Nuclear inspectors admitted to Iranian military site
VIENNA �� Iran let International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors into its Parchin military complex, breaking a four-year deadlock and moving the sides closer toward resolving suspicions over past nuclear work.
The IAEA’s top nuclear inspector, Tero Varjoranta, was accompanied by Director General Yukiya Amano on his visit to Parchin, the agency said on its website. The visit was part of the “road map” agreed to by the IAEA and Iran intended to clarify whether the Persian Gulf country pursued nuclear-weapons related research.
The IAEA has until Oct. 15 to conclude its investigation into Iran’s nuclear past, and until Dec. 15 to submit a report to its board of governors assessing the country’s activities. Once that report is complete and Iran meets the terms of its July 14 agreement with world powers, conditions would be met for the lifting of sanctions against its financial and energy sector.
IAEA investigators renewed calls for access to Parchin after a November 2011 report detailed suspicions of Iranian nuclear weapons work. They had previously visited the complex 19 miles south of Tehran without finding any evidence of wrongdoing.
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