Exclusive: trump envoy reveals iran's nuclear bomb potential

President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff has revealed that Iran had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs before the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on the country over the weekend.

Iran's negotiators boasted of nuclear stockpile

In an explosive Fox News interview Monday, Witkoff disclosed that Iranian negotiators told him and Jared Kushner directly that the country controlled roughly 460 kilograms of uranium at 60% enrichment.

'They said to us, directly, with no shame, that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60%, and they're aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs, and that was the beginning of their negotiating stance,' Witkoff recounted.

Witkoff's shocking admission contradicts Iran's long-standing denials that its nuclear program is peaceful. The revelation also undermines claims by the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran doesn't have the necessary materials to produce weapons-grade uranium.

Iran's three main nuclear sites were believed to hold enough enriched uranium to fuel around 12 nuclear bombs, according to The Wall Street Journal. Last year, the Journal reported citing a confidential UN report that Iran had increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, giving it enough to produce six nuclear weapons.

Given the country's rapidly accelerating nuclear program, Iran could have produced enough highly enriched uranium for 19 nuclear weapons within three months by last summer, said David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security.