No nuclear activity at Parchin military site

A senior Iranian lawmaker has rejected claims that the Islamic Republic carries out nuclear activities at Parchin military site located near the capital Tehran.

According to Press TV, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said Friday: “We have no nuclear activities at Parchin and the center is a recognized military site and not engaged in our country’s nuclear activities.”
He noted that the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have so far visited Parchin twice.
He, however, added that at the current juncture, Iran sees no reason to increase its cooperation with the IAEA beyond the Safeguard Agreement first because the inspection of the Parchin site is not included in Iran’s commitments under the agreement and also because the country is facing increasing sanctions.
Boroujerdi said that the West should lift sanctions against Iran in return for more cooperation from the country. He added: “If we are supposed to have more cooperation with the IAEA, Western countries should know that this is a two-way road and mutual interests are an internationally acknowledged principle.”
Iran notes that as a committed signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the IAEA, it is entitled to use nuclear technology for peaceful objectives.