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0 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The UN's nuclear watchdog has said it is "increasingly concerned" about a nuclear facility in Iran which it has not been allowed to inspect.
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Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of plans to set up the uranium enrichment plant in the city of Isfahan a day before Israel began attacking its nuclear sites last June.
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Israel → inform → sites
The US joined the strikes later that month.
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US → join → strikes
In a report seen by news agencies, the IAEA said it does not know the exact location or whether it contains nuclear material.
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it → see → material
Since the start of the latest war, Iran has restricted IAEA inspectors' access to its nuclear sites, preventing the agency from verifying its enriched uranium stockpile.
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Iran → restrict → stockpile
Under a 2015 nuclear deal, Iran agreed to limit its enriched uranium stockpile to 300kg and enrichment to 3.67% purity.
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It subsequently exceeded both.
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Before the June 2025 strikes, it had accumulated an estimated 441kg enriched to 60%, close to weapons grade.
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The nuclear complex at Isfahan suffered extensive damage in US and Israeli strikes, particularly the parts above the ground.
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complex → suffer → ground
The IAEA believes much of Iran's highly enriched uranium was stored there.
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much → believe → uranium
"The Agency's lack of information about [Iran's] nuclear material and access to facilities to verify it is a matter of serious proliferation concern... and needs to be rectified with the utmost urgency," it said in the latest report.
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Iran announced plans for the Isfahan Fuel Enrichment Plant (IFEP) on 12 June 2025, shortly after an IAEA resolution which declared Iran had failed to meet its nuclear safeguards obligations.
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Iran initially agreed to allow inspectors to visit the facility, but the inspection was cancelled after Israel launched attacks the following day.
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Israel → agree → attacks
The IAEA's latest calls come almost a year after it made a similar appeal to Iran.
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it → come → Iran
At the time it said it had only inspected some of the 13 nuclear facilities that were "unaffected" by the attacks and none of the seven that were.
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that → say → seven
The US and Israel said they attacked Iran's nuclear sites to prevent it developing nuclear weapons - something Iran has consistently denied seeking.
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Iran → say → weapons
It says its nuclear programme is for peaceful civilian purposes only.
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programme → say → purposes