DAMNING IAEA REPORT SPELLS OUT IRAN'S PAST SECRET NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES - CONFIRMS THE REGIME HAS REPEATEDLY VIOLATED ITS NON-PROLIFERATION OBLIGATIONS

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VIENNA — Iran carried out secret nuclear activities with material not declared to the UN nuclear watchdog at three locations that have long been under investigation, the watchdog said in a wide-ranging, confidential report to member states seen by Reuters.

The findings in the “comprehensive” International Atomic Energy Agency report requested by the agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors in November pave the way for a push by the United States, Britain, France and Germany for the board to declare Iran in violation of its non-proliferation obligations.

While many of the findings relate to activities dating back decades and have been made before, the IAEA report’s conclusions were more definitive. It summarized developments in recent years and pointed more clearly towards coordinated, secret activities, some of which were relevant to producing nuclear weapons.

It also spelled out that Iran’s cooperation with IAEA continues to be “less than satisfactory” in “a number of respects.” The IAEA is still seeking explanations for uranium traces found years ago at two of four sites it has been investigating. Three hosted secret experiments, it found.

The IAEA has concluded that “these three locations, and other possible related locations, were part of an undeclared structured nuclear program carried out by Iran until the early 2000s” and that “some activities used undeclared nuclear material,” the report said.

The report is likely to lead to Iran being referred to the UN Security Council, though that would probably happen at a later IAEA board meeting, diplomats said.

Enough for nine bombs

A separate IAEA report sent to member states on Saturday said Iran’s stock of uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, close to the roughly 90% of weapons grade, had grown by roughly half to 408.6 kg. That is enough, if enriched further, for nine nuclear weapons, according to an IAEA yardstick.

Approximately 42 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium is theoretically enough to produce one atomic bomb, if enriched further to 90%, according to the watchdog.

Prime Minister Netanyahu: Act now

In a rare statement on a Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office said the report showed that Iran’s nuclear program was not peaceful and that Tehran remained determined to complete its nuclear weapons plans.

“The international community must act now to stop Iran,” Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office said in a statement, adding that the level of uranium enrichment Iran had reached “exists only in countries actively pursuing nuclear weapons and has no civilian justification whatsoever.”

Iran has maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, but the IAEA chief, Rafael Mariano Grossi, has previously warned that Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to make “several” nuclear bombs if it chose to do so.

While Tehran has ridiculusly claimed that its program is for peaceful purposes -- Iranian officials have often admitted the murderous regime's true intentions. After engaging in a serious and substantial drone and missile attack on the tiny Jewish state in April of 2024 hints, and even warnings, that Iran will be changing its declared nuclear doctrine from civilian to military, and will act to develop nuclear weapons, have come from the following officials: IRGC Brig. Gen. Ahmad Haq Taleb, who is in charge of security for Iran's nuclear facilities; Javad Karimi Ghadossi, a member of the National Security Committee in the Majlis; Abdallah Ganji, a member of the government's informational council; Saeed Lilaz, reformist activist who served as advisor to Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005); and Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, president of Beheshti University who is himself a nuclear scientist. Also issuing these hints and warnings were various Iranian media outlets.

Call for Iranian cooperation

Grossi said Saturday that he “reiterates his urgent call upon Iran to cooperate fully and effectively” with the IAEA’s years-long investigation into uranium traces discovered at several sites in Iran.

In Saturday’s report, the IAEA said that the “lack of answers and clarifications provided by Iran” has led the agency to conclude that the secret locations, and other possible related locations, were part of an undeclared structured nuclear program carried out by Iran until the early 2000s and that “some activities used undeclared nuclear material.” It specifically noted Tehran’s lack of progress in explaining nuclear material found at undeclared sites.

“In particular, Iran has repeatedly either not answered or not provided technically credible answers to the agency’s questions and has sanitized locations as listed in this report, which has impeded agency verification activities.”

US President Donald Trump has said he told Prime Minister Netanyahu to hold off on a potential strike on Iran’s nuclear sites to give the US administration more time to push for a new deal with Tehran.

Americans overwhelmingly support (57%-30% according to a recent Rasmussen poll) a military operation to rid Israel, America and the world of this grave threat.