UN Inspectors in IranA group of UN inspectors from the IAEA arrived in Iran yesterday in order to monitor the uranium conversion facility at Isfahan. It will take a few days to complete the installation of the cameras and carry out the first inspection, a US spokesman has confirmed.
As announced by UN spokeswoman for the atomic agency, Melissa Fleming, in Vienna on Monday,
"Nothing's changed. The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) team still needs until the middle of this week to get the inspection system set up and in place before the facility could be restarted."
"We continue our request to Iran to refrain from breaking any seals until the safeguards are in place," she also said.
Meanwhile, Iranian authorities continue to repeat that the nuclear energy would only be an alternative to electricity and hope to be able to start the conversion of enriched uranium within the next days.
The so called "Big Three",
Great Britain, France and Germany have already set a meeting with the IAEA which could pass the issue over to the UN Security Council. The risk of possible sanctions is not a problem, according to what Iranian authorities recently said. A state television has reported that the Isfahan plant will resume the conversion of uranium around twelve o'clock (0730 GMT) on Monday.
This scenario will bring the UN and Teheran into a close diplomatic fight. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has already said that they will not give up the development of nuclear energy in his country because it is considered a right.
Months ago, his predecessor, Uhmar Karami, had searched for the support of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who answered positively and offered his help.
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