A bank of centrifuges are seen in what is described by Iranian state television as a facility in Natanz, in this still image taken from video released February 15, 2012. Iran trumpeted advances in nuclear technology on Wednesday, citing new uranium enrichment centrifuges and domestically made reactor fuel, in a move abetting a drift towards confrontation with the West over its disputed atomic ambitions. REUTERS/IRIB Iranian TV via Reuters TV IAEA Nuclear Experts Visit Iran - But No Nuclear Sites -- Christian Science Monitor
The second visit in a month by members of the UN nuclear watchdog agency is aimed at laying the groundwork for negotiations between Iran and the IAEA.
UN nuclear inspectors in Iran will not visit any nuclear sites during their two-day visit, the Iranian foreign minister said today.
Ramin Mehmanparast said that the team was made up of “experts” – not inspectors, as they have been described in news reports – and that they were there for discussions that would lay the groundwork for negotiations between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding the country’s nuclear program, the Associated Press reports.
Iran views its nuclear program – which it insists is for peaceful purposes only – as a “non-negotiable right,” Agence France-Presse reports. The implication is that Iran will not give up its nuclear program, although it may consent to some controls or limits on it.
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UN team have no plans to inspect Iranian nuclear facilities -- The Independent/AP
Iran: IAEA Inspectors Will Not Visit Nuclear Facilities -- Voice of America
Iran says UN inspectors will not visit nuclear sites -- Times Live/AP
My Comment: So if the IAEA inspectors are not going to visit Iran's nuclear sites .... why are they there? Oh yeah .... they are there to make future arrangements to make future arrangements for meetings that will decide the protocols and guidelines for future inspections.
Sighhhh .... who are they kidding?