Overview

• The IAEA reported that Iran’s stockpile of 60% enriched uranium reached 408.6 kilograms by mid-May, marking a roughly 49% increase since February.
• The agency described Tehran’s cooperation with inspection efforts as “not satisfactory” and noted past concealment of nuclear materials at three facilities.
• In the fifth negotiating round in Rome, the United States presented a detailed framework for a new nuclear accord that would impose limits on Iran’s enrichment in return for easing sanctions.
• Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtschi affirmed that the country deems nuclear weapons “unacceptable” but dismissed IAEA criticisms as politically motivated.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Tehran’s rapid enrichment suggests a determination to complete a weapons program and called for international action.