Enriched uranium, lack of access by international inspectors to nuclear facilities has raised concerns about nuclear activity, an interview with a German broadcaster
Dawn International Reporter
Frankfurt: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran is weeks, not months, away from obtaining the enriched uranium it needs to build a nuclear bomb.
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, made it clear that Iran is weeks, not months, away from obtaining enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb.
He said that while uranium enrichment close to weapons-grade levels is alarming, no one can conclude that Iran now has nuclear weapons.
A functional nuclear warhead, he said, requires many other things besides the independent production of fissile material.
Rafael Grossi said that uranium enrichment and the lack of access of international inspectors to Iran’s nuclear facilities raised concerns about its nuclear activities.
“I have repeatedly told our Iranian counterparts that this activity raises concerns and is compounded by the fact that we are not getting the level of access and visibility that I believe we need,” he said. It is necessary.
“When you look at all of them together, of course, you get a lot of question marks,” he said.
He also clarified that this does not mean that Iran currently has or will have nuclear weapons.
