Saturday, April 29, 2006

Iran allows nuclear inspections

Irish Examiner> Breaking News> Sport:

"Iran moves to prevent sanctions by allowing nuclear inspections

Iran is ready for a conditional return to intrusive inspections of its nuclear programme, but uranium enrichment will continue, a senior official said today.

The move was seen as apparent attempt by the Tehran government to prevent its nuclear programme from coming to a sanctions vote in the United Nations Security Council.

'If the issue is returned to the International Atomic Energy Agency, we will be ready to allow intrusive inspections,' Mohammed Saeedi, Iran's deputy nuclear chief, told state-run television.

Mohamed ElBaradei, the IAEA chief, confirmed in a report on Friday that Iran has successfully produced enriched uranium and has defied a UN Security Council deadline to halt all activities related to uranium enrichment."

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