IAEA chief: Iran hasn't answered questions on uranium discovery

• Date: 08 June 2021
• Published date: 08 June 2021
• Author: Ben Ariel
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi called on Tehran to provide information "without further delay."

The IAEA recently released a report saying that Iran has failed to explain traces of uranium found at several undeclared sites.

"After many months, Iran has not provided the necessary explanation for the presence of the nuclear material particles at any of the three locations where the Agency has conducted complementary accesses (inspections)," the report said.

Grossi has been pushing Iran for answers on three sites dating back many years where inspections had revealed traces of uranium of man-made origin, suggesting they were once connected to Iran's nuclear program.

While the IAEA has not identified the sites in question, one of them is believed to be the Turquzabad facility which was identified by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his address before the UN General Assembly in 2018 as a "secret atomic warehouse."

The issue is separate from the negotiations aimed at bringing the United States back into Iran's 2015 nuclear accord with world powers.

Speaking on Monday to the IAEA's board of governors, Grossi said that "after many months, Iran has not provided the necessary explanation for the presence of the nuclear material particles at any of the three locations where the agency has conducted complementary accesses."

He said Iran also hasn't answered questions regarding another...