AEA 'Disappointed' as Iran Blocks Experts From Visiting Military Site
          The U.N. chief nuclear inspector says a two-day visit to Iran has  ended with his team unable to visit a key military site and without an  agreement with Tehran on the way forward.
The International  Atomic Energy Agency's Herman Nackaerts spoke Wednesday in Vienna after  returning from what the IAEA called "disappointing" talks with Iranian  officials.
"We tried to reach agreement on a way forward to  resolve all the outstanding issues, and in particular we discussed the  possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program," said Nackaerts.  "We also tried to get access to a site that is relevant for our  investigations.  So we approached this trip in a constructive spirit,  unfortunately we could not get agreement on either of them.  So we could  not get access, we could not finalize a way forward."
He said  the IAEA's next steps will be determined after his team reports to the  agency's chief and its board of governors, which is scheduled to meet  early next month.
In a statement earlier Wednesday, the U.N.  agency said Iran rejected the team's request to inspect the Parchin  complex near Tehran, suspected of housing a secret underground nuclear  facility. It said Iran denied a similar request when the IAEA team  visited in late January.
Iranian envoy to the IAEA Ali Asghar  Soltaniyeh told Iran's ISNA news agency that Tehran's talks with the  U.N. agency "will continue." But, it was not clear if and when the  senior IAEA officials will visit Iran again.
Earlier, Iranian  Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the purpose of the  IAEA team's visit was not inspections but discussions on a "framework"  for future dialogue and cooperation.
Israel and Western powers  accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under cover of a  civilian energy program, a charge Tehran denies.
Israel and the  United States have not ruled out the use of force to stop Iran from  building a nuclear weapon. But, White House spokesman Jay Carney said  Tuesday there is "time and space" for diplomacy and international  sanctions to produce a "change in Iranian behavior."
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