Cohen also welcomed the US decision to strike Fordow during the June 2025 conflict between Israel and Iran. The strikes caused extensive damage, although the full impact on Iran’s nuclear programme and the fate of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium has remained uncertain. Iran had accumulated roughly 440kg of uranium enriched to 60 percent before the attacks, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Cohen also played down the immediate significance of Iran’s 60-percent-enriched uranium, saying material at that level remained “far from a bomb”. Experts including David Albright have argued that uranium enriched to 60 percent can be raised to 90 per cent, weapons-grade levels relatively quickly if Iran chooses to do so.