International Atomic Energy Agency officials responsible for monitoring Iran's nuclear program have discovered that enough enriched uranium, which if processed to weapons grade level could be used to make up to six atom bombs, has disappeared from the main production facility at Isfahan, U.K. newspaper The Telegraph reports Friday.
Officials say Iran has deliberately removed the uranium at a stage in the production process that isn't under their supervision, the newspaper reports.
"The inspectors only have limited access at Isfahan, and it looks as though Iranian officials have removed significant quantities of UF6 at a stage in the process that is not being monitored," an official is quoted as saying.
IAEA officials have no idea where the missing uranium is being stored, but suspect it could be held at one of several suspicious installations that have been spotted by U.S. spy satellites.
Iran will be asked to give a full account of the missing enriched uranium when the IAEA's board of governors meets in Vienna later this month to discuss the continuing crisis over its nuclear enrichment program, The Telegraph reports.