Overview
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said no uranium enrichment is occurring anywhere in Iran because key facilities were attacked in June, adding all declared sites remain under IAEA safeguards.
- He rejected reports of an undeclared complex at Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz, saying Iran has no secret enrichment site and no current enrichment activity.
- The IAEA says it lost continuity of knowledge of previously declared highly enriched uranium after the June strikes and calls inspections of several damaged sites long overdue.
- European powers have already restored UN sanctions through the JCPOA snapback, and a new IAEA Board resolution is being prepared, prompting Tehran to warn it may review cooperation if censured again.
- Satellite analysis shows little activity at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan since the bombings, while independent experts report stepped-up construction at a buried site near Natanz that Iran disputes.