Nuclear watchdog warned of Iran’s non-compliance

Israel’s strike on Iran’s nuclear sites came as a result of clear information in resolutions published by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this week.

In these resolutions the following was said:

• “Iran has failed to co-operate fully with the agency.”
• “It finds that Iran’s many failures to uphold its obligations since 2019 … constitutes non-compliance with its obligations under its safeguards agreement with the agency.”
• “The agency isn’t able to verify that there has been no diversion of nuclear material.”

In the IAEA’s comprehensive report about Iran that went out on 31 May 2025 and was written about in Professor Glen Segell’s opinion piece in this week’s SA Jewish Report, the following was said:

• “… the fact that Iran is the only non-nuclear-weapon state in the world that is producing and accumulating uranium enriched to 60% remains a matter of serious concern, which has drawn international attention given the potential proliferation implications.”
• “The agency concludes that Iran did not declare nuclear material and nuclear-related activities at three undeclared locations in Iran.”
• “The rapid accumulation of highly enriched uranium is of serious concern … which the agency cannot ignore given the potential proliferation implications.”
• “The agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.”