The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, warned that Iran currently possesses enough nuclear material to build between six and eight atomic weapons, although he clarified that this "doesn't mean that they already have them." The warning was made in an interview with Radio Mitre, where he also referred to the recent Israeli bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities.
"If they wanted to do it, it's just one more step," Grossi stated regarding the possibility that Tehran could raise uranium enrichment to 90%, the threshold required for military purposes. According to the Argentine official, the Persian country has already reached 60% purity, which represents a considerable technical advance.
Attacks on Natanz and Isfahan
Grossi confirmed that last Friday's Israeli bombings caused severe damage to the Natanz plant, one of the main uranium enrichment centers of the Iranian regime. Although the attacks were intense, he assured that the environmental impact was limited. "They have been limited to facilities that had a relatively small amount of nuclear material," he explained.
The IAEA had reported that about 15,000 centrifuges at Natanz could have been rendered inoperative after a power outage caused by the attacks. In addition, four buildings at the Isfahan complex were damaged, where key tasks such as uranium conversion and fuel fabrication are carried out.
Underground nuclear facilities
Grossi revealed that Iran has moved part of its nuclear infrastructure underground, in response to previous attacks. "There are basically two facilities where Iran placed equipment and nuclear material underground, due to sabotage and drone attacks," the official stated, who assured that he has personally visited those sites.
