IAEA: U.N. to Visit Suspect Iranian Site

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IAEA: U.N. to Visit Suspect Iranian Site

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By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer

VIENNA, Austria - Iran has agreed to give U.N. inspectors access to a huge military complex that the United States alleges is linked to a secret nuclear weapons program, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday.

IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei told The Associated Press he expected his experts to visit the Parchin site "within days or weeks."

The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency has been pressing Tehran for months to be allowed to inspect the Parchin military site, used by the Iranians to research, develop and produce ammunition, missiles and high explosives.

In leaks to media last year, U.S. intelligence officials said a specially secured site on the Parchin complex, 20 miles southeast of Tehran, may be used in research on nuclear arms, specifically in making high-explosive components for use in atomic weapons.

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