Iran has invited several Ambassadors accredited to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna to tour its nuclear facilities later this month. A diplomat at the IAEA told newsmen on Monday that Iran's invitation went to Russia, China, the European Union, Arab league members and a group of Non-aligned nations. The United States apparently is not among those invited.
In a letter, senior Iranian envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh offered an all-expenses paid visit to Iran's nuclear sites on January 15-16. A senior European diplomat in Brussels who declined to be named confirmed the invitations.
Iran and six world powers trying to end the nuclear dispute.The U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany are due to hold a second round of talks later this month in Turkey.
The nuclear tour would include Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant which is about to begin operations and the country's uranium enrichment site at Natanz. The diplomats are to meet with Iran's acting Foreign Minister, the head of its atomic agency and with Tehran's Chief Nuclear negotiator. The underground Natanz site where Iran now runs close to nine thousand centrifuges is of much deeper international concern.
The offer to tour its facilities comes just weeks before Iran and six world powers the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany follow up on recent talks that ended without substantial agreement.
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