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Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles surged ahead of June war: IAEA

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  • Source: Reuters
  • 3 Sep 2025 21:12
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Confidential IAEA report reveals increase in Iran's 60% enriched uranium before Israeli attack.

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  • A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP)
    A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 (AP)

A confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reviewed by Reuters, revealed that Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% purity increased slightly before the Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13.

According to the report, Iran’s total enriched uranium stockpile reached approximately 9,874.9 kilograms, an increase of 627.3 kilograms from the previous quarterly report.

Of this total, 440.9 kilograms were enriched to 60% purity in the form of uranium hexafluoride. The IAEA claimed that this quantity could, if further enriched, be sufficient to produce around 10 nuclear bombs, according to its technical definitions.

IAEA definitions and nuclear thresholds

The IAEA defines approximately 42 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium as theoretically sufficient to produce a single nuclear bomb if enrichment is increased to weapons-grade levels. Similarly, 125 kilograms of uranium enriched to 20% could also be enough for bomb production under the same conditions.

The report added that Iran’s stockpile of 20% enriched uranium stood at 184.1 kilograms as of June 13, marking a 90.4-kilogram decrease from previous estimates.

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