Iran Turns Away IAEA Inspectors - Nuke Treaty In Danger

Iran has turned away International Atomic Energy Inspectors from an underground uranium enrichment facility designed to protect against attack according to officials at the UN. IAEA inspections are a requirement under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to insure that international community that enrichment facilities are not being used to produce weapons grade uranium.

This comes a day before the expected announcement by Iran concerning the incentive offer proposed by the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Counsel. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also announced that Iran would never give up its right to enrich uranium.

A UN Official speaking with the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity said that Iran’s unprecedented refusal to allow access to the facility at Natanz could seriously hamper international attempts to ensure Tehran is not trying to produce nuclear weapons as well as violate a key part of the Nonproliferation Treaty.

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