A confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog circulated to member states and seen by The Associated Press stated Wednesday (September 3, 2025) that Iran increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade ranges before Israel launched its army assault on June 13.
The report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency stated that as of June 13, Iran had 440.9 kilograms (972 kilos) of uranium enriched as much as 60%, a rise of 32.3 kilograms (71.2 kilos) because the IAEA’s final report in May.
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The report acknowledged that this determine is “based on the information provided by Iran, agency verification activities between 17 May 2025 and 12 June 2025 (the day preceding the start of the military attacks), and estimates based on the past operation of the relevant facilities.”
That materials is a brief, technical step away from weapons-grade ranges of 90%.
The confidential report additionally stated Iran and the IAEA haven’t reached an settlement on resuming inspections of websites affected by Israeli and U.S. bombing in June.
The solely website inspected because the conflict has been the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, which operates with Russian technical help.
The director basic of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, stated that “technical modalities to enable the full resumption of Agency inspection should be concluded without delay,” the report acknowledged.
The report acknowledged that whereas the withdrawal of UN inspectors from Iran through the conflict “was necessary given the overall security situation, Tehran’s “subsequent decision to cut cooperation with the IAEA was ”deeply regrettable.”
As of June 13, Iran’s total enriched uranium stockpile was 9874.9 kilograms, which represents an increase of 627.3 kilograms since the last repot in May, the report said.
The IAEA said that since June 13, it has “not been able to conduct the in-field activities required to collect and verify Iran’s declarations used to estimate the changes to the previously reported stockpile.”
According to the IAEA, approximately 42 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium is theoretically enough to produce one atomic bomb, if enriched further to 90%.
The IAEA also reported that inspectors have not been able to verify Iran’s near bomb-grade stockpile for over two and a half months, which it called “a matter of serious concern.”
