Iran Admits Razed Site Was Military Research Complex

Iran has told visiting international inspectors that a recently razed site at Lavizan had been used for military research but not nuclear weapons activity, Reuters reported today (see GSN, June 28).

“The Iranians said it was a former research and development military site and was used as a physics institute, later for biotechnology research ... for medicine,” International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohammad ElBaradei said today (Reuters, June 29).

Inspectors from the agency visited the Lavizan site yesterday, Reuters reported.

“We went there today and we took environmental samples,” ElBaradei said yesterday. “Tomorrow we will also visit places in the country to look at relevant equipment,” he added (Reuters/Planet Ark, June 29).

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