Witkoff says Iran boasted it had enough enriched fuel for 11 nuclear weapons

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U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff revealed that Iranian negotiators had boasted to him that they had enough enriched uranium for 11 nuclear bombs.

In his first interview since the United States and Israel struck Iran over the weekend, Witkoff divulged details of the high-level negotiations with Tehran that led President Donald Trump to decide to launch the largest combat operation since the 2003 Iraq War. Speaking with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, Witkoff voiced his shock over the boastful, threatening attitude of Iranian negotiators.

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