[Al Arabiya Latest] A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog inspected a nuclear site in Iran on Sunday that has heightened Western fears of a covert program to develop atomic bombs, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.A four-member team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors arrived in Tehran early on Sunday and later began inspecting the facility which is being constructed adjacent to a military base south of the capital.
Iran's Mehr news agency said the UN team is expected to make "several visits" to the plant during their three-day stay.
"The inspectors ... visited the facility in central Iran. They are expected to visit the site again," Mehr reported, without giving a source.
There was no immediate confirmation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).