Monday, January 7, 2008

Head of IAEA to visit Iran in attempts to clear up questions about Tehran's nuclear past

January 7th 2008

VIENNA, Austria: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Tehran this week in attempts to add momentum to his agency's investigation of Iran's past nuclear activities and to seek additional knowledge of present programs, the IAEA said Monday.

IAEA director general Mohamed ElBaradei will visit Friday and Saturday "with a view of resolving all remaining outstanding issues and enabling the agency to provide assurance about Iran's past and present activities," agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said.

She said ElBaradei would "meet with a number of high officials," but provided no other details in an e-mailed statement. More >>>