05.01.2011                     29.Tevet, 5771

Iran:

U.S.: Iran offer for nuclear site visits is a 'magical mystery tour'

Ahead of talks in Turkey, Iran has invited Russia, China and the EU, but not the U.S., to view its nuclear facilities.

The State Department is belittling Iran's offer to let some countries – but not the U.S. – visit its nuclear facilities, calling the offer a "magical mystery tour."

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said on Tuesday that the offer is no substitute for Iran fully cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency to prove that its nuclear program is strictly for peaceful purposes and not to build a bomb….