IAEA Report Warns of Unknowns at Iran's Isfahan Facility and Enriched Uranium
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A confidential IAEA report reveals growing concern over an undeclared Iranian uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan, which Iran has denied inspectors access to since June 2025. The agency lacks information on the facility's location, status, and nuclear material content, raising serious proliferation concerns. The IAEA urged Iran to allow inspectors back into its nuclear sites to resume verification activities and build confidence, noting that military attacks have created an unprecedented situation.
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- IAEA expresses growing concern over an undeclared Iranian uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan.
- Iran has denied IAEA inspectors access to the Isfahan facility and other nuclear sites since June 2025.
- The IAEA lacks information on the facility's location, status, and nuclear material content.
- Director General Rafael Grossi believes a significant amount of highly enriched uranium is at the Isfahan site.
- The agency warned that lack of access raises serious nuclear proliferation concerns.
- IAEA urged Iran to allow inspectors back to resume verification activities and build confidence.
A confidential International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report expresses growing concern over an undeclared uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan, Iran, which Tehran has not allowed inspectors to access. Iran has barred IAEA inspectors from its nuclear facilities since July 2025, following a 12-day bombing campaign by Israel and the United States in June 2025 that severely damaged or destroyed other Iranian enrichment sites. Diplomats believe the Isfahan facility, which Iran declared to the IAEA on June 12, 2025, is located within a network of tunnels in Isfahan, but its exact location and status remain unknown. The IAEA had planned to inspect the facility on June 13, 2025, but the bombing campaign prevented it. The agency stated in its report that it does not know the precise location, safeguards status, or whether the facility contains nuclear material. Iran has also refused to provide design information for the facility. The IAEA Director General, Rafael Grossi, stated in March that the agency believes a significant amount of highly enriched uranium is present in the Isfahan tunnel complex. The report reiterates the need for Iran to declare the status of its enrichment facilities and its stock of highly enriched uranium, which includes material close to weapons-grade. It also calls for inspectors to be allowed back to bombed sites and for enriched uranium to be accounted for. The agency warned that the lack of information and access to verify nuclear materials poses serious proliferation concerns that must be addressed urgently.
The IAEA urged Iran to take gradual steps to allow inspectors back into key nuclear facilities, deeming their access essential. The agency noted that military attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities have created an unprecedented situation. However, without cooperation, the IAEA cannot confirm that declared nuclear material in Iran has not been diverted for peaceful uses. The report, to be discussed at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting next week, emphasizes the critical importance of conducting verification activities in Iran without further delay. Grossi encouraged Iran to consider technical and gradual measures that would pave the way for the normal resumption of safeguards implementation and help build confidence towards a broader agreement. The report also reviewed recent correspondence between the IAEA and Iran. While IAEA inspectors were able to visit the Bushehr nuclear power plant in September, access to other facilities was denied.
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