Iranian Government Denies Wall Street Journal Report

The Iranian government has denied a report by the Wall Street Journal stating that inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), affiliated with the United Nations, were not allowed to visit Iran's nuclear facilities. This denial coincides with rumors suggesting that the Iranian regime is secretly producing nuclear weapons. A spokesperson for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization told Reuters that UN weapons inspectors have visited all the locations they wanted to see. The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, that IAEA inspectors abruptly left Tehran yesterday because Islamic Republic officials did not allow them to visit the Kolaeh nuclear power plant in Tehran. President Bush's administration has been pressuring the IAEA to declare whether Iran has violated the international treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. The U.S. is demanding that Iran accept more inspections and comply unconditionally and without delay with international inspections of its nuclear facilities. The IAEA is set to release its report on Iran's nuclear program next Monday.