All remaining International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors departed Iran. The inspectors had not been able to monitor Iranian nuclear sites since the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Iran in mid-June. It was unclear when or if IAEA inspectors would be permitted to return.
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June 25, 2025
Ukrainian weapons inspectors found Iranian-made anti-jamming devices in the debris of Russian drones used to attack Ukrainian cities. Markings on the drone indicated that the anti-jamming unit was produced in Iran within the past year. The unit contained antennas similar to ones found on Iranian missiles shipped to the Houthis in Yemen.
-- Associated Press
June 23, 2025
Iran launched a barrage of missiles at al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, where the U.S. militay's Central Command maintains its forward headquarters. The attack produced no casualties. Shortly after the attack, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire.
-- NPR
June 22, 2025
The United States carried out strikes against nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the strikes involved GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator "bunker-busting" bombs dropped from B-2 bomber aircraft, as well as submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles. U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran not to retaliate and to make peace with Israel.
-- CBS News
June 19, 2025
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Raphael Grossi said that Isfahan was the location of the new uranium enrichment site that Iran had announced earlier in June in response to the IAEA Board of Governors' censure resolution. Grossi stated that an IAEA inspection of the site had been planned but had to be postponed due to the commencement of Israeli military strikes against Iran.
-- Reuters
June 18, 2025
Israel carried out airstrikes against Iranian nuclear and military targets beginning on June 12. The Israeli strikes hit missile bases, military headquarters, and nuclear facilities including Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment site. Israel also killed several senior Iranian nuclear scientists and high-ranking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) generals, including armed forces chief of staff Mohammad Bagheri, IRGC head Hossein Salami, and IRGC Aerospace Force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh. Iran retaliated by launching ballistic missiles at Israel. Both countries were continuing to exchange fire as of June 18.
-- Associated Press
June 12, 2025
Iran announced that it would begin operating a third uranium enrichment facility in response to its censure by the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors. The Agency's board voted to censure Iran following the release of a comprehensive report on IAEA investigations into suspected Iranian violations of its Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty obligations. The report concluded that Iran had failed to cooperate satisfactorily with the investigations into the presence of nuclear material at multiple undeclared sites. Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said that the new enrichment site had already been constructed in an "invulnerable" location.
-- Associated Press
June 5, 2025
A federal jury in the United States convicted Pakistani national Muhammad Pahlawan on charges related to smuggling advanced conventional weapons from Iran to the Houthis in Yemen. Pahlawan captained an unflagged dhow that was boarded by the U.S. Navy in the Arabian Sea in January 2024, resulting in the seizure of weapons including ballistic missile components, anti-ship cruise missile components, and a warhead. Pahlawan had allegedly coordinated with two Iranian nationals affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Shahab Mir’kazei and Yunus Mir’kazei, to make multiple smuggling voyages from Iran to Yemen since August 2023.
-- U.S. Department of Justice
May 31, 2025
In a report to member states, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran had increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% purity from 274.8 kilograms to 408.6 kilograms since early February. IAEA Director General Raphael Grossi said that the rate of accumulation reflected "significantly increased production" of highly enriched uranium by Iran. According to an IAEA measure, Iran possessed enough 60%-enriched material to fuel 10 nuclear weapons at the time of the report.
-- Wall Street Journal
May 26, 2025
Iran's foreign ministry denied reports that Tehran was considering offering a three-year suspension of uranium enrichment as part of its nuclear negotiations with the United States. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said that Iran would not accept a suspension of its enrichment program, and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian said that Iran was willing to walk away from negotiations if necessary. Both Iran and the United States had reported progress in talks held in Rome on May 23.
-- Al Jazeera