IAEA chief says Iran refuses to cooperate
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E-mail Xinhua, May 18, 2013
Iran has refused to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its controversial nuclear program, Yukiya Amano, director-general of the UN nuclear watchdog, said here on Friday.
The IAEA didn't know whether Iran's nuclear program has a military goal, Amano said in a speech at the International Relations Institute in Moscow.
The agency has expressed its concerns on various occasions that Iranian authorities didn't allow international inspectors to inspect its nuclear facility in Parchin, he noted.
Major western powers suspect Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons through its nuclear program, which Tehran insists is for civilian purposes only.
Over the past few months, Tehran and the IAEA held several rounds of talks to develop a structured approach to addressing the Iran nuclear issue, but no agreement was reached.
The nuclear watchdog suspects that some nuclear experiments might have been conducted in Parchin. Iran denied the allegations, saying that the IAEA should first present documents explaining its intended visit to the military site.
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