Iran Could Access Uranium Stockpile, Nuclear Watchdog Says

April 29, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC

Iran could access its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium if it decides to retrieve the material thought to be entombed at sites bombed by the US, according to the nuclear watchdog of the United Nations.

“It is accessible if there’s a wish to go there,” the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Rafael Mariano Grossi said Wednesday in an interview on Bloomberg TV.

While IAEA inspectors haven’t visited the sites where the material is located in 10 months, Grossi said satellite images suggest the majority of material remains buried at the location it was last seen near the Iranian city ...

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