Trump vows to confiscate Iran’s nuclear material, says it’s monitored by Space Force

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · May 10, 2026 · 480 words · By Ryan King

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Trump vows to confiscate Iran’s nuclear material, says it’s monitored by Space Force President Trump on Sunday vowed to confiscate Iran’s leftover nuclear material and warned the Islamic Republic that America is carefully watching its facilities from space.

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What happened

Why it matters

The president said that taking control of Iran’s enriched uranium remains his top priority with Iran.

Common ground

“We’ll get that at some point,” Trump, 79, told TV’s “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson” in an interview that dropped Sunday.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole, Oversimplification: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

What terms are actually in the Iran proposal, and which side would have to compromise first?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Both the US and Israel are believed to have conducted additional bombing near Iran’s nuclear sites?
How does this story connect Military Superiority with Space Force Capabilities over the next few days?

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Oversimplification 70% confidence

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Both the US and Israel are believed to have conducted additional bombing near Iran’s nuclear sites”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that since February 28, 2026, the US and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran, launching airstrikes on military and government sites.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_on_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict

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Claim 2: “They have no anti-aircraft weaponry”

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Claim 3: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” of the allies’ joint war against the Islamic Republic”

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Web search results from JNS and Al Jazeera confirm a '60 Minutes' interview with Netanyahu regarding the war on Iran and peace talks.

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web search NEUTRAL — Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu[a] (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel News.CBS News‘ “60 Minutes” was set to air a major interview on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a preview released by the program.
https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/netanyahu-to-discuss-mi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Stay on top of US-Israel war on Iran latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/israel-iran-conflict/

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Claim 4: “President Trump on Sunday vowed to confiscate Iran’s leftover nuclear material”

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Multiple web search results confirm that President Trump has stated the aim of eliminating/seizing Iran's nuclear material and that a commando plan to do so was briefed to him.

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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump withdrew from the Obama-era nuclear accord in 2018, saying it was the worst deal ever. But Iran responded with an enrichment spree that haunts the negotiations to this day.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/politics/trump-iran-nu…

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web search NEUTRAL — A plan briefed to Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iran's nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/01/…

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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump has made complete elimination of Iran's nuclear capability one of his stated aims of the war.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/09/politics/iran-uranium-us-grou…

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Claim 5: “They have no air force”

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Claim 6: “the regime claimed to still have enough nuclear material that, if fully enriched, would be sufficient for 11 nukes, according to special envoy Steve Witkoff”

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Wikipedia confirms Steve Witkoff serves as the US special envoy to the Middle East since 2025. While the specific '11 nukes' figure isn't in the snippet, the role and context of negotiations are verified.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phased ceasefire framework …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Charles Witkoff (born March 15, 1957) is an American real estate developer, investor, former attorney, and founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States spec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff

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Claim 7: “They have no navy”

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No evidence was provided to support or refute the claim that Iran has 'no navy'.

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Claim 8: “Trump, 79, told TV’s “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson” in an interview that dropped Sunday”

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Web search results confirm Trump sat down for an interview with Sharyl Attkisson for 'Full Measure', and Wikipedia confirms 'Full Measure' is a Sunday morning program.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Full Measure is an American Sunday morning political affairs and investigative news magazine series hosted by investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson. The program is produced, broadcast, and syndica…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Measure_with_Sharyl_Attki…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Jay Hatfill (born October 24, 1953) is an American pathologist and biological weapons expert. In 2002, he came to worldwide attention as a suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks, a charge of which…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hatfill

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Heritage Foundation (or simply Heritage) is an American right-wing think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973, it took a leading role in the conservative movement in the 1980s during the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation

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Claim 9: “I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching”

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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of the US Space Force, the specific claim that Trump stated they are 'watching' Iranian nuclear facilities is not explicitly corroborated by the provided evidence snippets, though the context of the interview is mentioned.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, officially known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force (IRGCASF; Persian: نیروی هوافضای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, roman…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Co…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and was established on 20 December 2019. Part of the United States Department of Defense, it is one …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Force

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Claim 10: “The US already bombed three of Iran’s top nuclear sites in June during Operation Midnight Hammer”

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Wikipedia and multiple web search results explicitly confirm 'Operation Midnight Hammer' occurred in June 2025, targeting three nuclear sites (Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898 – December 10, 1990) was an American oil tycoon, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. The son of a Russian-born communist activist, Hammer trained as a physician before beginn…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Hammer

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Numerous experiments which were performed on human test subjects in the United States in the past are now considered to have been unethical, because they were performed without the knowledge or inform…
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Claim 11: “The Post reported on a 14-point framework for peace talks between Washington and Tehran”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a 14-point framework reported by the Washington Post.

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Claim 12: “The Trump administration has been negotiating with Iran for weeks”

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CNN and BBC reports confirm that the US has been sending messages and engaging in ceasefire/negotiation talks with Iran via intermediaries and Pakistan.

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump said reopening the strait was a key condition of the ceasefire deal. • What happens next? Pakistan’s prime minister has invited delegations from both Iran and the US to Islamabad for talks on Fr…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/world/live-news/iran-war-trum…

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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said in a televised interview on Iran’s state TV news channel that for “several days” the US has "begun sending various messages through different intermedi…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn8dldl0jx9t

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web search NEUTRAL — The administration may have to decide that a deal is worth more than trying to change who runs Iran and how they do it. If so, it needs to be ready for Iran hawks to undermine its efforts — or at leas…
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/04/25/iran-negot…

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Claim 13: “Their leaders are gone. The first set, the A-Team, is gone. The B-team is gone, and part of the C-team is gone”

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Claim 14: “They have no radar”

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