Witkoff warns Iran is ‘a week away’ from 'bomb-making material' as Trump weighs action
Steve Witkoff says Iran has violated Trump's 'zero enrichment' red line with uranium enriched up to 60%
By Taylor Penley Fox News
Published February 22, 2026 1:29pm EST
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff warned Saturday that Iran could be "a week away" from having "industrial-grade bomb-making material," raising urgent questions about what President Donald Trump could do next to address the looming threat.
"It’s up to 60%," Witkoff said of Iran’s enrichment level. "They’re probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material."
The "dangerous" proposition, Witkoff said on "My View with Lara Trump," comes despite Trump’s "zero enrichment" red line, which he accused Iran of violating "well beyond" what a civil nuclear program requires.
"We can't have that," he said. "This is something that they have to stick with until they prove to us that they can behave."
Witkoff told Fox News that the president is "curious" why Iran has not shifted course despite mounting U.S. pressure in the region.
"With the amount of sea power, naval power that we have over there, why they haven't come to us and said, 'We profess that we don't want a weapon?'"
But external pressures are only part of the picture. The Islamic regime faces additional pressures from its own civilians, prompting unrest and state-driven aggression against protesters.
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