Iran: UN inspectors at reactor

Iran has allowed United Nations inspectors to visit its new nuclear reactor at Arak for the first time in a year, diplomats say.

Diplomats at the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna said last night that the visit to the site, where construction is nearing completion, took place last week.

They said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Government in Tehran had also agreed to grant inspectors greater access to its Natanz site, which is known for its uranium enrichment.

Natanz produces material for nuclear fuel which the West fears could be further enriched to provide fissile material for warheads.