Report: Head of Iran's atomic energy body resigns
ISNA news agency says President Ahmadinejad accepted Gholamreza Aghazadeh's resignation, but gives no details on reason for him stepping down
ISNA said it had spoken to Aghazadeh, who is also a vice president, but gave no details on the reason for him stepping down from both posts.
The Atomic Energy Organization is the body in charge of a nuclear program which Tehran says is for peaceful power purposes but which the West fears is aimed at making bombs.
The ISNA report did not say whether his resignation was linked to last month's election, in which Ahmadinejad won a new four-year term. The hardline president earlier this month signaled he would make changes in his government.
Officials were not immediately available for comment.
" ... he (Aghazadeh) confirmed reports of his resignation as the head of the Atomic Energy Organization and as a vice president," the news agency said.
In April, Aghazadeh spoke at Iran's National Nuclear Day, saying the country had further expanded sensitive nuclear enrichment activity.
