Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium continues to increase, Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in his statement to the IAEA Board of Governors.
"Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium continues to increase, even though the level of uranium enriched up to 60 percent has fallen slightly," he said.
Grossi noted that the IAEA currently lacks consistent knowledge regarding the production and inventory details of centrifuges, rotors, bellows, heavy water, and uranium ore concentrate.
"It is three years since Iran stopped provisionally applying its Additional Protocol and therefore it is also three years since the Agency was able to conduct complementary access in Iran," the director general added.
According to Grossi, public statements made in Iran regarding its technical capabilities to produce nuclear weapons only increase concerns about the correctness and completeness of Iran’s safeguards declarations.
"I reiterate that only through constructive and meaningful engagement can all of these concerns be addressed and once again I call upon Iran to cooperate fully and unambiguously with the agency," he concluded.
