"Nikki Haley is not in a position to be making such claims, and even the claim
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