Iran could again begin enriching uranium within months: IAEA Chief Grossi

Rafael Grossi, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that while the US strikes have caused massive damage to the Iranian nuclear sites, they didn’t fully destroy them, potentially enabling Tehran to proceed with enriching uranium in “just a matter of months”.

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Grossi’s statement directly contradicts the stance of US President Donald Trump, who had said that the Iranian nuclear project was pushed back by decades, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the centrifuges at Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan were severely damaged, pushing the program by several years, CBS News reported.

In an interview with the media agency's ‘Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan’ programme, the IAEA chief, giving his stance on the varying assessments said “This hourglass approach in weapons of mass destruction is not a good idea.