Grossi warns: Iran capable of resuming uranium enrichment within months

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi has suggested that Iran could be able to resume producing enriched uranium within months, despite the significant damage to its nuclear facilities caused by strikes from the United States and Israel.

In an interview with the program "Face the Nation" on CBS News, Grossi explained that "some infrastructure is still in place," indicating that "within months, or perhaps less, Tehran could operate sets of centrifuges to produce enriched uranium."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that the damage to Iranian nuclear facilities after 12 days of war with Israel is "significant," while US President Donald Trump affirmed that those strikes "set back the Iranian nuclear program decades."

However, there are serious questions remaining; according to Grossi, the agency still does not know the fate of around 408.6 kg of highly enriched uranium, theoretically enough to make more than nine nuclear bombs if further enriched.

Grossi emphasized: "We do not know where this material went! Some may have been destroyed, and some may have been transferred elsewhere."

Meanwhile, the Iranian parliament voted to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Tehran rejected Grossi's request to visit the damaged nuclear sites, including the main Fordow facility, further deepening the mystery surrounding Iran's nuclear program.

Israel had launched a campaign of attacks on Iranian military and nuclear sites on June 13 to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, according to its claims, before the United States later joined by striking three key facilities.

In the absence of transparency and cooperation from Iran, Grossi called for the return of international inspectors to nuclear sites, stating: "We need to know what is there, where it went, and what exactly happened."