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The International Atomic Energy Agency says its inspectors have been allowed to visit the Arak heavy water production plant on December 8. Under the IAEA Safeguards Agreement, Iran is not obliged to allow inspections.

IAEA Chief Yukia Amano says Tehran has invited the agency to visit the heavy water production plant for the first time since August 2011. Under a new deal signed between Iran and the IAEA, Tehran will, on a voluntary basis, allow IAEA inspectors to visit the Arak heavy water plant and the Gachin uranium mine in Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. Head of Iran\'s Atomic organization Ali Akbar Salehi and IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano have signed an agreement for more cooperation on outstanding issues.