A draft IAEA report published Wednesday evening states that since February the agency has not conducted any verification activities at Iran's declared nuclear facilities except the Bushehr plant. The report says the IAEA has lost the ability to track the declared nuclear inventory at facilities that were bombed since June 2025, and confirms it cannot verify that Iranian nuclear materials are not being diverted to military purposes. The report also identifies via satellite imagery damage at the Khondab heavy water plant, following an attack on March 27.
A draft IAEA report circulated Wednesday evening (Sep 2) reveals that the agency has conducted no verification activities at any of Iran's declared nuclear facilities since February 2026, apart from the Bushehr plant. The draft further states that since June 2025, the IAEA has lost the ability to track declared nuclear inventory at facilities that sustained bombing damage, and explicitly confirms it cannot verify whether Iranian nuclear materials have been diverted to military purposes. The report also identifies via satellite imagery damage at the Khondab heavy water plant, following an attack on March 27 — the first time the IAEA has publicly acknowledged damage to that site in an official document.
On Tuesday Sep 1, The Zioneer reported that the IAEA had stated it could not account for Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and had received no information or physical access to nuclear sites for three months. Those initial reports, based on IAEA statements to Bloomberg and Israeli media outlets, described a severe but less defined monitoring gap. The new draft report, a formal agency document, both confirms and deepens that assessment, revealing that the verification void began earlier — in February for routine activities — and extends to a declared inability to fulfill the IAEA's core safeguards mandate.
As The Zioneer reported on Aug 28, Iran's atomic energy chief announced that no inspections of damaged nuclear sites would be permitted until a 'special monitoring protocol' was formulated — a demand that has effectively blocked IAEA access to facilities struck in US and Israeli operations. Separate satellite imagery analysis published by The Zioneer on Jul 20 confirmed that the Bushehr plant, the sole exception in the draft report, had sustained no visible damage, consistent with the agency's continued access there.
The draft report has not yet been finalized; it is expected to be presented to the IAEA Board of Governors for discussion. While satellite imagery indicates damage at Khondab, on-the-ground verification remains impossible without Iranian cooperation. It is not known whether the agency will be able to secure access to any damaged facility in the foreseeable future, nor what condition the nuclear material at sites like Isfahan may be in.
6 developments
- DevelopingAnalyst: Iran was 'a step away' from nuclear bomb despite years of IAEA oversight
- StrongIran bars IAEA from inspecting damaged nuclear sites until special protocol agreed
- DevelopingUS Draft Resolution Demands Iran Provide 'Accurate Information' on Bombed Nuclear Sites
- DevelopingNYT: despite Iranian denials, nuclear inspector visit raised in talks
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