Iran's Highly Enriched Uranium Still Buried at Sites Attacked in June, IAEA Chief Says -- WSJ

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By Michael R. Gordon

There are no indications that Iran has moved highly enriched uranium from the country's major nuclear facilities that were attacked in June by the U.S. and Israel, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday. Rafael Grossi told reporters this material is mainly at Isfahan and that some quantity is at Natanz as well. "The impression we have, and I think that is a widespread impression in others who are also observing, is that it hasn't been moved," Grossi said.

Iran informed the agency shortly before the June strike that it was planning a new enrichment facility, which is underground at Isfahan, and agreed to provide access to international inspectors, Grossi added. But the inspectors weren't able to visit because they had to be evacuated after the June strikes and no inspections were allowed there before the U.S. and Israel began their air campaign in late February.

As a result, Grossi said, the agency doesn't know "whether this is simply an empty hole" or whether work had been done to build a concrete floor and install centrifuges for enriching uranium. "There are many questions that we will only elucidate when we are able to go back," he added.

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