Imam Khamenei: Iran Will Never Allow Inspection of Military Sites

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Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei stressed on Wednesday that Tehran will not allow foreigners to inspect its military sites.

“They (P5+1 countries) are making new comments in the [nuclear] negotiations. Regarding the inspections, we have said that we will not allow foreigners to carry out inspections of any [Iranian] military sites,” Imam Khamenei said during a graduation ceremony at Imam Hussein Military Academy in Tehran.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei

The interviews with Iranian nuclear scientists means “interrogation,” the leader said, assuring that his eminence would not allow foreigners to speak with the scientists.

"They also say that we must allow interviews with nuclear scientists. This is interrogation. I will not allow foreigners to come and talk to scientists who have advanced the science to this level," Khamenei said.

Enemies plan to spread proxy wars to the Iranian borders in collusion with some “silly” officials of Persian Gulf countries, the Leader said, warning that Iran’s response will be harsh in case of such “stupid action”.

Meanwhile, his eminence noted that scientists should know that the only way to confront the “brazen enemy” is through “firm determination and self restraint.”

Imam Khamenei’s remarks came after IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano on May 12 claimed that a nuclear agreement being drafted by Iran and the P5+1 countries would give the agency’s experts the right to push for access to Iranian military sites.

Iran has repeatedly stressed that it will not allow inspections of its military facilities and insists that the nuclear deal must only include nuclear issues.

Iran and the P5+1 group of countries – the US, France, Britain, Russia, China, and Germany - reached a mutual understanding on Tehran’s nuclear program in the Swiss city of Lausanne on April 2. They agreed to finalize a comprehensive deal by the end of June.