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Ex-Mossad chief says ‘we toured’ Iran’s Fordo nuclear site ‘many times
2026-08-11
[IsraelTimes] Former Mosssd
...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...
director Yossi Cohen speaks of having toured Iran’s Fordo uranium enrichment facility several times in the past.

“We toured the Fordo nuclear site many times in order to understand the site,” he is quoted by Hebrew media outlets as saying at the Galilee Forum in Safed, without saying when the visits were or who exactly toured the site.

“Its bombing by the Americans was the fulfillment of all my dreams,” he adds.

The site, along with the Isfahan and Natanz facilities, was severely damaged by US strikes during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June 2025.

Reports have said the 440 kilograms of highly enriched uranium stored in the facilities was buried, but Israel believes that Iran transferred some of it to the Pickaxe Mountain site after that war.

Cohen also states “that 60% enriched uranium is still far from a bomb,” appearing to contradict experts such as David Albright, who say 60% enriched uranium can potentially be further enriched to weapons grade in a matter of weeks or even days.

Cohen has spoken publicly about Mossad activity against Iran in the past. Days after stepping down as Mossad chief in 2021, he gave an extraordinary interview on Israeli television in which he provided details of such activity. He intimated that his agency blew up Iran’s underground centrifuge facility at Natanz, gave a precise description of the 2018 operation in which the Mossad stole Iran’s nuclear archive from safes in a Tehran warehouse, confirmed that Iran’s assassinated top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh had been in Mossad’s sights for years, and said the regime needs to understand that Israel means what it says when it vows to prevent Iran attaining nuclear weapons.

Speaking on Ilana Dayan’s “Uvda” (Fact) documentary show on Channel 12, Cohen indicated that he was deeply familiar with Iran’s various nuclear sites, and said that, if given the opportunity, he would take Dayan to the underground “cellar” at Natanz, where, he said, “the centrifuges used to spin.”
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Yossi Cohen 01/30/2026 Iranian Mossad agent details role in internal attacks on regime during 12-day war
Yossi Cohen 11/28/2025 Scary: Ex-Mossad chief says Israeli operatives are active on Iranian soil, ‘not by proxy’

Related:
Fordo : 2026-06-10 NYT: Iran will dilute rather than hand over uranium stockpile as part of deal with US
Fordo : 2026-05-02 Iran submits new proposal to end war; Trump says he’s ‘not satisfied’
Fordo : 2026-03-22 IDF hit Tehran university site used to develop components for nuclear weapons and missile production sites while Americans hit Nantanz enrichment facility after 8000 mil targets airstruck
Related:
Pickaxe Mountain: 2026-07-29 Netanyahu: Meeting with Trump was one of our best ever; White House: Productive, positive
Pickaxe Mountain: 2026-07-23 U.S. Air Force B-1B heavy bombers struck Iranian weapons-production facilities in Tehran on 11th night of strikes
Pickaxe Mountain: 2026-07-22 Israeli assessment: US incapable of destroying 'Pickaxe Mountain'
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Natanz: 2026-07-23 U.S. Air Force B-1B heavy bombers struck Iranian weapons-production facilities in Tehran on 11th night of strikes
Natanz: 2026-07-22 Israeli assessment: US incapable of destroying 'Pickaxe Mountain'
Natanz: 2026-07-22 Trump: U.S. ‘Not Finished at All' in Iran; Pickaxe Mountain Strike Coming ‘Pretty Soon'
Related:
Iran’s nuclear archive 06/07/2026 Trump said US intelligence beat Iran—the record backs him
Iran’s nuclear archive 09/06/2018 Iran says it will go beyond previous enrichment if nuclear deal fails

Related:
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh 06/07/2026 Trump said US intelligence beat Iran—the record backs him
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh 03/19/2026 Why is Israel, not US, carrying out most senior Iranian assassinations?
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh 12/12/2025 IRGC general said the team that assassinated Iran’s senior nuclear scientist was Iranians trained by Mossad

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