Intelligence services may have deceived IAEA about Parchin

TEHRAN - Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereidoon Abbasi said Wednesday that intelligence services might have deceived the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the Parchin Military Base.

"Parchin is not a nuclear site. I have repeated this for times. Some ambiguities are raised about it and we are talking with the agency (IAEA) to remove those ambiguities," Abbasi was quoted as saying by semi-official Fars news agency.

To remove the ambiguities, there should be required documents, the Iranian nuclear official said, adding that "If there are documents from intelligence services that have deceived them (the IAEA), they should present them to us."

The UN nuclear watchdog has urged Iran to open the Parchin Military Base to UN inspectors to clarify its nuclear program.

The West suspects that Iran might have tested in Parchin explosives which could be used to set off a nuclear charge. But the charges have been dismissed by Tehran.

Experts of the IAEA and Iran started a new round of talks in Tehran on Wednesday with hopes to resolve the differences between the UN nuclear watchdog and Iran over the latter's disputed nuclear program.

The Islamic republic "expects them (the IAEA experts) to consider the issue 'logically' in the ongoing talks and respect the rights of our country, and in case they possess any document present it so that we would consider and respond to it," said Abbasi, according to Fars.

"Presently, there is no such a discussion of visiting Parchin or any other sites" in the agenda of ongoing negotiations between Iran and the IAEA, he said.