Iran’s nuclear chief said Tehran has the right to bar some UN inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear programme, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. Ali Akbar Salehi’s September 6 comments were apparently in response to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, expressing alarm about Iran’s decision to bar some of its inspectors. The report followed Iran’s recent decision to strip two inspectors of the right to monitor its nuclear activities after they reported what they said were undeclared nuclear experiments. ISNA also quoted Salehi as saying Iran asked the agency to replace the two and that it has accepted the replacements. “This is our right as well as the right of other members of the agency to choose the inspectors,” Salehi said. “Basically, all member nations select from a list provided by the agency.”
IRAN SAYS IT HAS THE RIGHT TO BAR UN INSPECTORS
Iran’s nuclear chief said Tehran has the right to bar some UN inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear programme, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.
