Iran's enriched uranium remains at nuclear sites, Israeli official says

The official suggested that the Iranians might still be able to gain access to Isfahan, but it would be hard to remove any of the material there.

Israeli intelligence indicated that Iran's enriched uranium remained at Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan, the sites that the US hit last month, and had not been moved, an Israeli official told international media on Thursday.

The official suggested, however, that the Iranians might still be able to gain access to Isfahan, but it would be hard to remove any of the material there.

On Tuesday, the head of France's foreign intelligence service said that some of Iran's highly enriched uranium stocks had been destroyed by American and Israeli strikes, but there was no certainty about where the rest was now located.

Speaking in an interview on LCI television, Nicolas Lerner, who heads the DGSE, said all aspects of Iran's nuclear program had been delayed by several months following the air strikes.

However, while Paris had indications of where Iran's highly enriched uranium stocks were, there would be no certainty until the United Nations atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), returned to the country.

Unclear how much uranium was destroyed

Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post in late June that although it is certain that Iran's storage facilities containing 400kg of highly enriched uranium have been hit in the US and Israeli airstrikes, it is unclear how much uranium was destroyed or if Iran can access the uranium that was not damaged.

Israeli officials also told the Post that they are almost certain Iran was not able to remove uranium from the nuclear enrichment facilities before or after the strikes. However, it remains impossible to be completely certain.

This is a developing story.