IRAN REJECTS U.S. DEMAND FOR UN TO VISIT ITS MILITARY SITES

Ankara, Aug. 29: Iran has dismissed a US demand for UN Nuclear inspectors to visit its military bases as “merely a dream” as Washington reviews a 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and six world powers, including the United States.

US President Donald Trump has called the nuclear pact — negotiated under his predecessor Barack Obama, “The worst deal ever”.

In April, he ordered a review of whether a suspension of nuclear sanctions on Iran was in the US’ Interest.

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, last week pressed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to seek access to Iranian military bases to ensure that they were not concealing activities banned by the nuclear deal.

“Iran’s military sites are off limits...All information about these sites are classified,” Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht told a weekly news conference broadcaston state television.

“Iran will never allow such visits. Don’t pay attention to such remarks that are only a dream.”

Under US law, the State Department must notify Congress every 90 days of Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal. The next deadline is October, and Mr Trump has said he thinks by thenthe United States will declare Iran to be non-compliant.

Under terms of the deal, the UN can demand inspections of Iranian installations if it feels the need.