TEHRAN – Science Minister Mansour Gholami said on Wednesday that the inspection of one of Iran’s universities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was carried out upon a decision by the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

“Such decisions are made by the Supreme National Security Council, and all organizations are required to follow them,” Gholami told reporters after a cabinet meeting, Tasnim reported.

On Monday, Fars reported that the IAEA’s inspectors had made a visit to the Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) in Tehran, quoting an IUST faculty member as saying that another inspection had been made at Sharif University of Technology.

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