Iran says Parchin cover-up claims ‘preposterous’

Iran is dismissing as “preposterous” claims that it is cleaning up its suspected nuclear military site at Parchin ahead of inspections agreed under a historic nuclear deal with world powers.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations says in statement that “extensive construction work” is underway to repair a road near the Parchin complex but denies this amounts to a “hasty cover-up.”

The statement comes in response to media reports quoting US members of Congress who said the work at the military complex could complicate inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog that are a key provision of the deal.

“These claims are preposterous and the repetition of the similar unfounded claims that reappear from time to time and have been disproved each time,” says the Iranian statement.

–AFP