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is not worth mentioning,” said Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir 
Hatami on Tuesday in reaction to questions raised by Haley at meetings with IAEA 
officials in Vienna last week.
During the meetings, Haley made attempts to make her case for IAEA access to 
Iranian military sites, claiming that the Nuclear deal clinched between Tehran 
and world powers would give permission to the Agency to inspect Iran’s 
suspicious military sites.
Haley’s meetings with the IAEA officials were seen as part of Trump 
administration attempts to withdraw from the nuclear deal.
Foreign Minister Zarif in a letter to the IAEA chief last Wednesday said Haley’s 
visit aimed at ‘pressing the Agency’ violates the terms of the JCPOA and UN 
Security Resolution 2231 on the agency’s independence and commitment to 
protecting sensitive information.
Meanwhile, Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, a senior military advisor to Iran’s 
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, stressed 
that "no foreign and domestic official and not even unauthorized officials of 
the Iranian Armed Forces are allowed to inspect Iran’s military sites without 
the permission of Commander-in-Chief [Imam Khamenei].”
Source: Mehr News Agency