Iran denies that EU has demanded centrifuge details

Earlier report said Tehran was asked to show UN details of its work on parts for machines that could be used to make core of nuclear weapons

By AP 17 September 2016, 2:05 pm

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A worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, on October 26, 2010. (AP/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

Iran’s atomic agency denied Saturday that the European Union demanded full details of its manufacture of centrifuge parts.

A report on the Iranian state TV website quoted agency spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi as saying, “We have not received such a demand through official sources.”

The Associated Press reported Friday that the EU demanded that Iran share with the UN full details of its manufacture of parts for machines that could be used to make the core of nuclear weapons. The draft statement seen by the AP will be delivered next week at a board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Kamalvandi called the report baseless and said, “The Associated Press has resorted to such news fabrication about Iran’s nuclear industry in the past too.”