The head of Iran’s atomic agency said Friday that his country has not signed any separate agreement regarding UN inspections at its Parchin military complex, the Iranian media reported.
“The AEOI and the IAEA do not have any separate agreement on visiting the Parchin military site,” Ali Akbar Salehi told the state-run ICANA news agency, referring to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency, respectively.
Iran and world powers agreed last week in Vienna to a deal that limits Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for an end to crippling economic sanctions.
The IAEA twice inspected Parchin, an installation some 30 km southeast of Tehran, a decade ago, and is now requesting further visits. The UN suspects that nuclear testing has been conducted at the site.
Salehi’s remarks appear to contradict a clause in the so-called road map signed by him and IAEA chief Yukiya Amano on July 14, which Amano called “clarification of past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program.” (READ MORE)
