UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Urges Iran to Grant Access
Grossi said the agency needs access to verify Iran’s nuclear materials after 440 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium went unaccounted for, officials said.
- IAEA chief Rafael Grossi urged Iran during a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday to grant immediate access to nuclear facilities so the agency can verify the Islamic republic's nuclear materials.
- Last month, the IAEA board referred Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years after Britain, France, Germany, and the United States submitted a resolution citing failures to comply with nuclear reporting obligations.
- Before the June 2025 strikes, the IAEA calculated Iran possessed approximately 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent, which is well above the 3.67-percent limit and approaches the 90 percent needed for nuclear weapons.
- Iran's UN representative Amir Saeid Iravani denounced the meeting as a 'double standard,' criticizing the Security Council's 'silence' regarding US-Israeli strikes, though China and Russia hold veto power over any sanctions.
- President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to renew strikes against Iran, potentially after next week's midterm elections, questioning in a Sunday Fox News interview whether to 'finish them off' or pursue a deal.
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The Agency expressed concern about the declared nuclear materials of Iran, in particular 440 kg of highly enriched uranium.
UN nuclear watchdog demands access to Iran's 440kg stockpile of highly enriched uranium
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi says outstanding safeguards questions have remained unresolved for more than five years, while inspectors continue verification work at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant.
IAEA experts have not seen Iran's attempts to restore US-damaged nuclear facilities, declared IAEA Head Rafael Grossi." Since June 2025, we have not recorded any attempts to restore facilities damaged during the 2025 and 2026 strikes," he said in his address to the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
'One area of particular concern is Iran’s previously declared nuclear material, which includes 440kg of High Enriched Uranium,' says Rafael Grossi
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