IAEA experts arrive in Iran

Seven ambassadors to the International Atomic Energy Agency, representing over 120 nations, arrived today in Tehran for a tour of Iranian nuclear sites, Iranian stste media agency Press TV reports.

Representatives from the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the Group of 77, the Arab League, Venezuela, and Syria accepted Iran's invitation to tour its nuclear sites and left the Austrian capital on Friday.

Before their departure on Friday evening, Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said the envoys are scheduled to visit the Natanz enrichment facility and the Arak heavy water reactor. He added that this visit is a sign of the transparency of Iran's nuclear activities.

Iran extended the same invitation to EU member states as well, but they rejected the offer.

Earlier on Friday, Iranian Executive Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi announced that the Islamic Republic is ready to take any measure to help build confidence in its nuclear program but will not compromise on its legitimate rights.

Salehi, who is also the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, expressed hope that the country's goodwill gestures would help build international confidence.

“There is no country in the world that is ready to expose its nuclear facilities, and this (invitation) demonstrates the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities,” Salehi stated