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BY STACEY WELSH

ANCHOR BRICE SANDER

 

International Atomic Energy Agency officials arrived in Iran Sunday morning. Their goal: to prove if the country is developing nuclear weapons. But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the country’s nuclear program is for research purposes. CNN reports he was set to ...

 

“... discuss the problem with world powers including Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the U.S. But the U.S. and other officials have accused Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons, and that’s why the I.A.E.A. is there right now.”

But the New York Times cites evidence against the president’s claims, reporting the I.A.E.A. has…

“…amassed ‘over a thousand pages’ of documents, presumably leaked out of Iran, showing ‘research, development and testing activities’ on a range of technologies that would only be useful in designing a nuclear weapon.”

Protesters waited for the inspectors’ arrival to speak out against the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s Iran policy. Iranian officials believe the U.S. and Israel are responsible for the killing of a nuclear scientist. Euronews shows...

“...demonstrators carried pictures of a murdered nuclear scientist who was killed by a car bomb earlier this month.”

A motorcyclist had attached an explosive to the scientist’s car. Deutsche Welle reports the six inspectors kept a low profile at Tehran’s airport.

“[They] avoided contact with reporters and left for the capital through a rear exit.”

There is speculation that officials will be allowed to visit the Fordo uranium enrichment facility, but the Vienna-based I.A.E.A. predicts the visit will not involve inspections. It will focus on resuming discussion. Haaretz.com reports Iran is expected to…

“…cooperate with the I.A.E.A. team during their three-day visit but indicated it would not give up uranium enrichment, which it considers a sovereign right.”

Iran’s foreign minister is optimistic about the visit and maintains Iran has nothing to hide.