Iranian uranium enrichment could resume in months, UN nuclear chief says

Published June 29, 2025 4:35pm ET



The United Nations‘s nuclear chief warned that Tehran could begin enriching uranium once again in a few months after Iran’s main nuclear facilities were targeted in U.S. strikes.

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told CBS News in a Friday interview that the damage done to Iran‘s nuclear facilities was clearly “severe” but not “total.”

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