'If Trump Wants To': US Ambassador Says Washington Has Forces To Seize Iran's Enriched Uranium

Last Updated:March 15, 2026, 23:06 IST

Mike Waltz, US Ambassador to the UN, said Washington can seize nuclear weapons, with Trump deciding whether the country will move to seize Iran's enriched uranium.

Mike Waltz, US Ambassador to the United Nations, said Washington has forces to seize weapons of mass destruction, adding it is up to President Donald Trump to decide whether the country should move to seize Iran’s enriched uranium.

“I can tell you, as a former special operator, we have forces that are dedicated to handling WMD all over the world, should we have to seize it from a rogue nation or otherwise," Waltz said during his appearance on ‘Fox News Sunday.’

He added Trump is “never going to take options off the table."

“But what I can tell you, I’m confident, is that this isn’t going to be another 2003 Iraq," he continued. “There are not going to be hundreds of thousands of troops occupying urban areas somewhere. You know, certainly not Tehran."

Waltz said President Donald Trump has “all kinds of options" to choose from — ranging from diplomacy to the seizure of Iran’s enriched uranium.

“We’ll see what he decides to do with the Iranian leadership, however that turns out," he added.

Waltz asserted Trump has made it clear that Iran cannot possess a nuclear weapon. “But at the end of the day, he’s made it clear that Iran can never have a nuke. And I just want to reemphasize, President Trump has been clear on that point for many years in his 2016 campaign, his 2020 campaign, his 2024 campaign."

‘Under The Rubble’ 

Waltz’s statement came shortly after Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on a television interview that the country’s nuclear facilities were “under the rubble".

“Our nuclear facilities were attacked, and everything is under the rubble. Of course, you know there is the possibility to retrieve them, but under the supervision of the [International Atomic Energy Agency]. If one day we come to the conclusion to do that, it would be under the supervision of the agency. But for the time being, we have no program. We have no plan to recover them from under the rubble," he told CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ programme.

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