Iran spurns UN call for Parchin visit

Iran yesterday spurned a request by the IAEA for access to a military base where Tehran allegedly conducted nuclear weapons research, saying the issue should be addressed in a wider agreement with the UN atomic agency.
IAEA chief Yukiya Amano on Monday asked Iran to provide access to Parchin "without further delay, whether or not agreement has been reached on the structured approach".
Iran has so far refused to give the IAEA access to places, documents and scientists involved in what the agency suspects were efforts, mostly in the past but possibly ongoing, to develop nuclear weapons.