The director of the United Nations’ nuclear inspector has stated that Iran may resume refining uranium within “a matter of months” for a potential weapon.
In contrast to Donald Trump’s assertion that Iran’s nuclear facilities were “totally obliterated,” Rafael Grossi, the chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), stated that the US raids on three Iranian sites this weekend had inflicted severe but “not total” damage.
It is impossible to say that everything has vanished and that nothing remains there,” Grossi stated on Saturday. Against June 13, Israel launched attacks against Iranian military and nuclear facilities, alleging that Iran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon.
Later, the US joined the attack, dropping bombs on Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan, three of Iran’s nuclear sites. Since then, it has been unclear how much harm has actually been done.
Grossi stated that Tehran may have “a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium in a matter of months” on Saturday, according to CBS News, the BBC’s media partner in the US. He went on to say that Iran still had the “industrial and technological capacities… so if they so wish, they will be able to start doing this again.”
The IAEA is not the only organisation to say that Iran might still develop nuclear weapons; earlier this week, a leaked preliminary Pentagon assessment concluded that the US attacks likely only caused a months-long delay in the program.
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