Although the visit to Bushehr was welcomed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), this move still does not solve the growing concerns about the amount of uranium enriched at a level close to the level of nuclear weapons that Iran possesses, according to the IAEA report.
The 10-page confidential report said that while the inspectors conducted a 3-day visit to Bushehr this week, "the agency has not received any information from Iran about the status of other declared nuclear activities".
IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi continued to call on Iran to allow inspectors to resume work and promote a negotiated solution to end the deadlock between Israel, the US and Iran.
The long-standing issue and the repeated crises related to these issues need to be resolved through a sustainable, verifiable diplomatic agreement," he said.
The number of IAEA inspections in Iran has decreased by more than half last year after Tehran imposed new restrictions after a 12-day war in which Israel and the US airstriked Iranian nuclear facilities.
To date, the inspectors have not returned to the attacked locations in Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz. These are the places where the IAEA last recorded about 440.9kg of high-enriched uranium and 8,599.6kg of lower-enriched nuclear material.
According to 2 senior diplomats who are aware of the report, the conflict between the US, Israel and Iran has created new nuclear challenges that previously did not exist. The longer the time these nuclear materials are outside the IAEA monitoring mechanism, the greater the risk of them being diverted to non-peaceful purposes.
While the White House still insists that Iran's nuclear program has been completely destroyed, Washington is still seeking to negotiate to access this amount of uranium. US President Donald Trump has put forward many different options, from removing uranium from Iran to neutralizing this material right in Iran under the supervision of the IAEA.
Most recently, on June 4, President Donald Trump declared that Washington does not need to reach any agreement with Iran to access its enriched uranium.
Mr. Trump also said he did not want to meet Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. However, if Washington and Tehran reach an agreement, the possibility of the two sides meeting is entirely possible.
The important meeting of the IAEA Governing Body is scheduled to open on June 8 in Vienna, Austria. Currently, observers and markets are closely monitoring all new information related to Iran's nuclear program.
The US and Israel launched an attack on Iran less than 24 hours after the IAEA released a report on February 27 showing significant activity near Iranian nuclear facilities. The airstrikes in June last year also took place just one day after the IAEA Board of Governors issued a resolution criticizing Iran for obstructing inspection activities.
