Iran could restart enriching uranium again in a 'matter of months'
His remarks cast doubt on President Donald Trump's claim that the sites were 'totally obliterated' by the 'bunker-busting' bomb and missile strikes. Mr Trump said on Friday that he would consider bombing Iran again if intelligence concluded the country could enrich uranium to concerning levels.
Mr Grossi said yesterday: 'Frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there. The capacities they have are there. They can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that.'
Asked about reports of Iran moving its stock of enriched uranium ahead of the US strikes, Mr Grossi said it was not clear where that material was. 'Some could have been destroyed as part of the attack, but some could have been moved,' he added. Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire in their 12-day war last Monday.
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