The United Nations nuclear agency expressed growing apprehension regarding a restricted nuclear installation in Iran that remains uninspected.
Tehran notified the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding intentions to establish the uranium enrichment installation in Isfahan a day prior to Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear locations last June, with the United States participating in the operations later that month.
According to an agency report reviewed by news organizations, the organization lacks knowledge regarding the precise positioning of the facility or the presence of nuclear substances within it.
Following the commencement of the recent conflict, Iran curtailed access for agency inspectors to atomic facilities, blocking the organization from confirming the volume of enriched uranium.
Within the framework of the 2015 agreement, Iran committed to restricting its enriched uranium reserve to 300 kilograms and enrichment levels to 3.67 percent purity, though it later surpassed both parameters.
Prior to the military actions in June 2025, the nation had amassed an approximate total of 441 kilograms enriched to 60 percent purity, approaching weapons-grade thresholds.
The Isfahan nuclear facility sustained significant harm during the American and Israeli military operations, especially the surface-level structures, while the status of subterranean areas remains uncertain.
The agency assesses that a substantial portion of the heavily enriched uranium of Iran was housed at that location.
The lack of agency data regarding nuclear materials and facility entry to confirm status constitutes a grave proliferation issue that requires immediate resolution, the latest report stated.
Tehran disclosed intentions for the Isfahan Fuel Enrichment Plant on June 12, 2025, closely following an agency resolution determining that Iran failed to fulfill safeguard requirements.
Initially, Tehran consented to permit inspection visits to the installation, but the assessment was called off after Israeli military action began the following day.
These appeals from the agency arrive nearly twelve months following a preceding request to Iran, during which the organization noted it had only examined certain locations among thirteen facilities untouched by strikes and none of the seven affected sites.
Washington and Jerusalem stated that strikes targeted Iranian atomic locations to halt the development of nuclear armaments, an objective consistently rejected by Tehran, which maintains that its atomic initiatives serve exclusively civilian and peaceful objectives.