Overview
- Diplomats said Friday that the United States, Britain, France and Germany have prepared a Board of Governors draft asking the IAEA to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council but the text is still being negotiated and has not been formally submitted.
- A confidential IAEA report says Iran has denied inspectors information and access to more than 20 nuclear sites and withheld details on about 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched up to roughly 60 percent, prompting the agency to call the situation a proliferation risk.
- The IAEA has found no confirmed diversion of material to weapons but warned that the loss of continuous monitoring since strikes on Iranian sites has left inspectors unable to verify what remains of enriched stocks.
- A Security Council referral would let the U.N. impose legally binding measures such as sanctions or asset freezes, yet any binding action is unlikely because Russia and China can block decisions with their vetoes.
- The dispute traces to mid-2025 strikes that damaged Iran’s enrichment facilities, a June 2025 IAEA Board finding of non‑compliance, and stalled plans to dilute highly enriched uranium under agency supervision.