Transcript [00:02] So, President Trump keeps insisting that [00:05] the enriched uranium will be removed [00:08] from Iran, that it'll be taken over by [00:10] the United States, [00:11] saying that it's a red line, and then uh [00:14] there's been other statements that he's [00:15] made recently where he said, "Well, it's [00:17] buried deep underground. You know, we'll [00:19] have to go in and get it." [00:21] All kinds of talk about what's going to [00:23] happen to the enriched uranium. And of [00:25] course, it's very important. You got to [00:26] get the enriched uranium out. It's [00:28] enriched to 60%. We don't even know [00:29] where it is. We don't know if Iran has [00:31] access to any of it, and that could be a [00:35] very dangerous situation. That's why [00:36] it's such a red line in all of this. I [00:38] want to go through some recent headlines [00:40] and really focus in on Russia and China, [00:44] who seem to be protecting Iran in this [00:46] whole story, [00:47] and have also both at various points [00:49] offered to take the uranium themselves. [00:52] So, I want to drill down into this. [00:54] Uh this should be I hope this is [00:56] interesting. I found this story very [00:58] interesting as I as I was researching [01:00] it, and I hope that you do, too. So, [01:02] let's get into the headlines. [01:05] This is this headline from today. IAEA [01:09] board passes resolution demanding Iran [01:11] report uranium stocks. [01:14] This is from today, from Vienna. The UN [01:17] nuclear watchdog's 35-nation board of [01:20] governors passed a US-backed resolution [01:22] on Wednesday telling Iran to declare its [01:25] remaining enriched uranium stocks and [01:28] let inspectors verify them, which could [01:30] complicate Washington's talks with Iran. [01:33] But, [01:34] if you're going to say it it could [01:35] complicate the talks, remember, this is [01:38] a US-backed resolution. [01:40] The move came within hours of the US and [01:43] Iran trading military strikes after US [01:45] President Donald Trump said Iran had [01:48] downed a US Apache helicopter near the [01:50] Strait of Hormuz. [01:52] Israeli and US attacks in June of last [01:55] year destroyed or badly damaged Iranian [01:58] uranium enrichment plants, but much of [02:00] the enriched uranium they produced, [02:02] including material close to [02:03] weapons-grade, is thought to have [02:05] survived. Iran still has not informed [02:08] the International Atomic Energy Agency [02:11] of the fate of that material or let IAEA [02:14] inspectors return to the bomb sites to [02:16] check. [02:18] The US led the push for the resolution, [02:20] but Iran has called it "whitewashing [02:23] military aggression" since inspectors [02:26] had access before the strikes. [02:28] The resolution text submitted by the [02:30] United States, Britain, France, and [02:31] Germany was passed with 21 votes in [02:34] favor, [02:35] three against, and 10 abstentions. [02:39] Diplomats at the closed-door meeting [02:40] said the countries opposing were Russia, [02:44] China, and Niger. [02:47] Niger, I don't know how it's pronounced, [02:48] they said. [02:50] The Israeli regimes and America's [02:52] attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities [02:53] halted verification activities and [02:56] forced agency inspectors to leave Iran [02:58] for safety reasons. Iran's Deputy [03:00] Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi [03:02] Gharibabadi said on X before the vote of [03:05] the Board of Governors, [03:07] "Now America seeks to turn the [03:08] consequences of its illegal attack into [03:11] a case against the Islamic Republic of [03:12] Iran." You see what he's saying here? [03:14] He's saying, [03:15] "Well, the only reason the inspectors [03:16] aren't there is because they had to [03:17] leave because of your attacks. And now [03:19] you want to say that [03:20] you know, that the fact that that they [03:21] can't inspect it [03:23] is is is Iran's fault." It's your fault. [03:26] Uh excuse me, we're just saying, [03:29] "Allow inspectors in." [03:32] Iran's mission to the to the IAEA had [03:35] warned the board to be cautious on the [03:37] path forward. Iran bristles at [03:38] resolutions against it and has responded [03:41] to previous ones by escalating its [03:43] atomic activities or scaling back [03:45] cooperation with the IAEA. [03:48] The resolution said Iran should provide [03:49] the agency with complete information on [03:52] nuclear material inventories and grant [03:55] the IAEA the access it needs to verify [03:57] that without delay. [03:59] The United States and Iran are in talks [04:01] aimed at extending their ceasefire and [04:03] paving the way for wider negotiations on [04:05] issues relating to Iran's nuclear [04:07] program. [04:08] Trump appeared to express frustration at [04:10] the negotiations having repeatedly said [04:12] for months that the two sides are close [04:14] to an initial agreement. Iran is all [04:17] talk and no action, Trump posted on [04:19] Wednesday. They've taken too long to [04:21] negotiate a deal and would have that [04:22] would have been great for them. Now they [04:24] will have to pay the price. Trump has [04:27] said Iran must not be able to produce a [04:28] nuclear weapon. Iran said it never [04:30] would. A key aim of Trump of Trump's is [04:33] removing Iran's enriched uranium, [04:35] particularly the 440.9 [04:37] kg enriched up to 60% purity, a short [04:41] step from the roughly 90% weapons grade. [04:45] The IAEA estimates Iran had until the [04:48] first Israeli strikes on June 13th of [04:50] last year. Okay. [04:52] Look, this is kind of [04:55] If Trump is talking about how we're [04:57] getting close to a deal and we're going [04:58] to get the enriched uranium out and the [05:00] Iranians won't even let the IAEA go in [05:03] and inspect. They won't even reveal what [05:05] the inventory is. [05:07] Then we're much further away from a [05:09] resolution of this issue [05:11] through an agreement than anyone ever [05:13] thought and especially the way Trump is [05:14] talking today and the Americans backed [05:16] this resolution. I think that the [05:18] purpose of this resolution we knew that [05:20] the Iranians weren't going to you know, [05:22] we're going to lash out at it. I think [05:23] that the purpose of this resolution, [05:24] remember, the US backed this resolution. [05:27] Think of the timing. [05:29] I believe that this resolution was put [05:31] forward [05:32] to simply shine a light on the fact that [05:35] the Iranians are not willing to move [05:37] forward. You see in the in the [05:38] negotiations with the US they can string [05:40] them along and they can say, "Well, you [05:41] know, yeah, we'll talk. Let's get a [05:43] memorandum of understanding, ease up the [05:45] sanctions and then we can talk and we [05:47] can talk about these issues. This forces [05:49] their hand. You pass a resolution the [05:51] IAEA simply saying, [05:53] "We just want to see it all." [05:56] And when Iran balks at it, that shows [05:59] that they're actually not willing to [06:01] budge. [06:02] And this comes This is from 2 days [06:04] earlier where in advance of the [06:06] resolution the IAEA called on Iran to [06:08] re-engage as the West pressures it with [06:11] the resolution. It talks about how this [06:12] resolution [06:13] is coming. "It's very important that we [06:15] re-engage." Rafael Grossi, the head of [06:18] the IAEA, told the Board of Governors. [06:21] "I call on Iran to engage the agency [06:23] constructively in order to facilitate [06:25] the full and effective implementation of [06:27] safeguards in Iran." [06:30] "I have sporadic contacts with their [06:32] foreign minister and others, but [06:33] basically the channel of of [06:35] communication [06:36] is broken." [06:40] And the text of the resolution seen by [06:42] Reuters orders Iran to provide complete [06:45] information on the enriched uranium and [06:47] grant the IAEA all the access it needs [06:50] to verify it without delay. [06:53] This is clearly tied to what Trump is [06:55] trying to do in these negotiations. This [06:58] was an American-backed resolution. This [06:59] didn't come out of nowhere. [07:02] Okay? [07:03] Now, I want to give some background [07:05] context here. So, this is from May 21st. [07:08] So, few weeks back. [07:10] Kremlin says Putin shared proposal [07:13] to transfer Iran's uranium to Russia [07:16] with Xi behind closed doors. [07:19] "They discussed Iran during the tea [07:21] meeting," Kremlin spokesperson says, [07:23] stressing that Tehran and Washington [07:25] should discuss Moscow's proposal. [07:28] And who vetoed this resolution or who [07:31] voted against it? They didn't veto it. [07:32] It's not a veto. Sorry, it's not a UN [07:34] Security Council resolution. Who voted [07:35] against it? Russia [07:37] and China and Niger. Right? Russia and [07:40] China voted