IAEA calls on Iran to ‘urgently’ allow inspections at its nuclear facilities

• The IAEA has urged Iran to urgently allow inspections of its nuclear facilities, citing growing concerns over missing information about its nuclear activities.
• The watchdog expressed particular concern about an underground uranium-enrichment facility near Isfahan that remains inaccessible to inspectors.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called on Iran to urgently allow inspections of its nuclear facilities, warning that the lack of information about the country's nuclear activities raises serious proliferation concerns.

Iran has permitted only very limited inspections since the United States and 'Israel' launched attacks on its nuclear facilities in June 2025.

In a report released Friday, the IAEA said Tehran had informed the agency that inspections could not continue under the current security conditions.

The watchdog described the absence of information about Iran's nuclear sites and nuclear material as "a matter of proliferation concern" that "needs to be rectified with the utmost urgency," according to The Associated Press.

The agency added that it was "fully prepared to resume its safeguards activities in Iran at short notice."

The report expressed particular concern about an underground uranium-enrichment facility near Isfahan in central Iran, Reuters reported.

Iran declared the Isfahan Fuel Enrichment Plant in 2025 but has not granted IAEA inspectors access to verify the facility's status and activities.

The continued lack of access has heightened concerns over the agency's ability to monitor Iran's nuclear program and verify the country's nuclear material.