Spokesman: Foreign access to Iran's military sites impossible

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.

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