Iran Giving Tours of Nuclear Facility

Iran Saturday denied reports it had started installing 3,000 centrifuges at its uranium enrichment site at Natanz, the Fars News Agency reported.

The denial came as representatives from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Iran to tour the country’s nuclear facility.

Also Saturday, Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh, Iran’s representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the installation of two cameras at its nuclear facility showed Iran’s desire to cooperate with international inspectors, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

Representatives from Egypt, Malaysia, Cuba, Algeria and Sudan and a Syrian representing the Arab League will tour a facility near central Isfahan that converts uranium ore into feedstock uranium hexafluoride, Alalam TV reported.

The U.N. Security Council has ordered Iran to stop its enrichment program and implemented sanctions banning the transfer of sensitive materials that could result in nuclear weapons.

Iranian officials say they need nuclear power to generate electricity.

The Fars News Agency quoted an informed source who said technical and political issues will dictate when the Natanz centrifuge installation begins.