IAEA has no reason to inspect Iran’s military sites: Officials

‘The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it is not going to inspect Iran’s military sites despite US pressures to do so.
“We’re not going to visit a military site like Parchin just to send a political signal,” Reuters cited an unnamed IAEA official as saying, referring to a military complex located 30 kilometers from the capital, Tehran.
The comments came after US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley met last week with IAEA officials in an attempt to push the UN nuclear watchdog into requesting inspections of Iranian military sites.
However, Iran slammed the trip, which came just ahead of the Agency’s new report on Tehran’s compliance with the deal, with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif describing it as an attempt to manipulate and press the IAEA.’
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