IAEA Increasingly Concerned About Iranian Enrichment Plant, Its Report Says
The UN nuclear watchdog says it cannot verify the plant’s location or whether it holds nuclear material, raising proliferation concerns over Iran’s uranium stockpile.
- On Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported it is "increasingly concerned" about an underground uranium-enrichment plant at Isfahan that Iran declared last year but has blocked inspectors from entering.
- Inspectors have been unable to return to nuclear facilities since a 12-day bombing campaign by Israel and the United States in June 2025 destroyed or damaged other uranium enrichment plants.
- "The Agency does not know IFEP's exact location, status for safeguards purposes or whether it contains nuclear material," the IAEA reported, noting Iran has refused to provide design plans.
- The IAEA warned that the lack of access and information presents a "serious proliferation concern" requiring rectification with "the utmost urgency."
- IAEA chief Rafael Grossi stated in March that his agency believed a significant amount of Iran's most highly enriched uranium was stored within the tunnel complex at Isfahan.
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IAEA ‘increasingly concerned’ over Iran's undeclared-access uranium plant at Isfahan
The UN nuclear watchdog has expressed growing concern over an Iranian uranium-enrichment plant at Isfahan that it has not been allowed to inspect. The IAEA said it cannot establish the facility's exact location or status, or verify whether it contains nuclear material, and has urged Iran to grant inspectors access.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has urged Iran to take steps to allow inspectors to access its nuclear facilities and provide information about its stockpile of enriched uranium. In a confidential report to member states, the agency said it was “increasingly concerned” about a facility in Isfahan that Tehran announced in 2025 but to which inspectors have not yet been granted access. The facility is known as the Isfahan Uranium Enri…
IAEA increasingly concerned about Iranian enrichment plant, its report says
The lack of information and the refusal to grant access to facilities to verify such materials, with possible military use, is “a matter of serious concern” and must be resolved with “maximum urgency”, says IAEA
The IAEA is still unaware of the location of more than 400 kg of enriched uranium in Iran, as described in the IAEA technical report on Iran published in Vienna. "The lack of information and denial of access to verification facilities for materials that could potentially also be used for military purposes is a cause for serious concern, the situation should be resolved as soon as possible", the EFE report referring to IAEA published on Thursday.
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