The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) states that it is "increasingly concerned" about an underground uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan to which Tehran has not granted its inspectors access, according to a confidential report obtained by several media outlets.
"The Agency does not know the exact location of the IFEP (Isfahan Fuel Enrichment Plant) facility, its status with regard to the implementation of safeguards, or whether it contains nuclear material," the IAEA states in its quarterly report to member states, as reported by Reuters.
The IAEA points out that the lack of information regarding enriched uranium, as well as the inability to access nuclear facilities following the US-Israeli strikes against Iran in June 2025, raises serious nuclear proliferation concerns, an issue that must be addressed with the utmost urgency.
Due to the lack of information and access, the IAEA is also unable to confirm that there has been no diversion of nuclear material from peaceful nuclear activities to other uses, the report notes.
"The Director General encourages Iran to consider technical and gradual measures through which the appropriate conditions will be established for the return of the Agency's inspectors to the country," the report states, according to AFP.
"Such gradual steps could pave the way for the restoration of the normal implementation of safeguards in Iran," the report adds.
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