IAEA inspectors 'in Iran'

Source: ARA/RE

IAEA inspectors 'in Iran'
Sun, 13 May 2007 20:04:28

A team of two inspectors from the UN atomic watchdog are in Iran to continue their work at key nuclear facilities of Natanz and Esfahan.

The UN experts arrived Saturday for a two week visit to the nuclear facilities and immediately began work, Fars news agency reported.

Earlier this month, Western media claimed that Iran had suspended UN inspection as an objection to the UN Security Council resolution against the country. Iran and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) both denied the allegations.

Marc Vidricaire, the IAEA's spokesman said Iran had not hampered the IAEA's inspections and "the information is untrue". Iran has been cooperating with the IAEA and allows the agency's inspectors to visit its nuclear facilities across the country.

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IAEA took the unusual (for IAEA) step of actually making a press announcement, clarifying that what the "diplomats" were saying was untrue. Here's a report that has been discredited by the IAEA.

11/05/07 07h03 GMT+1
AFP News brief

Iran blocked UN inspectors on test visit to nuclear site
by Michael Adler

Iran has blocked UN atomic experts on a first unannounced test inspection of an underground nuclear site where it enriches uranium, despite a pledge to allow such visits, diplomats told AFP.

The watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency had in March told Iran to allow its inspectors to install surveillance cameras at the site in Natanz that is heavily bunkered against possible air strikes, but Tehran refused this and in return agreed to allow frequent, unannounced visits.

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