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IAEA chief says Iranians admit site at Lavizan Shiyan was former research and development military site. MOSCOW - Iran has admitted that a site, alleged by the United States to have been used for developing weapons of mass destruction, was a "former research and development military site," UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohammed ElBaradei said Tuesday. "Our inspectors went yesterday to Lavizan (the suspected military site). The Iranians said it was a former R and D military site," ElBaradei said in Moscow, where he is due to meet with President Vladimir Putin. The Iranians said that the site at Lavizan Shiyan,...

Iran Razed Nuclear Sites THE US today accused Iran of destroying nuclear sites to hide banned nuclear activity. "It's deplorable but not surprising that Iran's deception has gone to the extent of bulldozing entire sites to prevent the IAEA from discovering evidence of its nuclear weapons program," said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher. "I can't give you any independent information, but commercial satellite photography shows the complete dismantling and the razing of a facility at Lavizan Shiyan. "And that's a site that was previously disclosed as a possible Iranian weapons of mass destruction-related site," he said. During a press conference,...