Overview
- Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen said on Tuesday that Israeli operatives “toured” or “walked around” the Fordow enrichment complex many times to map and understand the site.
- The United States struck Fordow in the June 2025 campaign, with multiple reports saying B‑2 bombers dropped Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker‑busters that entered the underground complex through ventilation shafts.
- Cohen did not say whether those tours involved agents physically entering Fordow or relied on remote surveillance and technical espionage, leaving the precise nature and timing of Israeli access unclear.
- He noted Iran had material enriched to 60 percent but said that level alone is not a bomb, while the location and fate of much of Iran’s enriched uranium remain uncertain after the strikes.
- Markets and analysts have reacted to the disclosure and rising tensions by lowering odds that a U.S.‑Iran deal will include reconstruction funds, and the comments raise the prospect of renewed scrutiny of sites where Tehran may have moved material.