TEHRAN - A senior Iranian nuclear official says inspections of the Parchin military site near the capital, Tehran, will be carried out only based on a roadmap agreed upon by Tehran and the UN nuclear body aimed at sorting out outstanding issues regarding the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, Press TV reported.

“There is no separate agreement for Parchin inspections and inspections will be conducted only within the framework of the agreement [with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)],” Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi said in an interview with ICANA, the news agency affiliated with the parliament on Friday.

On July 14, Iran and the IAEA signed a roadmap for “the clarification of past and present issues” regarding Iran’s nuclear program in the Austrian city of Vienna.

After signing the agreement, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said that the roadmap ""sets out a clear sequence of activities over the coming months, including the provision by Iran of explanations regarding outstanding issues. It provides for technical expert meetings, technical measures and discussions, as well as a separate arrangement regarding the issue of Parchin [site].""

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