Iran is wary of Azerbaijan in particular for its deep military cooperation with the Islamic republic’s archrival, Israel, and on Thursday voiced its concerns to Azerbaijani ambassador in Tehran Ali Alizadeh.
Explosion and fire earlier this week at site run by Revolutionary Guards left two people dead.
"Countries that did not condemn terrorist acts against Iran’s nuclear site are not qualified to comment on inspections there,” says head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization.
"Iran will not tolerate the presence of the Zionist regime near our borders," says Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh amid a large-scale military drill along Azeri border, which Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev harshly criticized on Tuesday.
The "terrorist organization" had planned to perpetrate attacks in Iran and was aided by an "enemy" foreign intelligence service, Iranian news agency Tasnim reports.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps does not cite the cause of the fire or the extent of the damage to the facility.
The Sept. 12 agreement was designed to allow inspection equipment's memory cards to be replaced just as they were due to fill up.
The US official declined to say what the United States might do if Iran refuses to return to negotiations, or if a resumption of the original deal proves impossible.
International sporting federations have been showing decreasing tolerance for the Iranians' bad sportsmanship, slapping Iranian athletes who refuse to face Israeli opponents with suspensions and other disciplinary measures.
The New York Times claims that the Mossad eliminated Mohsen Fakhrizadeh using a "killer robot" controlled remotely by a sniper.
