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Thread: IAEA & Iran have reached agreement that the agency will visit two sites, which are obliquely identified in the latest NPT compliance report.

1st site: pilot uranium conversion facility

2nd site: high explosive test site called Abadeh

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The facility "may have been used for the processing and conversion of uranium ore, including fluorination in 2003" and "underwent significant changes in 2004, including the demolition of most buildings," pointing to it being for uranium conversion. 2/

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As @TheGoodISIS reported in April 2020, a site called the “New Tehran Plant,” was described in the Nuclear Archive, and was "a plant intended as a follow-on uranium hexafluoride production plant under the Amad Plan." 3/

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"Although never built, it was a scaled-up version of a secret pilot plant. The IAEA’s information may help answer questions about what may have preceded that site." 4/

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The second site is believed to be Abadeh, a remote location where the IAEA “observed activities consistent with efforts to sanitize part of the location” from July 2019 onward. This site was publicly revealed by Israeli PM Netanyahu in September 2019. 5/

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IAEA reported this site involved “possible use and storage of nuclear material, where outdoor, conventional explosive testing may have taken place in 2003, including in relation to testing of shielding in preparation for the use of neutron detectors.” 6/

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@TheGoodISIS assessed Abadeh and published imagery showing the razing of the site, which apparently occurred after Tehran believed Israel had uncovered the location: 7/

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Iran's apparent razing of these two sites may stymie environmental sampling for undeclared nuclear material, but it is clear the IAEA still finds value in inspections. 8/
To watch after the visits is whether the agency pursues additional sites of interest as described in the Nuclear Archive. 9/

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Yesterday, @WSJ reported that Saudi Arabia is quietly constructing a uranium ore concentration plant with China's assistance. @TheGoodISIS has located a candidate site.

A thread on the Saudis' nuclear activities and issues ahead: 1/

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In February, IAEA DG Grossi stated that “Saudi Arabia is aware of what their obligations are" with regard to concluding a CSA. 3/
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Today, the administration added five Iranian individuals to the Commerce Dept's Entity List. @SecPompeo says they were "involved in Iran's pre-2004 nuclear weapons program, known as the Amad program."

Some background on these men:
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A former Ministry of Defense official, named in the Iranian Nuclear Archive as involved in 2003 decisions to hide nuclear weapons activities that Iran planned to continue.

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US Ambassador to Vienna’s ⁦@usunvie⁩ stmt to the IAEA Board pulls no punches on Iran:

“Even for Iran, which has a long and truly infamous history of obstructing the Agency, its total refusal to cooperate on these issues is a new low.” vienna.usmission.gov/iaea-bog-u-s-o…
“First, Iran has refused to address the Agency’s questions regarding possible undeclared natural uranium at a location that has been heavily sanitized.

In the Agency’s assessment, the nuclear material in question may potentially be uranium metal.”
“Second, Iran has refused the Agency access to a specified location for the purposes of assuring the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities, specifically, activities potentially related to uranium conversion.“
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