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Iran hasn’t tried to repair nuclear facilities damaged in US strikes, UN nuclear chief says
Rafael Grossi said the agency cannot verify Iran’s uranium stockpile and has found no sign of repairs at damaged nuclear facilities.
On Tuesday, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi reported no signs that Iran has repaired nuclear facilities damaged in military strikes during 2025 and 2026.
President Donald Trump justified the war that began Feb. 28, 2025, as necessary to prevent nuclear development, while insisting prior strikes "obliterated" Tehran's atomic program.
The IAEA reports Iran holds 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60% purity, a step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%, violating Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations.
Bahrain, Denmark, Latvia, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States called a Security Council meeting where Iranian deputy ambassador Gholamhossein Darzi denounced "wars of aggression against Iran."
U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz called Iran a "brutal dictatorship" and demanded answers regarding the country's continued failure to satisfy its international safeguard obligations.