The IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has expressed “concern” over its inspectors’ lack of access to nuclear sites in Iran, warning of the risk of nuclear “proliferation.” This is stated in a report in which the IAEA itself invites the Tehran regime to “cooperate constructively with the agency.” While acknowledging that military attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities and sites have created “an unprecedented situation,” the agency states that it is “essential to conduct verification activities in Iran without delay.”
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Iranian authorities this week authorized IAEA inspectors to visit the Bushehr nuclear power plant but did not provide information on where enriched uranium stocks had been placed. Although the visit to Bushehr was welcomed by the IAEA, which nevertheless highlighted “growing concerns regarding the stocks of enriched, near-nuclear grade uranium present in the Islamic Republic.” For over a year – the report notes – it has not been possible to verify this material, which is sufficient to manufacture a dozen nuclear warheads.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi reiterated the request to Iran to allow its inspectors to resume work and called for a negotiated solution to the war between Israel, the United States, and Iran. “The long-standing problem and recurring crises related to these issues must be resolved through a lasting and verifiable diplomatic agreement,” he stated.
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Tehran imposed new restrictions, halving inspectors’ access, after the 12-day war last June, in which Israel and the United States bombed Iranian nuclear sites. Since then, inspectors have never returned to the damaged sites of Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz, where 440.9 kilograms and 8,599.6 kilograms of low-enriched nuclear material had previously been found.</p
The IAEA report – according to two senior diplomats – emphasizes how, in the midst of the war that began in late February, “the longer uranium remains outside international controls, the greater the risks that it could be diverted for non-peaceful uses.” US President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that the Iranian nuclear program has been annihilated. But he has also sought to negotiate access to uranium to neutralize it.
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