Iran Says It Agrees to ‘Road Map’ With U.N. on Nuclear Inspections
Source: New York Times
By ALISSA J. RUBIN and ALAN COWELL
PARIS — The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday that Iran had agreed to resolve all outstanding issues with the agency, and would permit “managed access” by international inspectors to two key nuclear facilities that have not been regularly viewed.
But the promise of wider scrutiny did not seem to extend to one of the most contentious locations: the Parchin military site southwest of Tehran. Inspectors from the agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, have been trying for months to see the Parchin site, where they suspect that Iran has been testing triggering devices for nuclear weapons.
“This is an important step forward to start with, but much more needs to be done,” Yukiya Amano, the director general of the agency, told reporters in Tehran, apparently reflecting a degree of caution.
The agreement came on the heels of talks between Iran and six world powers over Iran’s nuclear program. Those talks ended Saturday without reaching an agreement that would have eased sanctions on Iran in exchange for verifiable assurances that Iran would not pursue the construction of a nuclear weapon. Western diplomats said Iranian negotiators balked at a proposed agreement, and did not give enough concrete assurances of peaceful intentions.
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