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Iran denies agreement on military site inspections
by Staff Writers
Tehran (AFP) May 24, 2015


Iran's Rouhani wants to 'free' economy from sanctions
Tehran (AFP) May 24, 2015 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called Sunday for national unity to liberate the economy from international sanctions, which he compared to a form of occupation.

"We must join hands and free our economic territory which was unjustly occupied by the countries of the P5+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany) and the UN Security Council ... through use of diplomatic and political tools," Rouhani said in a televised speech.

The P5+1 group is trying to negotiate a deal with Tehran aimed at preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, in exchange for an easing of punishing economic sanctions.

Iranian hardliners have opposed any deal curbing nuclear activities that Tehran says are for peaceful energy purposes.

The UN Security Council adopted six resolutions, four of which imposed sanctions, against Iran's nuclear and missile programmes between 2006 and 2010.

Since 2012, the United States and the European Union have also applied a series of unilateral sanctions that specifically target the energy and banking sectors.

Iranian oil exports have fallen from more than 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2011 to about 1.3 million bpd, and Iran is banned from the SWIFT global banking network.

"The enemies keep us from selling our oil," Rouhani said in the speech to mark the 33rd anniversary of the liberation of the Iranian city of Khorramshahr, a symbolic victory in the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988.

The banking industry is also under a form of occupation because "we cannot send or receive money" overseas, he said.

"It is as if blood was prevented from flowing in (our) veins," Rouhani added.

In early April Tehran and world powers concluded a framework agreement aiming to pave the way for a final nuclear agreement by June 30.

Political and technical experts from both sides held talks on drafting the text in Vienna on Friday with negotiations due to resume on Tuesday in the Austrian capital.

An Iranian negotiator on Sunday denied accepting military site inspections as part of a nuclear deal with world powers, a delicate issue in talks that must be concluded by the end of June.

Abbas Araghchi, who is also deputy foreign minister, made the remarks as he briefed a parliamentary committee on the progress of the talks with the P5+1 -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany.

"In his report, Mr. Araghchi said that inspections of military sites have been accepted but the inspections are regulated and will be seriously managed," ultra-conservative lawmaker Javad Karimi-Ghodoussi was quoted as saying by Fars news agency.

The remarks appeared to contradict those of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said this week that inspections of military sites and interviews of scientists by foreign experts were excluded from a framework nuclear agreement.

Araghchi denied the lawmaker's comments on his Instagram page.

"What can we do except put the fate of Karimi-Ghodoussi and Fars in the hands of God?" he wrote alongside a picture of a Fars headline that read: "We accepted the inspection of military sites".

Araghchi said later that during the briefing both he and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated their "objection to inspections or visits to any military centres or interviews with our nuclear scientists".

"We presented necessary explanations... regarding security measures which countries implementing the protocol usually take in order to protect their military, nuclear and industrial information and prevent spying," he said in a statement from the ministry.

The United States says Iran has agreed in principle to enhanced inspections of its nuclear sites by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), particularly under the Additional Protocol that allows snap inspections.

"The exact details of the inspection regime are still being worked out," said US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf.

She expressed hopes for "a solution that will give us and the IAEA the assurances we need with regard to access (to the sites) and transparency" of the Iranian nuclear programme.

Tehran denies any foreign access to its military facilities, in order to protect national "military or economic secrets".

The official IRNA news agency quoted parliamentary spokesman Behrouz Nemati as saying "it will not be like the Americans can inspect any place at any time" and "these inspections will be regulated".

The long-running nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 are aimed at preventing the Islamic republic from getting the bomb, in exchange for the easing of international economic sanctions.

The parties have until June 30 to finalise the deal.


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