Iran condemns IAEA chief's criticism

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency made a dangerous mistake by criticising Iran for not fully co-operating with it, Tehran’s nuclear chief said today.

Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said yesterday that he cannot confirm all of Iran’s nuclear activities are peaceful, as Tehran claims, because the country has offered only selective co-operation to the UN nuclear watchdog and has rejected several inspectors.