IAEA chief admits agency does not know location of Iran's 900 pounds of enriched uranium

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi on Tuesday admitted his agency does not know the current location of Iran's nearly 900 pounds of potentially enriched uranium. 

The director claimed Iranian officials hinted that they moved the enriched uranium during Israel's attacks earlier this month, and previously believed they moved it near one of the places that was hit by the United States over the weekend. However, he told Fox News' Martha MacCallum that the IAEA still cannot account for the uranium. 

"I have to be very precise, Martha…We are the IAEA, so we are not speculating here," Grossi said. "We do not have information of the whereabouts of this material ... The way to ascertain that is to allow the inspection activity to resume as soon as possible. And I think this would be for the benefit of all."

Grossi also urged Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to allow him to resume his review of the nuclear sites in a letter Tuesday and claimed that Iran was obligated to report all of its nuclear material to the IAEA.

"My obligation is to account for every gram of uranium that exists in Iran and in any other country," Grossi told MacCallum. "My job is to try to see where this material is, because Iran has an obligation to report and account for all the material that they have, and this is going to continue to be my work."

The director also indicated that the nuclear facilities were more damaged than initially believed, with strikes on Natanz causing two impact holes, including on a hall that was used for enrichment and storage, per the New York Post.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.