UN nuclear chief tells AP Iran isn’t actively enriching uranium but movement detected near stockpile
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS AP The head of the U N nuclear watchdog narrated The Associated Press on Wednesday that Iran does not appear to be actively enriching uranium but that the agency has in the last few days detected renewed movement at the country s nuclear sites Related Articles Putin says Russia s nuclear-armed underwater drone was tested successfully The US draws down troops on NATO s eastern flank as Europe frets about a safeguard vacuum Hurricane Melissa leaves dead in Haiti causes widespread damage in Jamaica and Cuba Israel s military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches US regime allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China AP finds Rafael Mariano Grossi director general of the International Atomic Potential Agency revealed that despite being unable to access Iranian nuclear sites inspectors have not seen any activity via satellite to indicate that the Islamic Republic has accelerated its production of uranium enriched beyond what it had compiled before the -day war with Israel in June However the nuclear material enriched at is still in Iran And this is one of the points we are discussing because we need to go back there and to confirm that the material is there and it s not being diverted to any other use Grossi disclosed in an interview at the United Nations headquarters in New York This is very very critical Grossi explained however that inspectors have seen movement around the sites where the stockpiles are stored Without additional access the IAEA has had to rely on satellite imagery which can only show so much he stated That stockpile could allow Iran to build as numerous as nuclear bombs should it decide to weaponize its operation Grossi warned Iran long has insisted its operation is peaceful but the IAEA and Western nations say Tehran had an organized atomic bomb effort until Iran and the IAEA signed an agreement last month in Cairo to pave the way for resuming cooperation including on solutions of relaunching inspections of Iran s nuclear facilities that has yet to be implemented The agreement came after Iranian executives suspended all cooperation with the U N nuclear watchdog following the war with Israel in which the U S struck several Iranian nuclear sites Since that agreement a series of U N sanctions have been reimposed on Iran over what European parties to the nuclear deal have deemed Iran s lack of compliance with the IAEA and the breakdown of peace negotiations with the U S That has complicated the tenuous relationship between the IAEA and Iran but Grossi reported that inspectors are inside the country as of Wednesday The Iranian mission to the U N did not without delay return a request for comment
