Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi (R) welcomes International
Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed El Baradei in Tehran July 9, 2003.
The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said he hoped to persuade
Tehran to agree to tougher inspections of atomic facilities, which
Washington says may be a covert weapons programme, as he arrived in
Iran on Wednesday. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

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