International Atomic Energy Agency: Uranium Particles Found at Undeclared Iranian Site

The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in a new report on Iran’s nuclear program that uranium particles have been found at an undeclared site in Iran. The report also confirmed the resumption of uranium enrichment at the Fordow facility.

In a version of the International Atomic Energy Agency report made available to the German news agency on Monday, November 11 (November 20 in the Islamic calendar), the discovery of uranium particles at an undeclared Iranian site was confirmed. The uranium mentioned was brought to a location through human agency that Iranian authorities had not previously disclosed.

The report states that “it is essential that Iran continue its cooperation with this Agency as quickly as possible to clarify this matter (the discovery of uranium particles)”.

According to the French news agency, this IAEA report confirms that claims by the United States and Israel about “Iran’s covert nuclear activities” are true.

Although no Iranian site name was mentioned in the IAEA report, it is believed that the “undeclared site” is the Turquzabad site, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disclosed a year ago.

On September 27, 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declared at the United Nations General Assembly that he knows Iran has a secret nuclear warehouse on Maher Street in Turquzabad neighborhood of Tehran, and that he is the first to reveal the location of Iran’s nuclear warehouse.

The Israeli Prime Minister said at that time that the Iranian government had removed 15 kilograms of radioactive materials from this warehouse the previous week and distributed them in Tehran. Netanyahu showed a map of this “secret warehouse” to the participants of the General Assembly.

The Israeli Prime Minister called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit this warehouse and declared: “What Iran is hiding, Israel will uncover”.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, however, has not formally confirmed the Israeli Prime Minister’s claim to date. The IAEA’s new report also did not provide information about the location where uranium was found.

Israel regarded the findings in the Turquzabad warehouse as evidence of its assessment that Iran continues large-scale uranium enrichment work and that the Vienna nuclear agreement was made based on false information. Israeli security circles have said that all of this is part of Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Confirmation of Resumption of Uranium Enrichment at Fordow Facility

The new IAEA report was released following Iran’s initiation of the fourth step in reducing its nuclear commitments.

The International Atomic Energy Agency formally confirmed in its report Iran’s resumption of uranium enrichment at the Fordow facility.

In its latest report, the IAEA noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran has increased its reserves of low-enriched uranium, an action which the IAEA considers inconsistent with the JCPOA.