Iran Invites Some Nations, Not U.S., for Nuclear Tour.

WASHINGTON -- Iran has invited Russia, China and several European Union members to visit its nuclear facilities this month, but pointedly snubbed the United States, European diplomats said on Monday. Tehran confirmed on Tuesday that it had offered the invitation to show what Ramin Mehmanparast, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, called transparency and ''Tehran's goodwill'' on its nuclear program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]