IAEA: Cannot guarantee that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful
The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Wednesday that it "cannot guarantee that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful", due to Tehran's failure to respond to the issue of undeclared sites suspected of witnessing undeclared activities.
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi, in a report published days before the UN agency's board of governors, said he was "increasingly concerned" at a time when "no progress has been made" in the file of traces of enriched uranium found in the past in various places.
He called on the Islamic Republic to abide by its "legal obligations" and cooperate as soon as possible.
According to estimates in a separate document, Iran, in addition to limiting the access of the UN agency, has continued in recent months to produce enriched uranium.
The IAEA report stated that Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium is now more than 19 times the limit allowed under the agreement.
The report indicated that the stockpile was estimated until August 21 at 3940.9 kilograms of enriched uranium, compared to 3,809.3 kilograms in mid-May.
The permissible limit is 202.8 kilograms.
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