US EditionUN watchdog hasn’t been able to verify Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium in months: AP
Iran’s uranium stockpile of 440.9 kg enriched up to 60% purity remains unverifiable since June, raising concerns about potential nuclear weapon development, the IAEA reported.
- On Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it cannot verify Iran's near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel struck nuclear sites during the 12-day war in June, citing a confidential U.N. report seen by The Associated Press.
- Iran suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after the war with Israel, and European powers reimposed U.N. sanctions via the snapback mechanism after Iran failed to resume talks or clarify its uranium stockpile.
- According to the IAEA's September report, Iran maintains uranium enriched up to 60% purity, and inspectors are traveling Wednesday to the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, 350 kilometers southeast of Tehran, housing three Chinese research reactors.
- The IAEA warned it 'lost continuity of knowledge' at facilities affected by the June war and said urgent action is needed as Iran has not granted IAEA inspectors access.
- Under its safeguards agreement and the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Iran must report nuclear material status after attacks and allowed inspections of undamaged sites after Rafael Grossi's Cairo deal with Abbas Araghchi in early September.
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Five months after Israeli and US strikes, Tehran continues to block inspections – IAEA warns that verification of uranium stockpiles is “long overdue”
Iran’s Missing Uranium is Raising Concern at UN Nuclear Watchdog
Iran’s silence over damage it incurred at sites bombed by Israel and the US is fueling concern about the state and location of the Islamic Republic’s near-bomb-grade uranium inventory, according to a new report issued by the United Nations nuclear watchdog.
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UN watchdog hasn't been able to verify Iran's stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium in months
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been unable to verify Iran's near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel struck its nuclear sites in June.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) urged the Iranian government on Wednesday to resume cooperation with its inspectors “indispensably and urgently,” after five months without access to key nuclear facilities. The suspension of controls began in June, following a series of bombings attributed to the United States and Israel during the so-called “12-day war,” which affected seven of the country’s twenty most important nuclear facilities.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today called on Iran to allow verification of its enriched uranium stockpiles, especially highly enriched uranium, as soon as possible. The agency also warned in its latest report that Iran has not met its obligations to provide information on its uranium stockpiles since the Israeli and US attacks in June.
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