Overview
- The IAEA told member states on Thursday that it cannot provide reliable information on the size, composition, or location of Iran’s declared enriched uranium and said it is unable to carry out its NPT safeguards duties.
- The agency’s confidential report cites a declared stockpile of 440.9 kilograms enriched up to 60% purity, a level that is a short technical step from weapons grade and that the IAEA says could, if weaponized, be enough for several bombs.
- IAEA inspectors have not returned to sites hit by U.S. and Israeli strikes in June 2025, producing a nearly yearlong loss of “continuity of knowledge” over previously declared material and preventing monthly verification of high-enriched stocks.
- Since the February report, the only IAEA visit in Iran was to the Bushehr power plant on June 1–3, where the reactor is using Russian-supplied uranium enriched to about 4.5%, underscoring constrained verification activity.
- Director General Rafael Grossi reiterated his readiness to support negotiations and offered technical help, while the agency warned the Board of Governors that restoring access is urgent to reduce proliferation risk and to underpin any diplomatic deal.