TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Iran's national security chief said Thursday he is not worried at all about a United Nations threat of tougher nuclear inspections.
Iran's supreme national security council chief, Hassan Rohani, was quoted by Iran's official news agency, IRNA, as saying Iran has no fear about tougher inspections of its nuclear facilities.
His remarks came on the heels of Wednesday's vote by the International Atomic Energy Agency warning Iran it would not tolerate any future violations of its rules, Voice of America reported.
Rohani said such inspections would prove its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes.
On Wednesday the IAEA condemned Iran for what it called an 18-year cover-up of nuclear research that included uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing, both of which are needed for the development of nuclear weapons.
Washington had been pushing for the issue to be sent to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions against Tehran for failing to meet its obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
