IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on Feb. 13 that Iran is “not entirely transparent” regarding its nuclear activities, which “increases dangers,” particularly given the “accumulation of complexities” in the Middle East. In addition to seeking answers about undeclared uranium activities at two sites from the pre-2003 period, when Iran had a nuclear weapons ...

November 20, 2024 - UN inspectorate chief calls Tehran’s move a ‘concrete step in the right direction’, amid threat of restored sanctions

3 days ago - IAEA said Iran's continued refusal ... of declared nuclear material in Iran. Iran said that for the six years the Agency had been considering its case, the IAEA had not found any evidence to prove that Tehran is seeking a nuclear weapon....

June 14, 2024 - The IAEA cited Iran for breach of safeguards, saying the Islamic Republic hid parts of its nuclear program and failed to answer questions on possible military work. This led the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions in 2010 to get Iran to provide data and to suspend enrichment to allay fears it seeks nuclear weapons...

If Iran decided to rush to make ... first nuclear weapon. Left unchecked, that stockpile and that number of centrifuges would grow exponentially, practically guaranteeing that Iran could create a bomb—and create one quickly – if it so chose. This deal removes the key elements needed to create a bomb and prolongs Iran’s breakout time from 2-3 months to 1 year or more if Iran broke its commitments. Importantly, Iran won’t garner any new sanctions relief until the IAEA confirms that Iran ...

On October 15, 2015, the deadline for additional responses, the IAEA confirmed that Iran had responded to its follow-up questions and completed all activities under the roadmap. The completed assessment, released on December 2, 2015, concluded that Iran had pursued a nuclear weapons program ...

October 25, 2023 - The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran should give assurances to the world that it is not making nuclear weapons as it already has enough material to make several bombs.

February 13, 2024 - The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has warned that Iran is “not entirely transparent” regarding its atomic program.

December 26, 2023 - Iran has reversed a months-long slowdown in the rate at which it is enriching uranium to up to 60% purity, close to weapons grade, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday.

Monitoring and verification in Iran by IAEA nuclear inspectors includes inspection activities, reports, statements and media coverage on IAEA safeguards regime.

While the inspectors are still seeking Iran’s clarification of activities at Varamin and Turquzabad, the report highlights Iran’s complete lack of cooperation. The IAEA will likely finalize its investigation of these two sites in the same way as the other two – namely, by stating that Iran had undeclared nuclear materials and/or carried out nuclear weapons...

April 10, 2024 - Six years after the Trump administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear accord, Tehran is rapidly accumulating enriched uranium, some of it very close to weapons-grade.

September 22, 2023 - White House hopes to secure nuclear cooperation deal with Riyadh as Chinese influence grows in Middle East

ISIS is a non-profit, non-partisan institution providing public knowledge of nuclear proliferation and international security.

December 28, 2023 - The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Begin Text The December 26, 2023 report by the IAEA highlights that Iran has increased its rate of production of uranium enriched up to 60% at Natanz ...

October 27, 2023 - Diplomacy to revive this arms control agreement has faced multiple stumbling blocks, including Iran’s nuclear advances and its links to conflicts in the Gaza Strip and Ukraine.

March 31, 2024 - He added that the IAEA is in Iran but "we are not inspecting at the levels and with the depth that we should be given the nature of that program.” · In February, Grossi had said that Iran is enriching at an elevated rate of around 7 kg of uranium per month to 60% purity. Enrichment to 60% brings uranium close toweapons grade and is not necessary for commercial use in nuclear power production. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons...

For Marivan, it concluded, “The ... nuclear weapon at Marivan (see Annex). Turquz-Abad was an undeclared location involved in the storage of related nuclear material and equipment. For the fourth site, Lavizan-Shian, the IAEA explicitly states that activities and the nuclear material used at Lavisan-Shian “were not declared by Iran to the Agency as required under the Safeguards Agreement.” · While the inspectors are still seeking Iran’s ...

November 22, 2024 - With thousands of advanced centrifuges on standby, Tehran says it is now spinning more, which could increase its stockpile of near-bomb-grade atomic fuel.