The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has told the Security Council that Iran has not tried to repair nuclear facilities damaged in US and Israeli strikes, while also saying the agency cannot verify the whereabouts of Iran's near-weapons-grade uranium stockpile. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi told the Council briefing on 27 October that since June 2025, the agency has not identified any activity to repair or reconstruct the damaged facilities. Normal inspections have not resumed except at the Bushehr plant, and the agency is also seeking access to the Isfahan Fuel Enrichment Plant, declared just before the June 2025 strikes.

No repair activity identified

The stockpile question is separate from the repair question, and the two must not be confused. The stockpile was last verified on 13 June 2025 at 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%, close to the roughly 90% level considered weapons-grade, but not itself a weapon. Grossi's statement that no repair activity has been identified is not proof of the stockpile's current size or location, which he says is unverified since the US bombing last year. One secondary summary dates the Council meeting confusingly; this article follows the Associated Press account of the 27 October briefing.

A stockpile that cannot be verified

The briefing matters because it separates what inspectors can see from what they cannot. What they can see, or rather cannot see, is repair work at struck sites. What they cannot verify is the enriched uranium itself, because inspectors have not had the access that would let them check it. Until inspections resume more widely, both halves of that picture will stay incomplete, and claims about either half should be read with that limit in mind.

Sources: AP via Hindu BusinessLine and Manorama Yearbook.