On June 21 Tehran said it had banned two UN nuclear inspectors from entering the country because they had leaked “false” information about Iran’s disputed nuclear program. The ban is the latest twist in Iran’s deepening tussle with the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency and the West over its nuclear programme. The US and its allies warn that Iran’s programme is geared toward making nuclear weapons. Tehran denies the charge saying its nuclear activities are only for peaceful purposes like power generation. Iran has also maintained that there were no experiments related to pyroprocessing and no equipment was removed and has called the IAEA report “false with the purpose of influencing public opinion.” The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Akbar Salehi said on state TV that the IAEA had been informed of the decision to ban the inspectors, whom he did not identify.
IRAN BARS 2 UN INSPECTORS
IRAN BARS 2 UN INSPECTORS
