Fred Fleitz to Newsmax: Biden Allowed Iran to Enrich Uranium Secretly
President Joe Biden’s national security council claimed it is “greatly concerned” about the International Atomic Energy Agency report of Iran’s increase in production of highly enriched uranium.
But Newsmax national security analyst Fred Fleitz on Monday called that out as not only disingenuous, but also misleading after a secret spring 2023 deal the U.S. cut with Iran.
“What’s really urgent to recognize here is that the Biden administration allowed Iran this past spring to enrich uranium to the 60% uranium 235 level, which is a hair below weapons grade,” Fleitz said Monday on “Newsline.” “It was an enormous concession that had never been conceived of before, and it was in a secret agreement.