Iran raises suspicion of ‘uranium theft’ plot after clashes with US forces

Recent US military operations inside Iran may have been meant as cover to seize the country’s enriched uranium, a spokesman said following a series of clashes linked to attempts to rescue downed American personnel, Anadolu reports. There were “many ambiguities” surrounding the operations, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told a Monday press conference, adding that the location where a US pilot was reportedly present in southwestern Iran was far from the area where US forces tried to deploy or conduct operations, reportedly in Isfahan, central Iran. “This raises the possibility that the operation may have been a deceptive plan to steal enriched uranium, which cannot be ignored,” he said, comparing the operation to a failed 1980 US mission to rescue […]