UN nuclear chief visits Iranian military site
Source: AP
By GEORGE JAHN
VIENNA (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency paid what Iran's official news agency described as a ceremonial visit Sunday to an Iranian nuclear site that he suspects may have been used to develop explosive triggers for nuclear weapons.
Neither Iranian reports of Yukiya Amano's visit to the Parchin site nor its confirmation by the U.N's International Atomic Energy Agency gave substantial details.
But they appeared to jibe with the terms of a draft agreement between Iran and the IAEA, which Amano heads. Seen by The Associated Press, that confidential draft speaks of a visit by Amano not as a participant in any IAEA probe but as a "courtesy" granted by Iran.
The draft also postulates that Amano would come only after the suspected site at Parchin was probed for evidence of weapons work. His visit Sunday thus could indicate that the inspection had already occurred over the past few days.
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FILE - In this May 12, 2015 file photo, U.N. nuclear chief Yukiya Amano from Japan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna, Austria. Iran's state TV is reporting Amano has arrived in Tehran Saturday, Sept. 20, 2015, to "clarify past and current issues" of the country's nuclear program. Iran and the world powers have agreed to a landmark deal that curbs Iran's nuclear program in return for the lifting of international economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
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