A senior Iranian nuclear official pushed back against the head of the UN’s atomic watchdog Monday, saying statements made about IAEA safeguards of inspections at the Parchin military site were false.
Reza Najafi, Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, said sampling done at the Parchin site, which the West suspects housed illicit nuclear tests, was done without any international oversight, in contrast to what he said was a Reuters report on a statement made by IAEA head Yukiya Amano. (READ MORE)
