VIENNA, March 15 (UPI) -- U.N. inspectors will return to Iran March 27 after Tehran changed its mind on nuclear checks, an official from the U.N. watchdog said Monday.
"I was informed by the Iranian authorities that the new date for inspectors arriving would be on March 27," Mohammed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said. "Although this delay is regrettable, nonetheless, the new date is still within our time schedule for conducting inspections."
On Friday, Iran announced it was suspending inspections because of an IAEA resolution that criticized it for failing to report research that could have had military use.
The United States says Iran's nuclear program is to build weapons; Tehran says it is for peaceful purposes only.
