From AP:
TEHRAN, Iran Iran announced on Sunday that inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency were in the country and preparing to remove seals from nuclear research facilities no later than Monday, allowing Tehran to move forward with its vow to resume nuclear fuel research.
“Iran is ready to resume the research activities after the inspectors remove the seals. It is our right as other members of the Nonproliferation Treaty. Iran should not be exempted,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said.
The official Islamic Republic News Agency said Iranian officials claimed 90 percent of issues related to the resumption of research had been solved with the rest likely to be hashed out by the end of the day, Monday at latest…
Asefi said there was no room for international concern about the actions, “We are doing research and development according to the agency’s regulations as well as NPT’s. We believe the western countries should not seek double standard in this respect. The activities will be under supervision of the agency, therefore there is nothing to be worried about.”
Hossein Ghafourian, head of the nuclear research center of Iran’s atomic energy organization, said there was no turning back. “(The organization) plans to continue its peaceful program. Blocking research activities is similar to blocking the light,” Ghafourian told state-run radio on Sunday…