against it. [07:43] And here are Russia and China saying, [07:45] "Well, it's actually, you know, they're [07:47] having a conversation about this this [07:49] proposal to transfer around the uranium [07:52] to Russia." And he discussed it with Xi [07:54] Jinping. [07:57] So, what does it say here? [07:59] Tehran and Washington should discuss [08:00] Moscow's [08:02] proposal. [08:03] Tehran and Washington, Iran and the US, [08:06] right? They should discuss Moscow's [08:08] proposal to transfer Iran's enriched [08:10] uranium to Russia, the Kremlin [08:12] spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. [08:14] Speaking at a press conference in [08:15] Moscow, he said the US has not yet [08:17] accepted the proposal. [08:20] They discussed Iran during the team [08:22] meeting. [08:23] He shared the idea. [08:24] He declined to provide additional [08:26] details. [08:28] Uh and then they talked about Cuba. They [08:29] talked about a different issue. [08:31] And then we have this from last week. [08:34] Iran agrees to transfer part of its [08:36] enriched uranium stockpile, likely to [08:40] China. Huh? Iran has agreed to transfer [08:44] part of its enriched uranium stockpile [08:46] to a third state with China proposes the [08:48] recipient as part of a potential nuclear [08:51] deal with the United States. This was [08:52] reported by the Al Arabiya television [08:55] channel, [08:56] citing its own sources familiar with the [08:58] negotiations. According to the [08:59] publication, Tehran has officially [09:02] informed Pakistan of its readiness to [09:04] transfer part of its accumulated uranium [09:06] to a country agreed upon by all parties [09:09] to the future deal. [09:11] It is reported that such a move is being [09:12] considered as one of the possible [09:14] elements of resolving disputes [09:16] surrounding Iran's nuclear program and [09:18] reducing tensions in relation to the [09:19] United States. Exactly which country may [09:22] be chosen to store or control the [09:24] uranium stockpiles has not yet been [09:26] specified. There's speculations that it [09:28] would be China. The volume of material [09:30] could be transferred outside Iran in the [09:32] event of a final agreement. [09:36] Um [09:37] and that [09:38] Yeah, and that remains unknown. [09:40] Negotiations between Washington and [09:42] Tehran have been ongoing. [09:44] And [09:48] It's noteworthy that as early as late [09:50] May, Reuters reported that Iran had [09:53] refused to transfer its stockpiles of [09:55] highly enriched uranium abroad. [09:58] So, we have it's now it seems like [10:00] they're changing their tune and they're [10:01] willing to move it to China. Oh, lovely. [10:04] And we know that, of course, Xi Jinping [10:06] agreed with President Trump at their [10:08] recent meeting that Iran cannot have a [10:10] nuclear weapon. [10:12] But, Trump is not having any of it. [10:14] Trump opposes Russia or China taking [10:17] Iran's highly enriched uranium. This is [10:18] from late May, from May 27th, just a few [10:21] days after that previous story. [10:24] President Donald Trump poured cold water [10:26] on the prospect of Iran transferring its [10:28] store of highly enriched uranium to [10:30] Russia or China as part of any deal to [10:31] end the war. No, I wouldn't be [10:33] comfortable with that arrangement, Trump [10:35] said during a cabinet meeting at the [10:36] White House. The Kremlin, which has the [10:38] world's largest stockpile of nuclear [10:40] weapons, has previously has previously [10:42] said it would accept Iran's enriched [10:44] uranium to help facilitate a peace deal. [10:46] China has also been speculated to be [10:48] willing to take in that material. [10:51] Trump declared in a Truth Social post [10:52] that Iran's enriched uranium will be [10:54] destroyed either in the US, in the [10:57] Islamic Republic itself, or at another [10:59] acceptable location. [11:02] Okay. [11:04] Now, [11:05] we also have this item, and this comes [11:08] from March, [11:10] in the middle of all of the attacks on [11:12] Iran, we have this report of a phone [11:14] call between Trump and Putin, where [11:17] Putin agreed with Trump, look at this. [11:19] US President Donald Trump and Russian [11:21] President Vladimir Putin agreed that [11:23] Iran should not be allowed to acquire [11:24] weapons that would allow it to eliminate [11:26] Israel, the White House said on Tuesday. [11:30] They further discussed the need to stop [11:31] proliferation of strategic weapons and [11:33] will engage with others in the broadest [11:35] possible to ensure the broadest possible [11:37] application. [11:39] The two leaders shared the view that [11:41] Iran should never be in a in a position [11:43] to destroy Israel. So, there you see, [11:44] wow, you know, Putin agrees that Iran [11:46] can never have a nuclear weapon. And [11:48] what's what's the issue here? Look at [11:50] this. [11:51] This is from September 2025. So, last [11:55] year, few months before the war started, [11:57] Iran and Russia signed 25 billion-dollar [12:00] deal to build four nuclear plants. [12:04] Now, let me be very clear. [12:06] Iran has no need [12:10] for a nuclear for a domestic nuclear [12:13] program. [12:14] They don't need Oh, they have an [12:16] electricity crisis. They are one of the [12:18] largest energy-producing nations in the [12:20] world. [12:22] Their claim that they need domestic [12:24] nuclear energy is a cover for the fact [12:26] that they want to have a nuclear weapons [12:28] program. [12:30] Okay. That's what it is. And Russia [12:33] signed a 25 billion-dollar deal to build [12:36] four nuclear plants. [12:40] Four nuclear plants. [12:42] A deal for the construction of four [12:44] nuclear power plants with the value of [12:45] 25 billion in Sirik Hormozgan Sirik [12:48] Hormozgan, that is right in the Straits [12:50] of Hormuz [12:52] was signed between the Iran Hormoz [12:53] Company and Rosatom. [12:57] Iran has just one operational nuclear [12:59] power plant in Bushehr in the south. [13:02] Okay. And this is from the Moscow Times. [13:04] This is, you know, independent news from [13:06] Russia, so to speak. Okay. Now, [13:09] look at this. This is from the MEMRI [13:11] website, the Middle East Media Research [13:13] Institute. And this is a [13:15] an interview [13:17] that was done [13:19] on Al Jazeera. [13:21] Um [13:23] it was an Arabic Al Jazeera. He's [13:25] speaking Russian and then there's [13:26] subtitles. I'm not going to play you the [13:28] clip. I'm just going to read to you the [13:30] summary of what happened in this [13:31] interview. Alexey Likhachev, director [13:34] general of Russia's state atomic energy [13:36] corporation, Rosatom. [13:38] So, he's the director general of [13:39] Rosatom. That's basically the state like [13:42] nuclear [13:44] energy company. [13:45] That's the company that signed that that [13:49] this $25 billion deal is with, right? [13:52] Rosatom. [13:53] Okay? So, the head of Rosatom was [13:55] interviewed on Al-Jazeera. This is May [13:57] 26th, just 2 weeks ago. [14:00] And he discussed the status of [14:02] cooperation with Iran's nuclear [14:04] industry. [14:05] 2 weeks ago. [14:07] He said that 20 Russian specialists [14:09] remain at the Bushehr nuclear power [14:10] plant, and four more are in Tehran [14:13] coordinating with Iranian counterparts. [14:16] But, Russia is waiting for the conflict [14:18] to end so work at the site can resume [14:20] and additional Russian personnel can [14:22] return. At the same time, he said work [14:25] in Russia on equipment for a second [14:27] reactor at Bushehr continues with much [14:29] of the equipment already more than 60% [14:32] complete. [14:35] Likhachev said that while military [14:36] operations have affected cooperation [14:38] between Rosatom and Iran's nuclear [14:40] authorities, Moscow and Tehran continue [14:42] to maintain correspondence and contact. [14:44] We have big plans for continued [14:46] development for our of our cooperation [14:47] in the future. [14:49] He said adding that Iranian scientists [14:51] are doing their best to advance the [14:53] Bushehr project. He also said that [14:55] Russia is prepared to do everything [14:57] possible to reduce tensions and help [14:58] de-escalate the international political [15:00] dispute over Iran's nuclear program. He [15:03] argued that the IAEA had not done [15:05] everything necessary to prevent or [15:06] reduce the escalation and should now [15:09] adopt a more productive stance to help [15:11] reach a compromise. He said that one [15:13] major obstacle is the American demand [15:16] that Iran's highly enriched uranium be [15:18] transferred to the United States, which [15:19] Tehran considers unacceptable. [15:21] Likhachev added that Russia, including [15:24] President Putin personally, has stated [15:26] its willingness to play a reasonable [15:27] role in de-escalation efforts and that [15:30] Rosatom is prepared to help find a [15:31] technological solution to the dispute. [15:34] Um [15:35] and [15:37] uh and and that that deal signed in [15:39] September, just in case you think it was [15:41] signed in September, that's before the [15:42] war, is it moving forward? You see the [15:44] way this guy is talking. And also, we [15:46] have this from last Thursday, just less [15:49] than a week ago. [15:50] Iran-Russia push ahead with $25 billion [15:52] nuclear plant and trade corridor. Iran [15:55] and Russia are accelerating work on the [15:57] international north-south transport [15:59] corridor and expanding civil nuclear [16:02] cooperation including including a $25 [16:04] billion memorandum signed in 2025 for a [16:07] major new [16:08] power plant in Hormozgan, Iran's [16:11] ambassador to Moscow says. [16:15] And look at this report from November [16:17] 2025. [16:19] And it's a report on a few meetings that [16:21] were held in 2024. [16:23] It it this is a Times of Israel report [16:25] on a number of different Financial Times [16:27] stories. So, the the reporting in here [16:28] is actually from the Financial Times. [16:30] Iranian scientist tied to nuclear work [16:33] secretly visited Russia last year. Now, [16:35] just in case you think that they're [16:37] interested in domestic nuclear energy, [16:39] look at the details of this story. [16:42] Iranian scientists with ties to the [16:44] regime made a secret trip last year, [16:46] meaning in 2024, cuz this was written in [16:48] 2025, [16:50] to Russia, where they met with military [16:52] experts and may have sought to advance [16:54] nuclear weapons work, the Financial [16:56] Times reported, citing various documents [16:59] it had obtained. The newspaper said the [17:01] visiting scientists were connected to [17:02] institutions previously implicated in [17:05] nuclear work and that the visit on [17:07] November 7th to 11th, 2024, [17:11] right, year and a half ago, [17:13] was arranged by an organization serving [17:15] as a front for Iran's organization of [17:17] defensive innovation and research. The [17:20] military body Western officials believe [17:22] is behind Iran's nuclear weapons [17:24] research. The Financial Times said the [17:26] visit was the second last year and [17:28] included meetings with sanctioned [17:30] Russian company Laser Systems, which [17:32] develops lasers for civilian military [17:34] use. Now, if you're just doing civilian [17:37] domestic energy, why do you need your [17:40] your nuclear scientist to meet with a [17:41] laser company? In addition, Andrey [17:43] Savin, a former technical director at [17:46] Baltic State Technical University, a [17:47] Russian military [17:51] school, traveled in February this year [17:53] to Tehran, [17:55] where he met officials believed to be [17:57] linked to SPND. That's the Iranian uh um [18:01] agency we're talking about here, the [18:02] Organization for Defensive Innovation [18:04] and Research. [18:06] And also representatives from Damavan [18:08] Tech, considered a front company for [18:10] SPND. [18:12] In October, the US sanctioned Damavan [18:15] Tech and its CEO, Ali Kalvan, accusing [18:17] them of trying to obtain items [18:19] applicable to the development of nuclear [18:21] explosive devices. Nicole Grajewski at [18:24] the Carnegie Endowment's Nuclear Policy [18:26] Program told the Financial Times that [18:29] the meetings are strong evidence that [18:31] Russia was assisting Iran in its nuclear [18:33] weapons-related research and noted that [18:36] the activities appeared to have been [18:37] approved at a high level on the Russian [18:39] and Iranian sides. [18:41] Former CIA analyst Jim Lamson, now [18:44] senior research associate at the James [18:46] Martin Center for Nonproliferation [18:48] Studies, told the Financial Times, "It [18:50] appears that the Iranian group was [18:52] seeking laser technology and expertise [18:54] that could help them validate a nuclear [18:56] weapon design without conducting a [18:58] nuclear explosive test." [19:01] In August, the Financial Times reported [19:03] on a previous trip by Iranian nuclear [19:05] scientists to view Russian facilities [19:08] working on technologies relevant to [19:10] nuclear weapons production. [19:16] Okay. [19:18] What do we see in all of this? [19:20] President Trump is no fool. [19:23] He's not going to buy the Putin Xi offer [19:27] to take the uranium. [19:30] He's using the IAEA [19:32] to put forward