where they ARE storing enriched uranium, they have no security and no way to detect and intercept an incursion. Please. I'm not in favor of this war, by any means, but Iran needs to get real.

Steal the enriched uranium Iran isn’t supposed to have in the first place?

They're trying to claim some failed operation. US will move heaven and earth to rescue a downed aircrew. The pilots know that.

It's almost entertaining to see Iran compete for the most embarrassing administration in the world with the usa

And didn’t all the bots said Iran was keeping word and didn’t enrich uranium?

Well, both pilots are reportedly rescued, injured but now both doing really well according to Trump, not seen any names released yet, I would think their pictures would be everywhere across the media as hero’s…….

So they are saying that we waited until an airplane got shot down, just so we could try and pull this off? I am not saying the Trump administration wouldn't try to swipe the Uranium. I am just saying that trying to disguise the theft as a rescue mission would require very specific timing that isn't really needed for something like that.

Are they saying we’re getting warmer? Seriously though, there are no consequences anymore. I don’t think this administration would cover or keep quiet after a success.

Trump would be bragging on social media if that were the case.

Loser

Who would even want their stupid 60% enriched uranium? That's 20 times higher enrichment than reactors use. That stuff's useless. No one would want that.

There are two options. Either Iran is too stupid make nuclear weapons or they did not want to. For years Bibi has stated they are 2 weeks from nuclear weapons. If they wanted to enrich the uranium to the level needed they would have. There was nothing stopping them. The other option would have to be they do not have the capability or are not smart enough to do so. So they have been on the verge of nuclear weapons for 30+ but just can't quite figure it out. Otherwise the reality is they have not chosen to do so.

It's like seeing two spoiled kids trying to look cool.

The propaganda coming out of Iranian media is almost as ridiculous as CNN .... It's comical to a sane person

This was a SAR mission. They flew in 2x 130s with 2x little birds inside. The 130s got stuck and the little birds do not have the range to get outa there. They brought in a few different planes that did not get stuck and then blew up all the stuck shit as they were leaving.

I do not trust the US with all the details of the operation but I'll clearly also not trust Iran for that. I guess it might be hard to have the complete truth quickly. Iran probably doesn't know much, and even the CIA admitted they used a deception campaign during the rescue. So if we think we clearly know what happened, well we might be wrong.

Did Trump take control over Iran's twitter account and start shitposting?

Forgive my ignorance, but have they previously admitted to possession enriched uranium prior to this?

So you do have enriched uranium……

Let's be honest. Both sides of this war are extremely untrustworthy at this point

So Iran admits to having enriched uranium?

"The wreckage of an American aircraft and a helicopter rotor is seen in Isfahan, Iran, April 5, 2026. (Reuters Photo)" Mmmm... Excellent caption boys! That's a set of C-130 nacelles. No helicopter rotor in sight -- unless we suddenly sent some never-before-seen super-secret-squirrel 6-bladed Osprey's out there. That's probably indicative of the quality of their reporting to apply to the rest of this article.

I wouldn’t put it pass the current administration to let American pilots in situations even if there’s a chance of getting shot down knowing special forces can get live training on quick, effective extractions for an eventual operation against enemy targets . They need good PR for future missions involving boots on the ground.

Nothing wrong with stealing enriched uranium from a terrorist state.

Sooooo that whole "We aren't enriching uranium" thing was bullshit then?

If that were the case, they would have succeeded

Ummm trust me if it was it wouldnt be secret trump couldnt shit himself up. Now since you suggested it hes gonna say it was Edit: hahahahahahaha the typo was accidental but im leaving it.

Yes that's what any smart individual would do. Put enriched uranium on a chopper and fly it through a war zone. What could possibly go wrong. That chopper can definitely haul a good amount of uranium with the small caliber armaments it has on board.

What might support their claim is that the farp was set up very close to Isfahan which is an IRGC strong hold, a very strategic city but again the operations to steal enriched uranium is a fairy tale dream. The uranium is located deep underground and is guarded by the most elite soldiers they have. The second CSAR round was always going to be extremely challenging and they probably thought a small scale one had a high chance of failure. They probably flew small helicopters inside cargo planes inside Iran and then did the rescue through that.

This theory is everywhere. Everywhere across social media. No one trusts anything coming out of Trump’s White House.

This is the first I’ve seen of them confirming they have enriched uranium….

This is just non-sensical Iranian propaganda to save face since they couldn’t find either pilot. Nevertheless, useful idiots of the west and social media will run with it. I have grown a strong resentment to this website but here I am…