Nuclear inspectors visit newly revealed Iran plant

The United Nations with nuclear inspectors visited the disclosed Iranian nuclear facility near Qom on Sunday. IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) arrived Saturday night and will inspect the nuclear installaion site many times and will leave Tehran Tuesday, states the semi-official Mehr news agency. By revealing the existence of the nuclear enrichment facility in September, shock waves traveled through the international community. On Saturday the IAEA said that the inspectors were leaving for the inspection and gave no more details on Sunday. They will visit the site to see if it is being used for peaceful purposes, according to Ali Akbar Salehi-head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. Iran said that it needs time to decide to sign onto a deal that could help end the showdown over the nuclear activities. The proposal calls for low-enriched uranium to be sent abroad for more enrichment and return for use in medical research and treatment. Tehran will have an answer next week. Iran is considering the proposal in depth and a favorable light and needs til the middle of next week to respond. People from Iran, France, Russia, the U.S. and the IAEA met in Vienna to work out details. France, Russia, the U.S. have approved the arrangement. Director General hopes Iran will be equally positive. It will signal a new era of cooperation. Iranian officials are going to meet with the U.N. Security Council and Germany to discuss Tehran's nuclear program. Many in the West think Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities.

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I am glad that inspectors went to see what was happening with Tehran's nuclear program so that we have more information on whether they are using the program for peaceful purposes or for nuclear weapsons. With Iran saying they need more time to go over the proposal, I think that they don't want other nations to have a big say in what goes on in their country or they are trying to buy themselves some time to hide the nuclear activities that they don't want others to know about. I know that Iran is saying that they are using the nuclear program for peaceful purposes but until we go in there to investigate if it is peaceful or not we really can't be sure that they are using it peacefully. I think that it is a fantastic idea for Iran, France, Russia, the United States, and the IAEA to meet and work through all the details of the proposal together, that way each country has a say in the proposal and can talk through their differences in the proposal. It is also good for the U.N. Security Council and Germany to meet with Iranian officials to further discuss the nuclear program because that way more countries are involved in finding a solution to this nuclear program issue. We need to find a solution to this issue soon before Iran goes any further in the nuclear program that may not benefit the peaceful purpose.