By Associated Press
The Washington Post, Vienna, 19 Feb 2012 – A senior U.N. nuclear expert says his team is leaving for Tehran with hopes that Iranian officials will agree to talk about suspicions that the Islamic Republic has worked or is working on a clandestine atomic arms program.
Herman Nackaerts of the International Atomic Energy Agency is heading a group of experts focusing on the allegations, which Iran continues to deny.
Nackaerts told reporters Sunday before boarding a flight to Tehran the highest priority remains of course the possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program.
The trip is the second one in less than a month as the IAEA attempts to dent nearly four years of Iranian refusal to cooperate with its probe. IAEA experts came back from their last visit in late January with no concrete results.