Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has warned that Mojtaba Khamenei ordered Iran to advance work on the weaponization systems needed for a nuclear bomb, as Tehran moves to protect its nuclear infrastructure underground.

In an interview, Netanyahu described the directive as a significant development in Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.

According to the intelligence information cited in the report, Iran holds approximately 450 kilograms of enriched uranium. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is also working to relocate nuclear facilities and centrifuges to underground sites at four locations to shield them from attack.

Netanyahu said the enriched uranium remains buried underground, consistent with previous statements by President Donald Trump.

The prime minister identified the overthrow of the Iranian regime as a strategic objective and emphasized Israel’s continuing coordination with Washington. According to the report, the decision on a potential strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities and its timing rests with Trump and his team within that coordination.

Meanwhile, the United States is reinforcing its military presence in the Middle East with aerial refueling aircraft and a carrier strike group.

Israeli and American assessments indicate that Iran’s worsening economic crisis could push the Revolutionary Guards to accelerate the nuclear program.

Netanyahu also addressed the threat Wednesday evening during an officers’ graduation ceremony at the IDF’s Bahad 1 training base.

“The regime in Iran still has not learned its lesson. Mojtaba Khamenei, the latest dictator, has decided to follow in his father’s footsteps,” Netanyahu said.

“He has taken the safety off, and Iran is once again trying to develop bombs of death.”

Netanyahu declared that removing the regime was the only way to eliminate the threat permanently.

“There is only one way to remove this threat once and for all—to topple the regime in Iran. And that is my directive to the IDF, the Mossad and the security services,” he said.

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