Iran Prohibits Access to Nuclear Inspectors — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan Facilities Restricted - video Dailymotion

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Iran has officially announced that the IAEA's nuclear inspectors will be barred from entering its Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan facilities under any circumstances. These sites have previously faced damage or destruction due to airstrikes conducted by the US and Israel. The Iranian government references legislation enacted by its parliament and the Supreme National Security Council to justify this decision. This action is viewed as a significant escalation by experts in nuclear non-proliferation, as it removes international oversight regarding Iran's potential efforts to restore enrichment activities or resume weapons-grade uranium production at these locations.

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00:00Iran has just banned nuclear inspectors from its three most critical bomb-making facilities.

00:05And the world has no way to see what is happening inside.

00:09Iran told the IAA, don't come.

00:12Not to Fordow.

00:13Not to Natanz.

00:15Not to Isfahan.

00:16All three were bombed by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes earlier this year.

00:20Iran says its parliament and the Supreme National Security Council

00:24have passed laws barring inspectors permanently.

00:28Non-proliferation experts are calling this a catastrophic loss of visibility.

00:32These are the exact sites where Iran had been enriching uranium

00:36to near weapons-grade levels before the strikes.

00:39Without inspectors on the ground,

00:41there is no way to know whether Iran is rebuilding its centrifuge infrastructure

00:46or whether it has already reconstituted enrichment capability.

00:50The U.S. and Israel say the facilities were destroyed.

00:54Iran has not confirmed the extent of the damage.

00:57Tonight, nuclear transparency in the Middle East has gone dark.

01:01Iran has confirmed the damage.

Iran Prohibits Access to Nuclear Inspectors — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan Facilities Restricted

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