IAEA chief visits Iran's Parchin nuke site

The head of the UN atomic watchdog, Yukia Amano, yesterday visited Iran's controversial Parchin military site that has been suspected of being used for secret nuclear tests, an official said.

The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which Amano heads, confirmed the trip to Parchin, located east of the capital Tehran where Western intelligence officials allege Iran conducted illicit nuclear activity with possible military dimensions.

Iran has said the accusations -- including that it carried out explosives tests at Parchin -- are groundless and based on malicious information provided by its enemies.