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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Checking Iran’s enriched uranium stock is ‘long overdue,’ IAEA report says
The IAEA has now lost so-called continuity of knowledge of Iran’s enriched uranium stocks, it added, meaning re-establishing a full picture will be arduous. By Reuters and The Algemeiner Iran still has not let inspectors into the nuclear sites Israel and the United States bombed in June, the UN atomic watchdog said in a confidential report on Wednesday, adding that accounting for Iran’s enriched uranium stock is “long overdue.” The IAEA‘s own gu…
Iran's 60% enriched uranium reserves amounted to 440.9 kg during the Israeli attack in June.
The Iranian regime does not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to work unhindered. Now the experts warn that it is still unclear where more than 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium are.
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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