Farce: Now that they've cleaned it up, Iran may grant access to Parchin... but not to the IAEA
Now that they've cleaned it up, Iran may grant When asked about the possibility, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh said: "Such a visit is not customary in such meetings.... However at the discretion of authorities, Iran would be ready for such a visit," the Iranian government-linked news agency Young Journalists Club reported.I'm sure Ban is such an expert on identifying nuclear facilities that he'd know exactly what to look for... just like all the other diplomats (/sarc).
The tentative offer was made just three days after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) again requested access to Parchin for its inspectors at a meeting in Vienna.
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Monday's Iranian media report did not make clear whether the NAM diplomats would be able to visit the location in Parchin which the IAEA wants to see or only other areas of the complex.
Akhoundzadeh said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is due to attend the NAM summit later in the week, might be able to visit Iran's nuclear sites.
"At the discretion of officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is also the possibility of a visit by the UN Secretary General to our country's nuclear centers," YJC quoted Akhoundzadeh as saying.
He said Ban would visit Isfahan, but did not say whether he would go to a uranium-processing site near the Iranian city.
UN officials were not immediately available for comment.
If the diplomats play along with this farce, they will only make things worse.
Labels: IAEA, Iranian nuclear threat, Non-Aligned Movement, Parchin
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:30 PM
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