Iran could resume uranium enrichment in 'months,' says IAEA chief
Source: Politico (EU)
June 29, 2025 11:56 am CET
Iran could begin producing enriched uranium again in “a matter of months,” the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said, as damage caused by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities was “severe” but “not total.”
Iran clearly has the capacity to rebuild its nuclear facilities, Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the IAEA, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, said in an interview with CBS News.
Grossi’s assessment that damage to Iranian nuclear sites was “not total” contradicted U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s nuclear facilities were “totally obliterated.”
“They can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that,” Grossi said in the interview, which was conducted on Friday and is set to be broadcast on Sunday.
Read more: https://www.politico.eu/article/iran-resume-uranium-enrichment-months-iaea-rafael-mariano-grossi/
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