The US military was reportedly planning to seize enriched uranium from Iran, but Trump did not approve it.

According to a report by CCTV on June 14th, sources in the US stated that the US military had formulated an action plan in May, considering sending ground troops into Iran to forcibly seize Iran's enriched uranium stockpile. After this plan was abandoned, the US military is now developing a new plan to remove Iran's enriched uranium. On June 12th, the US released a statement saying that two sources indicated that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Kane urgently returned to US Central Command on May 19th to receive a briefing on the plan to seize Iran's enriched uranium. According to this plan, the US military intended to seize enriched uranium buried deep within underground tunnels at Iran's nuclear facilities in Isfahan and Natanz. Kane subsequently reported the plan to US President Trump. After receiving warnings that such an operation could "provoke a strong retaliation from Iran, prolong the war, and exacerbate global economic turmoil," Trump did not approve the plan. According to the US military's assessment, the "acceptable risk level" of this operation is "high" to "very high," meaning that even if successful, it would result in a large number of US military casualties.