Iran open to nuclear inspection
The UN nuclear watchdog has begun to assess Iran’s nuclear facilities after a deal was brokered ahead of the October 31 deadline.
By that date, Iran must prove it is not covertly developing atomic weapons under the pretext of a domestic nuclear energy programme.
If found otherwise, Tehran faces sanctions imposed by the UN.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) wants Iran to embrace an additional protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which would grant no-notice inspections.
Experts from the IAEA have begun to visit a list of agreed upon sites to ascertain the nature of Iran’s uranium enrichment programme
Iran, which sits uncomfortably on US President Bush’s “axis of evil,” along with pre-war Iraq and North Korea, vigorously denies it wants to acquire nuclear weapons, a stance thrown into question after inspectors found traces of arms-grade enriched uranium at two sites in Iran this year.
