Senior MP:

Iran Never to Allow Access to Military Sites

TEHRAN (efapress)- Iranian officials will never allow the western states, including the US, to visit the country's military sites, a senior lawmaker said.

News ID: 65842

Date: 05 September 2017 - 14:13

"As senior Iranian government and military officials have repeatedly said Iran’s military sites do not have any connection with its nuclear facilities, and are substantially unrelated to our nuclear activities; therefore no inspection of them will be allowed,” Rapporteur of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said.

The US has been pressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to request access to Iranian military sites for inspections.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley flew to IAEA headquarters in Vienna last week to personally lobby with the nuclear agency for access to Iran's military sites.

Naqavi Hosseini advised the US to remain committed to fulfilling its obligations under the 2015 nuclear accord instead of addressing the aspirations that are impossible and commenting on the forbidden areas and red lines of Iran.

"Under no circumstances will we submit to the inspection of military centers and we cannot allow the foreign side to visit our military centers," he added.

The IAEA is tasked with monitoring Iranian compliance with the landmark deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The atomic agency has verified continued Iranian compliance in its latest report. IAEA officials have also said there was no ground for asking Iran to allow access to its military sites.