this resolution demanding [19:34] immediate transparency from Iran on its [19:37] enriched uranium, which they admit that [19:38] they have. [19:41] As a way of forcing their hand. [19:45] And [19:48] just in case anyone thinks that the [19:49] enriched uranium could, you know, could [19:51] be used for domestic use, as I'm showing [19:53] you here, [19:54] uh [19:55] they're they the nuclear ambitions are [19:58] pretty clear with who they're meeting [19:59] with in Russia. [20:01] The Russians and the Chinese who veto [20:04] try not veto, sorry, who voted against [20:06] this resolution of the IAEA. [20:09] And both are offering to take the [20:12] uranium are also the best friends of [20:14] Iran. [20:16] The Chinese have also been reported as [20:17] as giving a lot of the components for [20:20] the ballistic missile program that Iran [20:22] has developed. [20:23] And the Russians, as we see, are [20:25] invested heavily in building out nuclear [20:27] power plants in Iran. [20:31] So, keep your eyes on the Chinese and [20:34] the Russians as we move forward. Uh as [20:37] the enriched uranium continues to be [20:40] talked about, pay attention to what [20:41] they're doing, pay attention to what [20:43] they're saying. They are not neutral [20:45] parties here. They are not maybe some [20:48] people, oh, they have a good [20:49] relationship with Iran, maybe we could [20:50] work with them. And also keep your eye [20:52] on Pakistan. I made a video I made a few [20:54] videos about Pakistan in the past, and [20:55] you saw them mentioned in here as having [20:58] had conversations with the Chinese about [21:00] the you know, coming to a resolution. [21:02] The Pakistani should never have been [21:04] mediators here. They are [21:06] basically a proxy of the Chinese. [21:10] Uh I talked about this in a previous [21:12] video. The Chinese provide something [21:14] like 80% of all of the military [21:16] equipment that Pakistan uses. The [21:18] Pakistani foreign minister has said [21:19] openly that he's been working very [21:22] closely with Wang Yi, the foreign [21:23] minister of uh [21:26] of China of the Chinese Communist Party [21:29] throughout this war. [21:31] So, the the Russians, the Chinese, and [21:33] the Pakistanis are really all working [21:35] together to try to prevent President [21:38] Trump, to try to prevent the West from [21:41] dismantling the Iranian nuclear program [21:44] or doing something about the enriched [21:45] uranium. [21:46] Uh so, this is something to watch. This [21:48] is what I wanted to share with you. [21:50] No great revelation here, but just a [21:52] little bit of a a headline about this [21:55] IAEA resolution that looks like just one [21:57] of these boring diplomatic headlines is [22:00] actually speaking to things coming to a [22:01] head. The timing of this, let me circle [22:03] back to that. The timing of this [22:05] resolution cannot be overstated. [22:08] That right now, with everything coming [22:09] to a head, the way things are escalating [22:11] in the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump is uh [22:13] you know, tweeting today, the same day [22:15] as this resolution, you have Trump [22:16] putting out a Truth Social post saying [22:18] that that they don't want to make a [22:19] deal, and they and they and they're [22:21] going to pay the price for it. [22:23] And you have this resolution coming out, [22:24] which is shining a light on the fact [22:26] that they have no intention of ever [22:28] talking about the enriched uranium. If [22:29] they won't even let inspectors come in [22:31] to see it, [22:33] and get some transparency on what they [22:35] have, they're certainly never going to [22:37] agree to have it taken out of Iran. [22:40] Okay? That's That's the That's the real [22:42] punchline of this whole video. [22:44] That's what I wanted to share with you. [22:46] We've got to pay attention to all these [22:47] headlines. That's why I'm here. Thank [22:49] you for watching. Please and please tell [22:51] others about uh this channel, about what [22:53] we're doing here, just really trying to [22:55] stay as informed as we can. And uh [22:58] please drop a comment. Let me know what [23:00] you think. I'm open to criticism. Uh I [23:03] get, you know, I I read a lot of the [23:04] comments and I do get things wrong [23:06] sometimes and I'm totally [23:08] uh grateful to all of you when you let [23:10] me know it. So, [23:13] be well. God bless you.
