International IAEA chief: "Great concern" over Iran's uranium enrichment
The top UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, is increasingly concerned about Iran's nuclear program. The rapid increase in the quantities of uranium in Iran that is almost suitable for nuclear weapons is a cause for "great concern", Grossi told the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna.
09.06.2025, 15:29
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Iran is the only country without nuclear weapons that produces such material, he emphasized in a press conference afterwards. On Monday, Grossi also demanded that Tehran finally answer questions about unresolved nuclear projects. "I urge Iran to cooperate fully and sustainably with the International Atomic Energy Agency," he said.
Germany and other states plan Iran resolution
Germany, France, Great Britain and the United States want to emphasize this demand this week: they want to state in a resolution in the Board of Governors that Iran is violating its legal obligations towards the IAEA. If Tehran continues to fail to cooperate, the UN Security Council could be called upon in the summer, according to diplomatic circles.
Iranian representatives have threatened consequences in the face of increasing Western pressure and reaffirmed that their country has no plans to build nuclear weapons. It was initially unclear whether the resolution would have a negative impact on the US-Iranian nuclear talks that have been ongoing since April or on cooperation between the IAEA and Iran.
No clearance certificate from the IAEA
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran operated a program to develop nuclear weapons components until the early 2000s. Even after that, there were still sub-projects "that could be relevant in this respect", Grossi told journalists. The IAEA does not claim that a nuclear weapons program is still running, he said. Nevertheless, his agency could not guarantee that all nuclear activities in the country were currently exclusively for peaceful purposes.
