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IAEA Safeguards Department Officials Visit Iran's N. Installations
TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Safeguards Department Herman Nackaerts heading a delegation visited different nuclear sites in Iran, Iranian Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asqar Soltaniyeh said.
Herman Nackaerts and his deputies visited Iran's nuclear sites over the past five days upon an invitation from the Islamic Republic, Soltaniyeh said on Tuesday.
He added that the visit came following talks between Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoun Abbasi, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and IAEA's Director General Yukiya Amano.
During his tour, Nackaerts met with Abbasi to discuss ways of expanding ties between Tehran and the IAEA on addressing some of the agency's questions regarding the Islamic Republic's civilian nuclear program.
"Throughout the visit, I accompanied the [IAEA] delegation who visited the Bushehr nuclear power plant and the enrichment facilities in Natanz and Fordo," Soltaniyeh said.
The IAEA experts also toured the nuclear sites in Isfahan, including the nuclear fuel rods production factory, as well as the heavy water research reactor in Arak and the city's heavy water production plant, the Iranian official added.
Soltaniyeh described Iran's invitation as yet another sign of Tehran's determination for transparent cooperation with the IAEA.
Iran insists that as a member of the IAEA and a signatory to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has a right to use the peaceful applications of nuclear energy for electricity generation and medical research.
The IAEA in its numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities has never found any evidence indicating that Iran's peaceful nuclear program has deviated towards military purposes.
Herman Nackaerts and his deputies visited Iran's nuclear sites over the past five days upon an invitation from the Islamic Republic, Soltaniyeh said on Tuesday.
He added that the visit came following talks between Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoun Abbasi, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and IAEA's Director General Yukiya Amano.
During his tour, Nackaerts met with Abbasi to discuss ways of expanding ties between Tehran and the IAEA on addressing some of the agency's questions regarding the Islamic Republic's civilian nuclear program.
"Throughout the visit, I accompanied the [IAEA] delegation who visited the Bushehr nuclear power plant and the enrichment facilities in Natanz and Fordo," Soltaniyeh said.
The IAEA experts also toured the nuclear sites in Isfahan, including the nuclear fuel rods production factory, as well as the heavy water research reactor in Arak and the city's heavy water production plant, the Iranian official added.
Soltaniyeh described Iran's invitation as yet another sign of Tehran's determination for transparent cooperation with the IAEA.
Iran insists that as a member of the IAEA and a signatory to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has a right to use the peaceful applications of nuclear energy for electricity generation and medical research.
The IAEA in its numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities has never found any evidence indicating that Iran's peaceful nuclear program has deviated towards military purposes.
