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IAEA Reports Iran's Enriched Uranium Stockpile Nearing Weapons-Grade Levels

The UN nuclear watchdog highlights increased uranium enrichment and lack of cooperation from Tehran, raising global concerns.

This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
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This photo released Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in Natanz uranium enrichment facility near Natanz, Iran. A new underground facility at the Natanz enrichment site may put centrifuges beyond the range of a massive so-called “bunker buster” bomb earlier developed by the U.S. military, according experts and satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press in May 2023. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

Overview

  • Iran has accumulated 164.7 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%, just a step away from weapons-grade purity.
  • The IAEA report indicates that Iran has installed new centrifuges but has not yet operationalized them.
  • Tehran continues to block access to senior IAEA inspectors and disrupts surveillance cameras.
  • The IAEA has found unexplained uranium traces at undeclared sites in Iran.
  • Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has shown interest in resuming nuclear negotiations.