(CNN) -- Iran's acting foreign minister touted a tour by international dignitaries of its nuclear facilities as a sign of Tehran's goodwill and transparency, state-run media reported, although none of those visitors came from the U.N. Security Council and other countries that have taken issue with its program.
Ali Akabar Salehi, who is also head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said the visit showed Iran "has nothing to hide," according to the state-run Press TV. He claimed that Iran is the first nation to let such officials from other countries look at its nuclear facilities.
The touring group included representatives from Algeria, Cuba, Syria, Oman, Egypt, Venezuela and the League of Arab States, all of whom had been invited by Iranian authorities. Tehran said that they were invited because they represented political and geographic factions tied to the International Atomic Energy Agency, reported Press TV.
The delegation, notably, did not include members of the so-called P5 plus 1 group -- which includes U.N. Security Council members the United States, China, France, Russia and United Kingdom, as well as Germany.
The dignitaries arrived in Tehran on Saturday, visiting and attending a ceremony at the Arak heavy water plant, numerous official media outlets reported. In addition, the semi-official Fars News Agency said that the group visited the Natanz facility, also in central Iran. CNN
