{"id":127423,"date":"2026-06-11T17:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=127423"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:38:09","slug":"iaea-asks-iran-to-declare-enriched-uranium-stocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/127423\/","title":{"rendered":"IAEA asks Iran to \u2018declare enriched uranium stocks\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VIENNA(National Times)-  The UN nuclear watchdog\u2019s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a US-backed resolution on Wednesday telling Iran to declare its remaining enriched uranium stocks and let inspectors verify them, which could complicate Washington\u2019s talks with Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move came within hours of the US and Iran trading military strikes after US President Donald Trump said Iran had downed a US Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli and US attacks in June of last year destroyed or badly damaged Iranian uranium-enrichment plants but much of the enriched uranium they produced, including material close to weapons-grade, is thought to have survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran still has not informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the fate of that material, or let IAEA inspectors return to the bombed sites to check. The US led the push for the resolution, but Iran has called it \u201cwhitewashing military aggression\u201d, since inspectors had access before the strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tehran accuses UN watchdog of \u2018whitewashing\u2019 US attacks on its N-sites<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resolution text submitted by the United States, Britain, France and Germany was passed with 21 votes in favour, three against and 10 abstentions, diplomats at the closed-door meeting said. The countries opposing were Russia, China and Niger, they said. \u201cThe Israeli regime\u2019s and America\u2019s attacks on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities halted verification activities and forced Agency inspectors to leave Iran for safety reasons,\u201d Iran\u2019s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on X before the vote by the Board of Governors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, America seeks to turn the consequences of its illegal attack into a case against the Islamic Republic of Iran,\u201d Gharibabadi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s mission to the IAEA had warned the board to be \u201ccautious on the path forward\u201d. Iran bristles at resolutions against it, and has responded to previous ones by escalating its atomic activities or scaling back cooperation with the IAEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resolution said Iran should \u201cprovide the Agency with complete information on nuclear material inventories\u201d and grant the IAEA the access it needs to verify that \u201cwithout delay\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Counter-productive\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A key aim of Trump\u2019s is removing Iran\u2019s enriched uranium, particularly the 440.9 kg enriched to up to 60pc purity, a short step from the ro\u00ad\u00adu\u00ad\u00adghly 90pc of weapons grade, the IAEA estimates Iran had until the first Israeli strikes on June 13 of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is enough, if enriched further, for 10 nuclear weapons, according to an IAEA yardstick. How much of it remains is unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran suspended cooperation with the IAEA then and inspectors have not seen the material since. Western nations say the information and access is crucial now to determining whether uranium has been diverted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency said in a report ahead of the board meeting that Iran\u2019s refusal to allow access was a \u201cproliferation concern\u201d. Iran\u2019s ambassador at the United Nations in Vienna, Reza Najafi, rejected the new resolution as \u201ccounter-productive\u201d, \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d and \u201clegally flawed\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He warned of fallout on the already fraught talks with US negotiators on ending the Middle East war. The vote \u201ccannot help and, would indeed be counterproductive to the current situation,\u201d Najafi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt further complicates the volatile situation, volatile ceasefire, and the unfinished negotiations between Iran and the US.\u201d He added: \u201cWe have warned about the consequences of such a wrongful act by the US and its supporters.\u201d The IAEA board adopted a resolution in November calling on Iran to cooperate with nuclear inspectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the Middle East&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/live\/iran-israel-war\">war<\/a>&nbsp;erupted with US-Israeli strikes on February 28, Iran has negotiated with the United States but resisted demands to give up its nuclear programme. Western countries and Israel have long accused Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIENNA(National Times)- The UN nuclear watchdog\u2019s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a US-backed resolution on Wednesday telling Iran to declare its remaining enriched uranium stocks and let inspectors verify them, which could complicate Washington\u2019s talks with Tehran. 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