A delegation of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors is scheduled to visit Iran in the near future, an IAEA spokeswoman said Monday.

The goal of the visit is to settle disagreements over the United Nations nuclear watchdog's demands that Iran has failed to comply with: The handing over of documents related to its nuclear program, and clarifications over outstanding questions related to it.

The requested documents would help the IAEA comprehend the scope of the Iranian program, and its rate of progress.

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The decision to send the delegation was made after Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani invited the IAEA to do so during talks with IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei.

Nevertheless, Iran has not changed its position of completely rejecting the IAEA and international community demand that it stop enriching uranium.

Iran's deputy Interior Minister Mohammad-Baqer Zolqadr said Monday that there is no chance of military action against his country.

The deputy minister said the United States is the only current military threat to Iran, and that "the chances of the U.S. attacking Iran militarily are zero." He did not refer to the possibility of an Israeli strike.

Zolqadr has served as deputy head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the most powerful branch of the Islamic Republic's military, which is responsible for Iran's missile forces.

Also Monday, Japanese banks announced that they are limiting loans to Iran, as well as the country's lines of credit. This constitutes a further widening of voluntary sanctions various states have implemented against Iran. These sanctions are in addition to the formal ones leveled against Iran by the UN Security Council, which only target trade connected to its nuclear and space programs, as well its arms trade.