IAEA: No signs Iran is repairing nuclear facilities damaged in US and Israeli strikes
IAEA director Rafael Grossi told the UN Security Council the agency has found no repair activity at sites hit in 2025–2026 strikes.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday there are no indications that Iran is attempting to repair or rebuild nuclear facilities damaged in US and Israeli strikes this year and last, the agency's director Rafael Grossi told the UN Security Council.
Grossi urges full access for inspectors
At the Security Council meeting, Grossi called on Tehran to grant IAEA inspectors access to all nuclear sites in the country, including those hit in the air strikes. He warned that the agency has been unable to confirm the condition of Iran’s stocks of uranium following last year’s US bombardments.
“Since June 2025 we have not identified any activity to repair or reconstruct any of the facilities damaged in the military strikes in 2025 and 2026,” Grossi said.
The IAEA also reported that Iran holds 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent purity, a level described by experts as a relatively small technical step toward the roughly 90 percent enrichment needed for weapons-grade material.
US President Donald Trump has said one of the main reasons the United States began its war against Iran on February 28 was to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. He earlier asserted that US strikes on Iranian nuclear installations in June 2025 had “erased” the country’s nuclear programme.
The Security Council meeting was convened at the request of Bahrain, Denmark, Latvia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States after the IAEA informed the council that Iran was not meeting its non‑proliferation obligations. Russia and China, which have been aligned with Tehran, failed in efforts to block the meeting.
Photo: press material from the event
