Iran Denies Refusing UN Nuclear Inspectors
Voice of America
VOA News
12 Jun 2003, 12:44 UTC
Iran is denying a report that it prohibited U.N. inspectors from looking at the country's nuclear facilities, amid allegations Tehran is secretly developing atomic weapons.
A spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Khalil Mousavi, told Reuters News Agency U.N. nuclear inspectors visited all the places they had intended to visit.
The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, says inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) left Iran abruptly Wednesday, after Iranian officials refused to let them visit the Kalaye Electric Company nuclear power plant in Tehran.
The Bush administration is pressuring the IAEA to declare Iran in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and wants Iran to submit to further inspections without conditions. The IAEA is to release a report Monday on Iran's nuclear program.
Some information for this report provided by Reuters and AP.
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