Iran's vastly understated nuclear potential

(JNS) — The Institute for Science and National Security issued its “Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report: May 2025” by David Albright, Sarah Burkhard and Spencer August Faragasso on June 9, 2025. The report cited an International Atomic Energy Agency report dated May 31, 2025, that Iran’s stockpile of 60 percent highly enriched uranium amounted to 233 kg.

Two weeks ago, the IAEA reported a slight increase of 60 percent HEU to 440.9 kilograms, enough to yield approximately 10 nuclear weapons. The finding reported that it would take only two to three days to produce 25 kilogr...