UN nuclear inspectors back, Iran reassures worried world

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AFX News Limited
UN nuclear inspectors back, Iran reassures worried world
06.27.2005, 11:41 AM

TEHRAN (AFX) - Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog were back at work in Iran on Monday as Tehran sought to allay international fears following the election of a hardliner as its new president.

'The wider principles of our foreign policy will not change,' said Ali Agha Mohammadi, a spokesman for Iran's top national security body that is handling the delicate nuclear talks with Britain, France and Germany.

Mohammadi told the ISNA news agency that the election of Ahmadinejad would certainly see changes in government departments -- but said talk of a purge was far-fetched.

Iran's team of nuclear negotiators are widely seen as loyalists of Ahmadinejad's moderate rival Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

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