Inhospitable Mullahs

Gee, why am I not surprised?

Iran has rejected a request by nuclear inspectors to pay a second visit to a military base, the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.

The US suspects nuclear experiments aimed at building an atomic bomb might be under way at facilities in Parchin.

While UN inspectors were allowed to visit the site in January, they were kept away from a number of buildings.

But the agency acknowledged Tehran had allowed access to nuclear material and facilities "in a timely manner".

Even though Iran is not required to allow access to sites where there is no clear indication of ongoing nuclear experiments, Western diplomats believe that by allowing such inspections, Iran would prove it was not working on a bomb.

But in a written statement to the IAEA on Sunday, Iranian authorities said there was "no justification for any additional visit" to the site, 30km (20 miles) south-east of Tehran.

The agency's deputy director, Pierre Goldschmidt, also mentioned Iran's refusal to answer questions about another facility, the Lavizan site in the capital.

Just keep in mind, gentle reader, that there's no way they can be developing nuclear weapons. Vladimir Putin says so!