IAEA board orders Iran to account for uranium stockpile
Why it matters: The 21-3 vote adds pressure to nuclear talks as inspectors still lack access to material that could be refined for 10 bombs.
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-member Board of Governors passed a U.S.-backed resolution ordering Iran to disclose its remaining enriched uranium and grant inspectors access to verify it. Diplomats said the measure passed 21-3 with 10 abstentions after the United States, Britain, France and Germany submitted the text in Vienna. The move follows strikes last June that damaged Iranian enrichment sites while leaving much of the stockpile’s fate unclear. The IAEA has said it has gone nearly a year without full access to verify previously declared highly enriched and low-enriched uranium. Before the first Israeli strikes on June 13, 2025, the agency estimated Iran held 440.9 kilograms enriched up to 60% purity, enough if further enriched for 10 nuclear weapons.