Iran invites atomic energy board to inspect nuclear programme
Apparently calculated to blunt the threat of new UN sanctions, the invitation could increase pressure on the United States and its closest allies to reconsider their insistence that Iran freeze all uranium enrichment activities.
The main demands of the UN Security Council are an enrichment freeze, a stop to construction of a reactor that will produce plutonium and a requirement that Iran stop stonewalling the IAEA and answer questions about activities that could be linked to a weapons programme.
