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157589
Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:34
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Foreign diplomats visit Natanz enrichment facility
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA)-- Foreign diplomats on Sunday visited Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz on the second day of a two-day tour of the country's nuclear sites.
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) director Ali Akbar Salehi and Iranian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltanieh accompanied the ambassadors to the IAEA from Egypt, Cuba, Syria, Algeria, Venezuela, Oman, and the Arab League.
The ambassadors traveled to Iran in response to a letter inviting them to visit the country’s nuclear facilities.
Some members of the UN Security Council and the European Union had also been invited to visit Iran’s nuclear sites but decided not to send representatives.
During their Sunday tour, the diplomats visited a small plant, where uranium is enriched to 20 percent as well as the main enrichment site, where uranium is enriched to the purity level of 5 percent.
The group also visited the Arak heavy water reactor on Saturday.
Salehi told reporters that certain western countries will eventually admit that there is no diversion in Iran’s nuclear activities, although they are trying to show to the world that Iran’s nuclear activities are not peaceful.
He also described the visit as a move by Iran to prove transparency of its nuclear program and to gain confidence of the international community about its nuclear activities.
According to Soltanieh, the foreign guests said Iran’s nuclear facilities are not secret despite what they had heard before.
The diplomats also praised Iran for its strong nuclear activities during their tour, Soltanieh told .
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) director Ali Akbar Salehi and Iranian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltanieh accompanied the ambassadors to the IAEA from Egypt, Cuba, Syria, Algeria, Venezuela, Oman, and the Arab League.
The ambassadors traveled to Iran in response to a letter inviting them to visit the country’s nuclear facilities.
Some members of the UN Security Council and the European Union had also been invited to visit Iran’s nuclear sites but decided not to send representatives.
During their Sunday tour, the diplomats visited a small plant, where uranium is enriched to 20 percent as well as the main enrichment site, where uranium is enriched to the purity level of 5 percent.
The group also visited the Arak heavy water reactor on Saturday.
Salehi told reporters that certain western countries will eventually admit that there is no diversion in Iran’s nuclear activities, although they are trying to show to the world that Iran’s nuclear activities are not peaceful.
He also described the visit as a move by Iran to prove transparency of its nuclear program and to gain confidence of the international community about its nuclear activities.
According to Soltanieh, the foreign guests said Iran’s nuclear facilities are not secret despite what they had heard before.
The diplomats also praised Iran for its strong nuclear activities during their tour, Soltanieh told .
