UN Inspectors Visit Formerly Secret Iranian Site

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A semiofficial Iranian news agency says U.N. inspectors have visited a formerly secret uranium enrichment site that has raised Western suspicions about the extent of Iran's nuclear program.

It was the world's first look inside the heavily protected
plant, which is being built inside a mountainside near the holy
city of Qom south of Tehran.

The Mehr news agency says the inspectors examined the facility
Sunday, more than a month after Iran disclosed the site to the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

The inspection comes as the U.S. and its allies wait for Iran's
decision on a U.N.-brokered plan to send most of the country's
uranium to Russia for enrichment. The West says the deal would ease fears about Iran's ability to make weapons-grade fuel.