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Mission Impossible In Iran: Did Trump Send Special Forces To Steal Tehran’s Enriched Uranium?

| Apr 26, 2026, 05:12:26 PM | TOI.in
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Was it a rescue mission or a nuclear heist? President Trump called the April operation in Isfahan one of the most daring rescues in history, but geostrategic analyst Christopher Helali says the wreckage tells a darker story. With two Hercules transports, four helicopters, and an A-10 lost, Helali argues the U.S. was actually trying to extract enriched uranium from Iran's strategic heartland. From the discovery of a nuclear engineer's passport to the massive scale of the raid, the gap between Washington's story and the wreckage on the ground is growing.

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