October 16, 2023 - Grossi's last quarterly reports on Iran showed the Islamic Republic now has enough uranium enriched to 60% purity, close to the roughly 90% of weapons grade, for almost three nuclear bombs by the IAEA's own theoretical definition if it were enriched further. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons.

November 22, 2024 - The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board has condemned Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, the second time it has done so in just five months.

February 19, 2024 - Iran continues to enrich uranium well beyond the needs for commercial nuclear use despite U.N. pressure to stop it, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday, adding he wanted to visit Tehran next month for the first time in a year to end the "drifting apart".

November 22, 2024 - The resolution comes after the agency said Iran has defied demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.

Iran entering the nuclear weapons club would have more far-reaching consequences than North Korea’s leap two decades ago. According to Grossi: “The Middle East is completely different. Here, you would have a situation which would lead to more countries, if not openly seeking nuclear weapons, trying to get latency and trying to get closer to that because they would feel that the [IAEA ...

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.

November 22, 2024 - Moreover, Western powers are asking ... by the IAEA on Iran's nuclear efforts "at the latest" by spring 2025. Since 2021, Tehran has significantly decreased its cooperation with the agency by deactivating surveillance devices to monitor the nuclear programme and barring UN inspectors. At the same time, Iran has rapidly ramped up its nuclear activities, including by increasing its stockpiles of enriched uranium. That has heightened fears that Tehran might be seeking to develop a nuclear weapon, which it ...

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3 weeks ago - International Atomic Energy Agency ... at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, November 20, 2024. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab ... MANAMA/VIENNA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Iran is "dramatically" accelerating its enrichment of uranium to up to 60% purity, close to the roughly 90% level that is weapons grade, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi told Reuters on Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency later confirmed in a confidential ...

January 25, 2023 - Diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon should restart, said International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi, who warned that Tehran has amassed enough material for “several nuclear weapons.”

October 4, 2024 - How is Iran's nuclear programme developing and are talks still on the table?

Rafael Grossi says he'll continue pressing Tehran about uranium particles found at Turquzabad facility described by Netanyahu last year as a 'secret atomic warehouse'

February 19, 2024 - A spokesperson for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization was not immediately available for comment. The IAEA warned at the end of 2023 that Tehran already had enough material to make three nuclear bombs if it enriches the material now at 60% to weapons-grade levels.

December 15, 2015 - The global nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, formally closes a probe into Iran's past activities - a key step towards lifting sanctions.

-2024- NOVEMBER 2024 20 November 2024. IAEA Director General Briefs Board of Governors. In his introductory statement to the Agency's Board of Governors, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi provided an update on the Agency's verification and monitoring activities in Iran.

March 11, 2020 - When asked about the U.S. allegations, Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, said that reports on such issues are confidential. "Iran ... is not going into detail on the confidential issues," he said. The Islamic Republic denies ever seeking nuclear weapons.

October 11, 2024 - The United States still believes that Iran has not decided to build a nuclear weapon despite Tehran's recent strategic setbacks, including Israel's killing of Hezbollah leaders and two largely unsuccessful attempts to attack Israel, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

May 10, 2022 - The head of the United Nations' atomic watchdog said on Tuesday Iran was dragging its feet on information about uranium particles found at old undeclared sites in the country, raising the prospect of a clash on the issue in June.

Head of International Atomic Energy Agency stresses that is not the same time frame as would be needed to make a device, but says Iranian activity 'raises eyebrows'