Iran Criticizes IAEA Report: From Nuclear Control to Political Pressure
Iran has described the IAEA report as a "political pressure tool" after it spoke of the impossibility of visiting Iran's nuclear facilities and called on Tehran to cooperate "constructively".
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi wrote on the X platform, "If the IAEA wants to contribute to a diplomatic solution, it should avoid turning a technical report into a tool of political pressure."
"Such a report is not only a violation of Iranian sovereignty, it is a direct blow to nuclear safety," Gharibabadi said, adding that "the source of the flaw cannot be ignored and then the results of this same flaw can be presented as a complaint against Iran."
Tehran accuses Grossi of ignoring condemnation of attacks on its nuclear sites
Gharibabadi explained that the inability of IAEA inspectors to enter facilities such as Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan is due to the security and technical damage caused by US and Israeli military strikes on these sites, stressing that the suspension of visits is not the result of a lack of Iranian cooperation.
Tehran accused IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi of ignoring condemnation of those attacks on facilities subject to international guarantees, saying the IAEA was placing the technical and political cost on Iran for the insecurity caused by the "aggressors".
Iran responded to the Agency's concerns about the accumulation of 60% enriched uranium by stressing that the NPT does not impose a digital cap on enrichment as long as the material is not diverted for military purposes.
The IEA announces the loss of traces of Iranian enriched uranium
A confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) distributed to member states on Thursday, June 4, 2026, revealed one of the most serious regulatory loopholes in the history of Iran's nuclear file, stressing that the agency has practically lost the "continuity of knowledge" of the status of the enriched uranium stockpile inside Iran, and that its ability to verify the field has become "almost non-existent."
According to the report, UN inspectors have not been able to enter any major nuclear facilities — such as Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz — for nearly a year, while the Bushehr research plant remained the only site the IAEA was allowed to visit.
Iran has 440 kg of uranium enough to produce 10 nuclear bombs: IAEA
The US and Israeli military attacks in June 2025 and February 2026 created a complex security and technical reality, which Tehran exploited to suspend weekly inspections and withhold operational data, stressing that it does not have any up-to-date information about the actual size of Iran's stockpile, its chemical composition or its storage locations after the strikes.
The last reliable data was before June 2025, when Iran had about 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent — technically enough to produce about 10 nuclear bombs if enrichment was raised to 90 percent, it said.
The report called on Iran to immediately disclose the fate of its high and low enriched stockpiles, stressing that Tehran's obligations under the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are legally binding and cannot be suspended or restricted under any circumstances.