IAEA inspected Iranian 'nuclear warehouse' revealed by Netanyahu -- report

The UN’s nuclear watchdog has inspected a secret warehouse in Iran that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year claimed contained equipment and material related to the country’s nuclear program, according to a report in Reuters.

Unnamed diplomats told the news agency that IAEA inspectors had visited the site more than once in March.

An image from a placard displayed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly showing a suspected “secret atomic warehouse” in the Turquzabad district of Tehran containing up to 300 tons of nuclear material. (GPO)

Iran’s nuclear agency declined to comment on the report, but a Tehran official tells Reuters that they “have nothing to hide.” Any access given to the IAEA so far has been in the framework of laws and regulations and nothing beyond that, he says.

Last year, Netanyahu told the UN that Israeli intelligence uncovered a secret warehouse that was used for “storing massive amounts of equipment and material from Iran’s secret weapons program.” He revealed the Israeli findings during his UN General Assembly speech in September, in a bid to goad the IAEA into opening an investigation.