UN agency: Iran barred several nuclear inspectors

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Iran insists the program is peaceful.
49% : Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the IAEA, said Iran withdrew the designation of "several experienced Agency inspectors," barring them from taking part in the monitoring of its program.
43% : The strongly worded statement came amid longstanding tensions between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency, tasked with monitoring a nuclear program that Western nations suspect is aimed at eventually developing a nuclear weapon.
42% : Britain, France and Germany also said Thursday they would maintain sanctions on Iran over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
36% : "Iran has effectively removed about one-third of the core group of the agency's most experienced inspectors designated for Iran," he said.
28% : Grossi went on to "strongly condemn this disproportionate and unprecedented unilateral measure," saying it "constitutes an unnecessary blow to an already strained relationship between the IAEA and Iran.
26% : BERLIN -- The U.N. nuclear watchdog harshly criticized Iran on Saturday for effectively barring several of its most experienced inspectors from monitoring the country's disputed atomic program.
16% : "The U.S., Britain, France and Germany criticized Iran in a joint statement at an IAEA board meeting in Vienna, calling on Tehran to step up cooperation with the agency.

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