Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) speaks during a press conference after the first meeting of IAEA's Board of Governors at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna on September 13, 2010. (Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Image)

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Iran Bans Two Nuclear Inspectors

By Jasper Fakkert

September 13, 2010 Updated: October 1, 2015

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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the United Nations, Yukiya Amano, said on Monday the agency could not confirm that all nuclear material in Iran is being used for peaceful activities. Amano made his comments following Iran’s expulsion of two key nuclear inspectors.

According to Amano, the move hinders investigation into the country’s nuclear activity. “I express my full confidence in the professionalism and impartiality of the inspectors concerned,” he said addressing the IAEA in Vienna.

In its latest report the IAEA states that Iran has not suspended its nuclear enrichment related activities. On Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Iran to cooperate to the “fullest extent possible,” according to U.N. news release.

{etRelated42368, 42191}While the United States and other nations believe that Iran is attempting to develop nuclear weapons, Tehran has consistently denied that its nuclear program is not aimed at building weapons, insisting that the program is for civil purposes only.