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Iran to allow UN nuclear inspections
Vienna, Nov 08: Iran will next week give the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) letters agreeing to unannounced UN inspections of its nuclear facilites and confirming it will suspend the enrichment of uranium, the two sides said today.
"Next week we will get the letter by Iran for the
conclusion of the Additional (Nuclear) Protocol, which is a
positive step," IAEA Director General Mohamed Elbaradei told
reporters after a meeting with Iranian security chief Hasan
Rowhani.
"I was also told by Dr Rowhani that next week we will
get again a letter indicating Iran's agreement to suspend all
(uranium) enrichment-related activities and reprocessing as a
confidence building measure, which is also a quite positive
step," Elbaradei said.
The United States accuses Iran, which is building a
nuclear power reactor with Russian help, of secretly trying
to develop nuclear weapons. Tehran vehemently denies the
charge.
In September the IAEA, The United Nations' nuclear
Watchdog, gave Iran until October 31 to prove it was not
secretly developing such weapons.
Tehran subsequently offered to sign an additional
protocol to the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) that would permit IAEA inspectors to make
unannounced visits to suspect nuclear weapons sites in Iran.
Bureau Report