Overview
- Rafael Grossi said Iran’s treatment, conversion and enrichment infrastructure still exists and could spin up uranium enrichment for weapons within months
- The IAEA has pressed Tehran to allow inspectors back into Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan to verify remaining nuclear material and assess structural damage
- A Pentagon battle damage report judged the setbacks would last months; CIA intelligence views the destroyed Isfahan conversion plant as imposing a years-long hurdle
- U.S. intercepts of senior Iranian officials’ communications indicate Tehran believes the airstrikes were less devastating than Washington has claimed
- With a fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire holding, U.S. and international diplomacy is focusing on preventing Iran from rebuilding its nuclear program