Iran rejects US call for inspecting Iranian military sites
Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi categorically rejected US President Donald Trump's emphasis on the UN nuclear watchdog's access to Iran's military centers, as one of his four conditions for maintaining the nuclear deal with Iran.
"No figure (official) in the Islamic Republic of Iran would issue permission for access to the military sites and basically, there is no such thing in the Safeguards Agreement, the Additional Protocol (to the NPT) and the (2015) nuclear deal," Kamalvandi said on Sunday.
He underlined that the case has been closed with the inspection of Iran's military sites like Parchin, and said there has remained no other military-related issue under discussion between Tehran and International Atomic Energy Agency to be a reason for the IAEA to request visit to Iran's military facilities.
"We are not running any nuclear activity at any military site as we are not a state in pursuit of the acquisition of nuclear bombs and weapons," Kamalvandi said.
Trump on Friday avoided upending the nuclear deal with Iran that he has repeatedly disparaged, agreeing to waive key sanctions the US lifted as part of the deal but he, meantime, set a number of conditions.
Trump laid out four conditions that must be met for him to not abrogate the deal, which included increased inspections, insuring “Iran never even comes close to possessing a nuclear weapon” and that there be no expiration dates to the nuclear deal. The current one expires after a decade.
His last condition required Capitol Hill lawmakers to pass a bill unilaterally incorporating Iran’s missile program into the nuclear deal.
“The legislation must explicitly state in United States law — for the first time — that long-range missile and nuclear weapons programs are inseparable, and that Iran’s development and testing of missiles should be subject to severe sanctions,” the president’s written statement said.
“I hereby call on key European countries to join with the United States in fixing significant flaws in the deal, countering Iranian aggression, and supporting the Iranian people. If other nations fail to act during this time, I will terminate our deal with Iran,” he said. “No one should doubt my word.”
Trump has also said that he wants the IAEA's access to Iranian military sites.
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