A senior Iranian official said on Sunday that Iran planned to
invite representatives from Western countries to visit its nuclear
sites, the local Fars news agency reported.
Gholamreza Aghazadeh, Iranian Vice President and head of the
country's Atomic Energy Organization, made the remarks after a
meeting with seven envoys from the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
troika and Group 77 states.
"Paying visit to Iranian nuclear sites by the western countries
is not prohibited," said Aghazadeh, adding that "we actually have
plans for some future visits to our nuclear facilities and
installations by the representatives and envoys of these
countries."
He underlined that transparency "is an indispensable part of our
nuclear programs."
On Saturday, Iran showed its uranium conversion factory (UCF) in
the central city of Isfahan to the envoys from the Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM) troika and Group 77 states.
The NAM envoys include Cuban, Malaysian and Egyptian ambassadors
to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),while the Group 77
envoys are from Sudan and Bolivia.
Aghazadeh said that Iran would go on with its cooperation with
the IAEA within the boundaries of the nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT).
Meantime, he reiterated that "Iran will not comply with the
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737", which called on
Tehran to suspend its enrichment activities while imposing
sanctions on Iran's nuclear and missile programs.
(Xinhua News Agency February 5, 2007)
