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IAEA says inspectors could not verify new Isfahan enrichment site after attacks; most HEU was there
Summary
At a press briefing during the NPT review conference, IAEA Director-General DG Grossi said inspectors had been granted access to a newly declared enrichment facility in Isfahan but could not visit after air strikes began on June 13; he said the agency previously sealed roughly 440 kilograms of highly enriched uranium at Isfahan and must return to verify conditions.
IAEA Director-General DG Grossi told reporters at an NPT review conference briefing that the agency was prevented from inspecting a newly declared enrichment facility in Isfahan because a planned visit coincided with air strikes.
Grossi said Iran had informed the IAEA it had a new enrichment facility days before the attacks and that access had been requested and granted; the inspection was due on June 13, the day the attacks commenced, so ‘‘we were not in a position to visit this place’’ and ‘‘we could not say at this point whether this place was simply an empty hole or…
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