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Wednesday 20 May 2015 - 22:28
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There has been no request for visiting Parchin base: Afkham

Tehran, May 20, IRNA There have been no requests by IAEA to visit Parchin military base, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham said on Wednesday.

Speaking in her weekly press conference, she said that Iran's position towards IAEA inspectors' visits to military sites is quite clear.

Iran's position regarding inspectors' access to Parchin military site has not changed, Afkham added.

She underlined that the negotiating team would continue talks for drafting the final text of comprehensive nuclear deal.

The IAEA inspectors have at least twice visited Parchin military site in the past and found no evidence of nuclear activities there.

Former Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereidoun Abbasi said in March 2013 that Tehran would allow the IAEA to visit its non-nuclear military site in Parchin again only if the UN nuclear watchdog convinces it of the necessity of such a visit by presenting relevant documents.

Also in April, 2013, Abbasi had said that the UN nuclear watchdog should explain why it intends to send its inspectors to the Parchin military site because the AEOI has no station or activity there and the site has already been inspected by the IAEA.

He pointed to the IAEA's concern about Iran's refusal to allow an inspection of Parchin, and noted, 'If we enter another country, would they allow us to visit (inspect) wherever we want?'

Iran in April 2014 dismissed the allegations raised by a Zionist media that the country has delivered a stockpile of low-enriched uranium to its Parchin military site.

By IRNA
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