The head of the UN nuclear agency has made a ceremonial visit to the Parchin military site in Iran, Iranian media and the IAEA say.
The IRNA news agency quoted Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for Iran’s atomic agency, as saying that Yukiya Amano “visited workshops and nearby construction sites in the complex.”
The IAEA says the visit was part of Amano’s mission to work out outstanding issues on inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites, known as the roadmap agreement.
Satellite image of the Parchin facility, April 2012 (AP/Institute for Science and International Security)
“As part of the implementation of the Road-map, the Director General visited the site of Parchin, together with the Head of the Department of Safeguards, Tero Varjoranta,” a statement from the agency says.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has long sought greater access to Parchin, where Iran is alleged to have carried out tests in the past related to the development of nuclear weapons. Iran allowed IAEA inspectors to visit twice in 2005.
Iran denies ever seeking atomic weapons, and says Parchin is a conventional military site.
Amano, the head of the IAEA, arrived Sunday on his second visit to Iran since it reached a landmark nuclear agreement with world powers.
— AP and Times of Israel Staff
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