Having marvelled at Isfahan's magnificent architectural heritage and admired the ruined Achamedian city of Persepolis, a tourist could could find him or herself checking out a nuclear installation.
The state news agency IRNA has reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has given permission for tourists to visit nuclear sites as proof that Iran's atomic activities are peaceful.
"Foreign tourists can visit Iranian nuclear sites, after Dr. Ahmadinejad issued an authorization ordering this organization to study ways to do so," the head of Iran's Tourism and Cultural Heritage Organization Esfandyar Rahim Mashaii told the agency.
No details were given on the nature of the visits or when they could become legal for tourists.
Possible attraction would include the uranium conversion facility outside Isfahan, the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz or the Iran’s first nuclear plant being built in the southern city of Bushehr.
So far only the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog and reporters have been allowed to visit the sites.
The move comes amid a growing push from Western countries for Iran to be hauled up before the UN Security Council for possible sanctions over its nuclear program, which the United States alleges is being used to create weapons.
Iran insists its nuclear program is solely aimed at providing energy for its civilians.