Amano says Iran stonewalling IAEA attempts to probe nuclear weapons allegationsThe chief UN nuclear inspector, Yukiya Amano, warned Monday that he couldn't confirm all of Iran's nuclear activities are peaceful because Tehran is not fully co-operating with his inspectors.Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks after an IAEA meeting in Vienna. Amano said Tehran is not fully co-operating with his nuclear inspectors.(Ronald Zak/Associated Press)Amano also chided Iran for barring some inspectors and for stonewalling his agency's attempts to probe allegations that Tehran is interested in developing atomic arms.Amano spoke at the start of a 35-country board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency.Iran insists its nuclear activities are meant only to generate energy but is under UN sanctions for refusing to stop uranium enrichment, which can be used both to make fuel and fissile nuclear warhead material.New Iran inspection chief namedAmano also named a new head for the department in charge of investigating Iran's nuclear activities.Amano appointed Herman Naeckarts to the vacant post of deputy director general in charge of safeguards. That position was left vacant with the departure of Olli Heinonen, who had acquired a reputation of toughness in his investigation of Tehran's nuclear program.Diplomats described Naeckarts to reporters as pulling no punches in criticizing Iran's spotty co-operation with IAEA probes into its nuclear activities.Tehran denies being interested in developing nuclear arms but has refused to stop uranium enrichment despite four sets of UN Security Council sanctions. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Wednesday Beijing fully supports Irans right to acquire nuclear technology for civilian use and is opposed to lopsided sanctions against Tehran.Next year marks the 40th anniversary of bilateral ties. Officials of the two countries should increase mutual exchange and set a new course of action for boosting cooperation, he said in a meeting with Irans deputy foreign minister, Ali Fathollahi, in Beijing, IRIB reported. Iran is an important and powerful country in the region and China is keen on building cooperation with the Islamic state in key sectors, the official was quoted as saying. Yang recalled that the world is rapidly moving toward a multi-polar situation, which would ultimately benefit the developing countries. Fathollahi said the 40th anniversary of establishment of bilateral ties offers suitable opportunity for improving two-way collaboration. Despite all the international developments, in the post-Islamic Revolution era, ties between Tehran and Beijing have improved significantly, he noted. He referred to Irans talks with G5+1 and expressed hope that the group would shun the policy of threats and sanctions and instead work for meaningful and constructive debate. Talks between Iran and the G5+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany) ended on Tuesday in Geneva. It was decided that the next round of talks will be held in Istanbul in January. TEHRAN Iran denied reports on Friday that it had freed a woman sentenced to death by stoning after human rights campaigners stoked confusion by releasing unconfirmed reports to the press. A report Friday on the Web site of Irans state-run English language news channel Press TV said reports that the