TEHRAN (AFP) — The UN nuclear monitor IAEA will send a delegation to Iran in two weeks to discuss nuclear contamination at an Iranian university, Iran's top nuclear official told the ISNA news agency on Saturday.
"IAEA officials will come to Iran to discuss contamination in one of Tehran's universities in two weeks," the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Gholam Reza Aghazadeh said.
The visit is part of an agreement Tehran agreed on a timetable with the IAEA in August to answer outstanding questions on its nuclear programme, which the West fears covers an atomic weapons drive.
The IAEA wants a response from Iran on "the origin of the uranium particle contamination found in a technical university in Tehran," according to a series of questions put to the Islamic republic by the agency in September.
It also wants answers on the "nature of the equipment, the envisioned use of the equipment and the names and roles of individuals and entities involved."
The university has not been publically named by either side.
The Vienna-based watchdog, which published a mixed report into Iran's nuclear programme on Thursday, said it would focus on the contamination issue in the next few weeks as well as studies and activities that could have military applications.
The report said Iran had taken important steps in revealing the extent of its nuclear programme but was still defying UN demands that it suspend uranium enrichment.
Iran denies seeking weapons and has vowed to press on with its nuclear activities, which it insists are aimed at energy production and peaceful ends.
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