IAEA board passes resolution demanding Iran account for uranium stockpile

The IAEA Board of Governors on Wednesday approved a resolution, backed by the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany, demanding Iran open nuclear sites to inspectors.reuters
The vote comes a year after U.S. and Israeli strikes damaged Iranian nuclear facilities; inspectors have been blocked from key sites ever since.reuters
Iran’s mission to the IAEA condemned the resolution as a “justification for aggression,” signaling Tehran is unlikely to comply.wanaen

IAEA Board Passes Resolution Demanding Iran Account for Uranium Stockpile

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors on Wednesday passed a U.S.-backed resolution demanding Iran disclose the status of its enriched uranium reserves and grant inspectors access to verify nuclear material at sites bombed during last year’s conflict with Israel and the United States.reuters

The resolution, drafted by the United States and supported by Britain, France, and Germany, was voted on during the board’s quarterly meeting in Vienna, which began on June 8. It demands that Tehran provide “precise information on nuclear material accountancy and safeguarded nuclear facilities” and grant the IAEA “all access it requires to verify this information,” describing both steps as “essential and urgent.”wanaen

A Year Without Inspections

The vote comes one year after U.S. and Israeli strikes destroyed or damaged multiple Iranian nuclear installations during a 12-day conflict in June 2025. Since those attacks, IAEA inspectors have been unable to access key nuclear sites, leaving the agency unable to verify whether Iran’s stockpile of approximately 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched to up to 60 percent — enough, if further enriched, to produce more than ten nuclear weapons — remains intact or has been moved.reuters

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called on Iran earlier this week to “re-engage” with the agency so inspections could resume. A February 2026 confidential IAEA report revealed that a substantial portion of Iran’s enriched uranium had been stored in an underground tunnel complex at Isfahan that appeared to have survived the June 2025 strikes.reuters

Cairo Agreement Already Dead

Iran’s cooperation framework with the IAEA collapsed months ago. In September 2025, Grossi and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reached an agreement in Cairo to resume inspections at affected nuclear sites. But that arrangement unraveled quickly. After a separate IAEA board resolution passed in November 2025 with 19 votes in favor, three against, and 11 abstentions, Araghchi declared the Cairo agreement “killed” by the United States and European powers and sent a formal termination letter to Grossi.aljazeera

Iran’s mission to the IAEA condemned the latest U.S.-drafted resolution as a “justification for aggression,” signaling Tehran is unlikely to comply. The standoff leaves the international community with no functioning verification mechanism for one of the world’s most consequential nuclear stockpiles.presstv