Iran has denied this and insists its nuclear programme is purely peaceful.
Mr Amano arrived in Iran on Sunday. His visit is seen by Western diplomats as key to the implementation of a recent deal with world powers over Iran's nuclear programme.
International inspectors have previously only had limited access to the complex.
Iran's key nuclear sites
Under
the new deal inspectors from the IAEA will continuously monitor Iran's
declared nuclear sites and verify that no fissile material is moved
covertly to a secret location for a bomb.
Iran has also agreed to allow inspectors to access any site they deem suspicious.
Behrouz
Kamalvandi of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran told news agency
IRNA that Mr Amano had visited the "disputed parts" of Parchin on
Sunday.
The IAEA confirmed the visit, saying that Mr Amano had
gone with the head of the IAEA's department of safeguards, Tero
Varjoranta.
Concerns about Parchin's possible role in Iran's nuclear programme first emerged in 2004.
In
a 2006 report, the IAEA said its inspectors "did not observe any
unusual activities in the buildings visited, and the results of the
analysis of environmental samples did not indicate the presence of
nuclear material".
But concerns have persisted. In late 2011, the
IAEA said it observed extensive landscaping, demolition and new
construction at the site.
In February 2012, inspectors were turned away from the site.
The
deal agreed in July entailed Iran agreeing to limit its sensitive
nuclear activities in return for an end to crippling international
sanctions.
The US says the deal will prevent Iran from acquiring a
nuclear weapon. US Republicans had opposed the deal but an attempt to
derail it was been blocked by Democrats in the Senate earlier this
month.
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