IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stated in April 2026 that most of Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpile—including roughly 200 kilograms of the country's total 440.9 kilograms enriched to 60 percent purity—likely remains stored in tunnels at the Isfahan nuclear complex, though inspectors have been unable to verify this since June 2025. The IAEA lost inspection access when a 12-day US-Israeli war began in June 2025, during which the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear sites and Isfahan faced airstrikes, though a newly declared enrichment facility there was apparently not hit. Iran's uranium stockpile could produce as many as 10 nuclear bombs if weaponized, representing exponential progress since the 2015 nuclear deal that Trump abandoned in 2018. As of April 2026, Iran proposes ending its Strait of Hormuz blockade in exchange for sanctions relief while postponing nuclear discussions, but Trump rejects this approach, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding any deal definitively prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons capability.
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