IAEA Urges Iran for Access to Nuclear Sites Post-Strikes

The United Nations nuclear watchdog urged Iran on Friday to grant immediate access to its key nuclear facilities, including a secretive underground complex at the Isfahan site where much of the country's highly enriched uranium is stored, amid heightened international concerns over its atomic program.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, in a confidential report circulated to member states ahead of its quarterly board meeting next week in Vienna, highlighted the agency's inability to inspect sites damaged during military strikes by Israel and the United States in June 2025. Those attacks, part of a 12-day conflict, targeted three Iranian nuclear facilities, including Isfahan, which Israel struck with buildings such as a uranium conversion plant and the United States hit with missiles. The IAEA stated that without access, it cannot verify the current status of Iran's uranium stockpile or confirm whether enrichment activities have ceased at the affected sites.

According to the report, Iran possesses 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent purity, a level just short of the 90 percent needed for weapons-grade material. IAEA estimates indicate this amount could yield...