Offers tour of Germany has no nuclear invitation from Iran

Washington - Which countries have offered the Iranian regime to inspect its nuclear facilities? The regime claims to have sent just before new negotiations on its nuclear program invitations. But apparently not important to all States. According to Iranian representatives information from "some of the six major powers" were written, would negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program.

This was announced by a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry. The offer is directed to Ambassador of EU countries, representatives of non-aligned States and representatives of the so-called 5 +1 group, which includes the UN veto powers, the USA, Russia, China, Britain and France and Germany.


The delegates may, therefore, the uranium-enrichment plant in Natanz and the heavy water reactor in Arak visit, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, ambassador told the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA. Apart from the U.S. but is obviously undesirable and Germany. "For us so far received no invitation," said a spokesman for the Foreign Office, the news agency in Berlin.

According to a report in the New York Times, there has been no invitation to the United States. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said that it is a "clever trick". What matters is that Iran must open its nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In contrast, the Chinese government confirmed the receipt of a letter.

"China has received the invitation of Iran and will pursue its contacts with Iran on this issue," said a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Beijing. According to media reports, the Iranian ambassador had handed over to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, the invitations.

Iran announced at a later date a list of countries invited to published. Representatives of Iran and the 5 +1 group had met in Geneva in early December after 14 months for the first time to a new round of negotiations. The talks are expected to go on the end of January in Istanbul. The negotiations were suspended in October 2009 after an attempt failed to reach agreement with Tehran on a verifiable process for the supply of Iranian nuclear facilities with high-enriched uranium.

The West suspects Iran of building under the pretext of peaceful use of nuclear weapons. Tehran denies this and insists on his right to a civilian nuclear program.

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