LONDON -- According to a
draft document seen by the
Associated Press, it appears that Iranian technicians -- and not the International Atomic Energy Agency -- will be taking the lead in
collecting samples from the
Parchin military complex to check for the presence of any trace amounts of nuclear material. This is the
site in Iran where conventional explosives testing possibly relevant to nuclear weapons research is
alleged to have taken place more than a decade ago.
Usually, IAEA staff would do the sampling themselves. So -- assuming the
Associated Press story is true, and the draft document reflects the final agreed measures -- how come
such a "managed-access" arrangement was granted to Iran this time?
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