IAEA Chief : Top Priority Is Return of Inspectors to Iranian Nuclear Sites

VIENNA – Rafael Grossi, head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, stated on Wednesday that his top priority is to get International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors back into Iran’s nuclear facilities to assess the aftermath of U.S. and Zionist military strikes and to verify Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles.

“This is the number 1 priority,” Grossi said during a press conference at an Austrian security cabinet meeting. He emphasized the urgency of accessing the Iranian sites, including the three key nuclear facilities where uranium enrichment was underway before Zionist airstrikes on June 13.

When asked whether Iran had disclosed the current status of its enriched uranium—particularly material enriched to 60% purity, which is near weapons-grade—Grossi referred to a letter he received from Tehran on June 13. In it, Iran stated it would take “special measures” to protect its nuclear materials and equipment.

“They did not get into details as to what that meant, but clearly that was the implicit meaning of that. We can imagine this material is there,” Grossi said, suggesting that much of the enriched uranium may have survived the military strikes.