Iran prevents UN inspectors from accessing centrifuge production site
The site was hit by a sabotage attack in June. The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said "Countries that did not condemn terrorist acts against Iran's nuclear site are not qualified to comment on inspections there"
Dan Arkin
| 29/09/2021
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, at the annual conference of the IAEA last week. Photo: Kyodo via REUTERS
Iran has rejected a demand by the U.S. to provide UN inspectors with access to a centrifuge manufacturing site, claiming that Washington does not have the right to demand access without condemning what it called the "terrorist attack" on the site in question.
"Countries that did not condemn terrorist acts against Iran's nuclear site are not qualified to comment on inspections there," said the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, during a visit to Moscow, according to Iranian news agency IRNA.
The U.S. announced this week that Iran must stop denying UN inspectors access to a site in Karaj where components for centrifuges are manufactured. The site was hit by a sabotage attack in June, and one of the four cameras installed by the International Atomic Energy Agency was destroyed. Iran removed them and the destroyed camera's footage is missing, Reuters said.
The site was hit by a sabotage attack in June. The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said "Countries that did not condemn terrorist acts against Iran's nuclear site are not qualified to comment on inspections there"
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, at the annual conference of the IAEA last week. Photo: Kyodo via REUTERS
Iran has rejected a demand by the U.S. to provide UN inspectors with access to a centrifuge manufacturing site, claiming that Washington does not have the right to demand access without condemning what it called the "terrorist attack" on the site in question.
"Countries that did not condemn terrorist acts against Iran's nuclear site are not qualified to comment on inspections there," said the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, during a visit to Moscow, according to Iranian news agency IRNA.
The U.S. announced this week that Iran must stop denying UN inspectors access to a site in Karaj where components for centrifuges are manufactured. The site was hit by a sabotage attack in June, and one of the four cameras installed by the International Atomic Energy Agency was destroyed. Iran removed them and the destroyed camera's footage is missing, Reuters said.
