IRAN gives IAEA more access to nuclear sites

[Neser Boha]

Iran gives IAEA more access to nuclear sites | csmonitor.com

In a move that could herald greater cooperation between Iran and the West, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government has agreed to grant United Nations inspectors greater access to its uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz and the nearly completed heavy-water reactor outside Arak.

The new agreement comes only days before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will release a report on the country's nuclear program that is expected to be highly critical.

Under the new agreement, The Guardian reports that Iranians will change their work patterns to make it easier for IAEA cameras already in place at the Natanz enrichment facility to monitor their work. Inspectors will ensure that Iranians are using centrifuges to produce only low-enriched uranium used for power generation, as opposed to highly-enriched uranium used for nuclear weapons. Iran also allowed inspectors into the heavy-water reactor for the first time in a year.

Iran's increased openness to nuclear inspectors comes in the face of US President Barack Obama's September deadline for international talks about the future of Iran's nuclear program. If Iran does not comply, President Obama has threatened new economic sanctions, reports The Wall Street Journal. Especially in the wake of violent postelection protests, Iran may be taking a more "conciliatory stance" toward the global community as the deadline approaches.

Pretty good news, I'd say. I think we need some good news here and there nowadays.

Please do read the entire article.

Let's hope this positive trend continues and comes to a positive and successful conclusion.

 

[publicprotector]

That's great news and good progress being made, now all we have to do is the same in that terrorist haven called Israel and get checks and controls on their weapons.

 

[The_Halfmoon]

They're trying to water down the bad news of the "negative" report coming out soon

but it gives both sides (the west and Iran) a chance to normalize relations without looking weak.