4/19/15, "Iran Guard rejects inspection of military sites," AP, Tehran
"A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary
Guard said Sunday that inspectors would be barred from military sites
under any nuclear agreement with world powers.
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Gen.
Hossein Salami, the Guard's deputy leader, said on state TV that
allowing the foreign inspection of military sites is tantamount to
"selling out."
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"We will respond with hot lead
(bullets) to those who speak of it," Salami said. "Iran will not become a
paradise for spies. We will not roll out the red carpet for the enemy.".
Iran
and six world powers -- the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, China and
Russia -- have reached a framework agreement to curb Tehran's nuclear
program in return for lifting sanctions, and hope to strike a final deal
by June 30.
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A fact sheet on the framework
accord issued by the State Department said Iran would be required to
grant the U.N. nuclear agency access to any "suspicious sites." Iran has
questioned that and other language in the fact sheet, notably that
sanctions would only be lifted after the International Atomic Energy
Agency has verified Tehran's compliance. Iran's leaders have said the
sanctions should be lifted on the first day of the implementation of the
accord..
The fact sheet said Iran has agreed
to implement the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty,
which would grant the IAEA expanded access to both declared and
undeclared nuclear facilities.
But Salami said
allowing foreign inspectors to visit a military base would amount to
"occupation," and expose "military and defense secrets." "It
means humiliating a nation," Salami said on state TV. "They will not
even be permitted to inspect the most normal military site in their
dreams."
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Iran allowed IAEA inspectors to visit
the Parchin military site in 2005 as a confidence-building measure, but
denied further visits, fearing espionage.
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Western
nations have long suspected Iran of secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons
capability alongside its civilian program. Tehran denies such
allegations, and insists its nuclear program is entirely peaceful." via Lucianne
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