TEHRAN, Iran — A U.N. nuclear inspector from South Korea was killed Tuesday and a colleague was injured in a car crash near a reactor site in central Iran, the nuclear watchdog agency said.
There were no immediate indications of foul play, but the crash is likely to undergo intense scrutiny.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement that another second inspector from Slovenia also was injured in the incident, and that the agency was in touch with the inspectors’ families and the Iranian authorities.
The IAEA did not name the inspector killed in the crash, but Iran’s official IRNA news agency identified the Korean as Seo Ok-Seok.