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| IAEA demands Iran nuclear access to Parchin site | IAEA demands Iran nuclear access to Parchin site |
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| The chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has called for access to Iran's Parchin military site "without further delay" and without waiting for negotiations to make progress. | The chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has called for access to Iran's Parchin military site "without further delay" and without waiting for negotiations to make progress. |
| The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has long suspected nuclear weapons research is taking place at the site, just outside Tehran. | The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has long suspected nuclear weapons research is taking place at the site, just outside Tehran. |
| It has not had access to the military complex since 2005. | It has not had access to the military complex since 2005. |
| Tehran says it is refining uranium only for peaceful energy purposes. | Tehran says it is refining uranium only for peaceful energy purposes. |
| Suspicions | |
| Director general Yukiya Amano made the comments in a speech to the IAEA's governing board. | Director general Yukiya Amano made the comments in a speech to the IAEA's governing board. |
| "Providing access to the Parchin site would be a positive step which would help to demonstrate Iran's willingness to engage with the agency on the substance of our concerns," he said. | "Providing access to the Parchin site would be a positive step which would help to demonstrate Iran's willingness to engage with the agency on the substance of our concerns," he said. |
| Access should be granted without waiting for further talks, Mr Amano added. | Access should be granted without waiting for further talks, Mr Amano added. |
| The IAEA suspects Iran could have carried out experiments with explosives capable of triggering a nuclear weapon at Parchin. | The IAEA suspects Iran could have carried out experiments with explosives capable of triggering a nuclear weapon at Parchin. |
| It sent a delegation to Tehran last month to negotiate a possible resumption of site visits, but the head of Iran's atomic energy programme Fereydun Abbasi-Davani said visits to Parchin or any other site were "not on the agenda". | It sent a delegation to Tehran last month to negotiate a possible resumption of site visits, but the head of Iran's atomic energy programme Fereydun Abbasi-Davani said visits to Parchin or any other site were "not on the agenda". |
| Iran denies that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons, arguing that its nuclear programme is purely aimed at civilian energy generation. | Iran denies that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons, arguing that its nuclear programme is purely aimed at civilian energy generation. |
| The UN agency has been trying to encourage Iran to cooperate with its investigations into suspected nuclear weapons research for the last year, but Mr Amano admitted he was "unable to report any progress". | |
| He said he remained committed to negotiations, but warned they must proceed with "a sense of urgency and a focus on achieving concrete results". |