IAEA: Uranium particles found at undeclared Iranian site

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced in a new report on Iran's nuclear program that uranium particles have been found at an undeclared site in Iran. The report also confirms the resumption of uranium enrichment at the Fordow facility.

A copy of the International Atomic Energy Agency report provided to the German news agency on Monday, November 11, confirmed the discovery of uranium particles at an undeclared site in Iran. The uranium was brought to a location that Iranian authorities had not previously announced through human intervention.

The report states that "it is essential that Iran continue its cooperation with the Agency as soon as possible to clarify this issue (the discovery of uranium particles)."

According to the AFP, the agency's report confirms that the US and Israeli claims about Iran's "secret nuclear activities" were true.

Although the name of the Iranian site was not mentioned in the agency's report, it is believed that the "undeclared site" is the same Turqoozabad site whose location was revealed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year.

On September 27, 2018, the Israeli Prime Minister announced at the United Nations General Assembly that he was aware that Iran had a secret nuclear warehouse in Maher Alley, in the Turqoozabad neighborhood of Tehran, and that this was the first time he had revealed the location of this Iranian nuclear warehouse.

The Israeli prime minister at the time said that the Iranian government had removed 15 kilograms of radioactive material from the warehouse last week and distributed it in Tehran. Netanyahu showed a map of the “secret warehouse” to the General Assembly participants.

The Israeli Prime Minister called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit the warehouse and declared: "What Iran hides, Israel will discover."

The International Atomic Energy Agency has not yet officially confirmed the Israeli prime minister's claim, and the agency's new report does not provide information about where the uranium was found.

Israel viewed the findings at the Turquzabad facility as a sign that Iran was continuing to enrich uranium on a large scale and that the Vienna nuclear deal was based on false information. Israeli security circles have said that this is all part of Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Confirmation of resumption of uranium enrichment at Fordow facility

The new IAEA report was published after the start of the fourth step of reducing Iran's nuclear commitments.

The International Atomic Energy Agency officially confirmed in its report that Iran has resumed uranium enrichment at the Fordow facility.

The new IAEA report notes that the Islamic Republic of Iran has increased its stockpile of low-enriched uranium, a move that the IAEA considers to be in contradiction with the JCPOA.