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Archive photoIAEA Urges Iran to Cooperate After Barred Inspections Since June 2025 Zeerlan/Haziran Attacks
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IAEA still cannot verify location/status of Iran's 60% enriched uranium since June 2025 strikes. IAEA calls Iran to cooperate and resume inspections without delay.
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IAEA presses Iran on access
The International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran to cooperate constructively and resume inspection and verification activities without further delay, in order to address outstanding issues concerning its nuclear program. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said the agency does not know the exact site of the uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan, nor whether it contains nuclear materials. The IAEA also said it “encourages Iran to consider technical and gradual measures that would create the conditions for the inspectors’ return to Iran,” according to a report seen by Agence France-Presse.
The IAEA reported that Iran has barred inspections by the IAEA at its nuclear facilities since June 2025, after the Israeli bombardment against them for 12 days, which the United States joined. The IAEA warned that persisting gaps in oversight since the June 2025 Zeerlan/Haziran attacks heighten serious concerns about nuclear proliferation and demand urgent attention.
Unverified stockpile and facility
The IAEA said it still cannot verify the location or status of Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium, deepening a monitoring blackout that has lasted since the strikes of June 2025. The IAEA said its last estimate, before the June 2025 attacks, put Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% at 440.9 kilograms, but inspectors have been unable to verify its current size, composition or whereabouts. The IAEA said it could not conclude that no nuclear material had been diverted from peaceful nuclear activities in Iran because it lacks the information and access necessary to conduct verification.
The IAEA also said it still does not know the facility’s precise location or whether it contains nuclear material, referring to the Isfahan fuel enrichment plant that Iran declared in June 2025 but has never allowed inspectors to visit. The IAEA’s quarterly report to member states, seen by Bloomberg, Reuters and AFP, described the gap as a serious proliferation concern.
Officials warn, board to meet
Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei said Iran would not allow “even a single particle” of enriched material to leave the country, and he said no negotiations are currently taking place with Washington, according to Investing.com. The IAEA said its lack of information about Iran’s enriched uranium and its inability to access nuclear facilities since the June 2025 attacks raise serious concerns, and it urged urgent action. The IAEA said it is “fully prepared to resume nuclear safeguards activities in Iran within a short time,” but it noted that Tehran has ruled out returning to routine monitoring “under the current circumstances.”
The IAEA said its board of governors is scheduled to meet next week in Vienna to discuss Iran’s nuclear file. The IAEA also said it has not received any information from Iran regarding its nuclear facilities, and it said Iran did not allow it to inspect the Isfahan uranium enrichment facility.