Al Mayadeen has obtained an exclusive copy of the latest report by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, concerning Iran’s commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Cairo Agreement related to its nuclear activities.

This comes as the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency is set to hold its quarterly meeting from November 19 to 21 to discuss a range of issues, including the safeguards agreement under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty with Iran.

In a departure from the practice since 2015, the board will not be reviewing Iran's implementation of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the Vienna Agreement between Iran and the international powers is no longer in effect.

The Director General of the International Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, will present a comprehensive report on the opening day of the meeting regarding Iran’s commitments to the treaty and to the agreement reached in Cairo on September 9 with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Al Mayadeen obtained a copy of this report.

Grossi revealed in his report that the International Agency addressed a message to Iran dated November 7, 2025, confirming that "providing the agency with the possibility of access to carry out its planned activities in Iran is an obligation incumbent on Iran under the safeguards agreement concluded with it under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and therefore, Iran is expected to facilitate all these access operations" in accordance with the agency's need.

Iran links nuclear cooperation to SNSC decision

According to the report, Iran informed the agency on November 11 that any future cooperation would be contingent on a decision by the country’s Supreme National Security Council. This signals a potential shift in the level of access and oversight the IAEA may receive moving forward.

Iran also noted that the agency had conducted 11 inspections in Iran since the end of August 2025 and that a participatory and cooperative approach would facilitate further inspections.

The leaked report states that, under the NPT safeguards agreement, Iran is obligated to immediately submit a special report on the status of nuclear materials and facilities damaged by military attacks for safeguards purposes, claiming that it has not yet done so.

Furthermore, the report outlines that Iran is also required to provide inventory reports and updated detailed information for all undamaged facilities and must facilitate the agency's access to these sites upon notification to conduct verification activities, a process Iran has now reportedly begun enabling.

The report also states that the IAEA has lost continuity of knowledge regarding Iran's previously declared nuclear material stocks at affected facilities, which include both low-enriched and high-enriched uranium. It emphasizes the urgent need to re-establish the current status of these inventories based on Iran's reporting and the agency's verification activities.

This situation is a particular source of grave concern, the report adds, because Iran, as the only non-nuclear-armed state party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty to have done so, has produced and accumulated a quantity of highly enriched uranium that has remained unverified by the agency since mid-June 2025, constituting a critical compliance issue with the NPT safeguards agreement.

Grossi's report adds that the agency's five-month lack of access to these nuclear materials has excessively delayed their verification, and it is now critically important to verify Iran's previously declared stocks as soon as possible to allay concerns and ensure compliance with the NPT safeguards agreement against the potential diversion of materials from their peaceful use.

Conversely, Grossi reports that Iran is cooperating with inspections to verify design information at several facilities, while also calling for more constructive engagement to facilitate the full and effective implementation of the NPT safeguards.

The IAEA director general's report highlights Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium, which has reportedly remained at the levels reported in the previous June update due to a lack of new data, with the totals at that time standing at 9,040.5 kg, comprising 2,391.1 kg enriched up to 2%, 6,024.4 kg enriched up to 5%, 184.1 kg enriched up to 20%, and 440.9 kg enriched up to 60%.

Iran-China-Russia meet IAEA chief ahead of Board of Governors session

The permanent representatives of Iran, China, and Russia to Vienna held a joint meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi and his team on Tuesday, ahead of the agency’s upcoming Board of Governors session scheduled for November 19–21.

The meeting was announced by Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s envoy to international organizations in Vienna. “Permanent Representatives of China, Iran, and Russia met today with the IAEA Director General Mr. Rafael Grossi and his team to exchange views on the forthcoming session of the IAEA Board of Governors,” Ulyanov posted on X.

Iran’s nuclear file to be discussed 

In a separate post, Ulyanov said the three nations are “major players” in the context of Iran’s nuclear program, emphasizing that they “decide to a significant extent how the situation will develop.”

The trilateral meeting follows a prior coordination session between the ambassadors of the three countries last week, underscoring their unified stance ahead of the IAEA board's deliberations.

The upcoming Board of Governors session is expected to address Iran’s nuclear activities exclusively within the framework of the Safeguards Agreement, under which the IAEA monitors nuclear programs for compliance with non-proliferation standards.