Un Nuclear Chief Says Iran Has Material To Build Bombs, But No Plan To Do So

As President Donald Trump weighs joining Israel's warfare to destruct Iran's atomic capabilities, nan world's main atomic charismatic tells Fox News that he sees nary grounds Iran's leaders are racing to build a atomic bomb.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said, "We person confirmed that Iran does have, moreover now, capable worldly for respective warheads.

"But this should not beryllium equated pinch a atomic weapon," Grossi continued, adding, "We do not person astatine this point, if you inquire me, astatine this time, immoderate tangible impervious that location is simply a program, aliases a plan, to fabricate, to manufacture a atomic weapon."

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Smoke rises from nan building of Iran's state-run tv aft an Israeli onslaught successful Tehran, Iran, connected Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo)

Inspectors from Grossi's agency, which is nan United Nations' atomic watchdog, are tasked pinch monitoring Iran's atomic activities. The IAEA has not been capable to transportation retired inspections since Israel began attacking sites earlier this period but has been making extended usage of outer imagery.

When asked by Fox News whether Iran's atomic programme had been group backmost dramatically by Israel's attacks to date, Grossi said, "No, I wouldn't opportunity so.

"I deliberation location person been a number of important subject attacks and impacts," he said. "But it is very clear, and everybody agrees connected this, that not everything has been taken out."

He besides based on that subject action unsocial would not beryllium capable to undo what Iran has learned successful respective decades of atomic research.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi is progressively concerned astir Iran's atomic program. (Albert Otti/picture confederation via Getty Images)

"One point is nan beingness damage," Grossi said. "But past location is nan knowledge factor, and nan truth that it is very difficult to rotation backmost nan knowledge that a state has acquired."

Iran has blamed Israel for nan killings of aggregate Iranian atomic scientists complete galore years, including respective successful caller days. The IAEA censured Iran connected June 12, conscionable hours earlier Israel launched its activity of attacks, for failing to comply pinch commitments meant to forestall it from processing a atomic weapon.

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However, contempt nan IAEA reprimand, and nan existent fighting, Grossi insists a negotiated solution remains a viable option.

"I judge that location is simply a measurement to return this threat -- aliases this interest -- retired of nan array successful a negotiated way.

"I've been successful conversations, very bully conversations, pinch [President Trump's envoy] Steve Witkoff and pinch nan Iranians arsenic well," Grossi said.

A representation shows wherever Iran's astir important atomic accommodation are situated. (Fox News/FDD)

"I judge location are ways successful which we tin make judge that Iran does not get a atomic weapon. I deliberation this is yet what Israel wants and what nan United States has declared.

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"We are nan world corps of inspectors, and we cognize what you would request to cheque successful bid to forestall this from happening.

"We judge that nan opportunity should beryllium seized, arsenic President Trump said, but of people nan abstraction for that is narrowing."