By IANS,
Tehran : Iran will allow the UN nuclear watchdog experts to visit its Parchin military base, said the office of Iran’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) representative in Vienna.
According to an official statement, Iran will allow the UN nuclear watchdog experts to visit Parchin military base, Xinhua reported citing ISNA news agency Tuesday.
“The fact that Parchin is a military site and access to a military site is a time consuming process and it cannot be frequently visited … therefore once again (the site) will be accessed (to the IAEA experts),” said the statement, adding that the visit can be made when an agreement on a modality is reached.
“The IAEA member states are expected to support this process and avoid the measures that may weaken the successful outcomes,” it said.
Speaking at a quarterly board meeting, IAEA’s Director General Yukiya Amano said the UN nuclear watchdog has “serious concerns” that Iran’s heightened enrichment activities may relate to the development of nuclear weapons.
Amano also highlighted Iran’s repeated refusal to allow inspectors into the Parchin military site, in which simulated nuclear warhead tests allegedly took place.