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Iran said on Tuesday that it was within its rights to vet UN inspectors who monitor its nuclear facilities after the UN watchdog said its work was being hampered by the barring of some of its staff.

Iran's barring of some inspectors is hampering the U.N. nuclear watchdog's work in the Islamic state, the IAEA said in a new report that Washington called "troubling" but Tehran dismissed as unbalanced.

Iran is hampering a long-running investigation into its controversial nuclear drive by vetoing the nomination of certain United Nations inspectors, the UN atomic watchdog said Monday.

Iran is pushing ahead with its nuclear program in defiance of tougher sanctions, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in a new report that Washington called "troubling" but Tehran dismissed as "not balanced."

Iran is pushing ahead with its atomic work in defiance of tougher sanctions and the U.N. nuclear watchdog is concerned about Tehran's objections to some of its inspectors, an IAEA report shows.

Iran's total production of low-enriched uranium has risen by around 15 percent since May to reach 2.8 tonnes, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report said, showing Tehran is pushing ahead with disputed work despite tougher sanctions.

Iran had as of mid-August produced at least 22 kilogrammes (49 pounds) of higher-enriched uranium, which Tehran says is for a research reactor, according to a restricted UN report seen by AFP on Monday