4/8/15, "Iran DM Rejects Report on Inspection of Military Centers Based on Lausanne Understanding," english.farsnews.com, Tehran (FNA)
"Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan categorically rejected as a "lie" a Guardian report alleging that Tehran has granted access to its military facilities under the recent framework agreement with the world powers.
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"No
such agreement has been made; principally speaking, visit to military
centers is among our redlines and no such visit will be accepted," Gen.
Dehqan stressed on Wednesday, rejecting "the report by foreign media
outlets, such as the Guardian" as "untruthful allegations".
The Iranian defense minister reiterated that the
Supreme Leader's guidelines, government's strategy and the negotiating
team's resolve have placed the Iranian diplomacy on a path that it would
never allow the opposite parties to the talks impose their will on the
Iranian nation.
Iran and the G5+1 started their new round of talks
in Lausanne, Switzerland, late in March to narrow their differences
over Tehran's nuclear energy program ahead of a July 1 deadline. After nine days of hard work, the seven nations
reached an understanding on Thursday which laid the ground for them to
start drafting the final nuclear deal..
On Tuesday, Commander of the Islamic Revolution
Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari underscored that
termination of all sanctions and possession of the full nuclear fuel
cycle as Iran's redline in any nuclear agreement with the world powers..
"In addition to the right of possessing the
nuclear enrichment cycle and Research and Development (RandD),
termination of all the relevant sanctions which are the centerpiece of
the Iranian nation's demands are our redline," Jafari said, addressing
the IRGC commanders in Tehran on Tuesday.
He, meantime, appreciated the Iranian diplomats
and negotiators for their efforts, resistance and emphasis on the
redlines, and said after the preliminary agreement between Tehran and
the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany)
in Lausanne, the US president admitted that the military option and
continued sanctions against Iran will make the country stronger and more
determined.
"The US which was seeking to change Iran's
political behavior was forced to change its political behavior towards
our people, and contrary to its previous policy, it was forced to forget
all its over-the-table options and replace them with the diplomatic
path to settle the nuclear issue," Jafari said.
He said "the Iranian nation's resistance made the US fail in imposing its political will on the Islamic Republic of Iran". Jafari, meantime, said that a difficult path is
still ahead of diplomatic efforts given the US untrustworthiness and
non-commitment to its undertakings.
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In relevant remarks on Monday, Commander of Iran's
Basij (volunteer) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi said the
untruthfulness of Washington officials in their remarks about the
Lausanne Statement issued jointly by Iran and the six world powers
displayed that the US was an untrustworthy partner to any deal..
"The comments made after the Lausanne negotiations
once again showed the United States' strong grudge against the Iranians
and proved that the US officials are liars and untrustworthy," Naqdi
said, addressing Basij personnel in Tehran.
"After 9 days of breathtaking nuclear negotiations
in Lausanne, the US president and other officials now deny the
principal agreements and present opposing interpretations," the
influential commander said, and continued, "They cite Iran's
undertakings, but fabricate and deny the commitments that they have made
to the Iranian delegation.".
He said the Americans defy their agreements and do
not comply with their undertakings due to their wrong impression of the
effects and efficiency power of the sanctions.
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"The Americans do not want to lose their main
pressure leverage, and they are in a rush to strike a deal because
inefficiency of the sanctions is growing increasingly evident, and in
the near future no one would comply with them," the Basij commander
concluded." via Free Rep.
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UK Guardian article referenced above:
4/3/15, "Bulk of Iran sanctions to be lifted upon fufilment of Lausanne conditions," UK Guardian, Julian Borger
"More complicated still will be the issue of the IAEA investigation into
possible past weaponisation work. The investigators would require access
to military and Revolutionary Guard sites and to talk to the people in
their ranks. That would give hardliners in the security establishment a
veto on the necessary progress to lift sanctions. A lot will also depend
on the IAEA interpretation of the level of Iranian compliance."...(5th parag. from end)
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