Iran refuses entry to UN nuclear watchdog envoy
Tehran says IAEA delegation member was denied visa because of 'particular nationality'
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (right) shaking hands with Yukiya Amano (left), chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during a meeting in Tehran on August 17, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Iranian Presidency website/HO/Mohammad Berno)
TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian official says Tehran has denied entry into the country to a member of an International Atomic Energy Agency delegation.
The semi-official Fars news agency quoted Reza Najafi, Iran’s envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog, as saying that Iran had a sovereign right to deny a visa to a delegation member.
Najafi did not identify the person, but said he was not an IAEA inspector and had a “particular nationality.”
Iran in the past has refused to let in agency inspectors who have Western nationalities.
An agency delegation arrived Monday in the country for two-day talks — part of Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA aimed at reaching a lasting agreement with world powers on its contested nuclear program.
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