UN inspectors to visit Arak heavy-water plant in Iran: IAEA The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano speaks at a press conference in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 28, 2013. The IAEA accepted an offer from Iran to visit Iran's Arak heavy-water production plant early next month, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano told a press conference here on Thursday. Xinhua/Qian Yi VIENNA, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will accept an offer from Iran to visit Iran's Arak heavy-water production plant early next month, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano told a press conference here on Thursday. Amano announced Iran's invitation to visit the heavy-water plant in the central city of Arak on Dec. 8 in his statement addressing the IAEA Board of Governors. Iran invites IAEA to visit Arak heavy-water production plant VIENNA, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have received an invitation from Iran to visit Iran's Arak heavy-water production plant on December 8, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said here on Thursday. Under a Framework for Cooperation with Iran, signed on November 11 in Tehran, Iran and the Agency agreed "to strengthen their cooperation and dialogue aimed at ensuring the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program through the resolution of all outstanding issues,"Amano said in a statement to the IAEA Board of Governors.