Iran has given an upbeat assessment of talks with the UN nuclear watchdog about its atomic activity but diplomats have voiced doubt that inspectors would gain access to a military site where they believe atomic bomb tests were carried out.
The discussions in Vienna yesterday tested Iran’s readiness to address UN concerns over suspected military dimensions to its nuclear work ahead of diplomatic negotiations on the programme’s future in Baghdad next week between Tehran and six world powers.
The International Atomic Energy Agency aimed at the meeting to secure agreement on access to Iranian sites, documents and officials involved in suspected research that could be put to producing nuclear explosives. – (Reuters)