31 August, 2017
It also said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was unlikely to agree anyway.
Iran has dismissed a US demand for U.N. nuclear inspectors to visit its military bases as "merely a dream" as Washington reviews a 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and six world powers, including the United States.
She added: "I have good confidence in the IAEA but they are dealing with a country that has a clear history of lying and pursuing covert nuclear programs, so we are encouraging the IAEA to use all the authorities they have and to pursue every angle possible with the JCPOA and we will continue to support the IAEA in that process". Iran will not accept any inspection of its sites and "especially our military sites".
Under the nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the IAEA can request access to Iranian sites including military ones if it has concerns about activities that may violate the agreement.
"All information about these sites are classified", Nobakht said.
Under terms of the deal, the global nuclear watchdog can demand inspections of Iranian installations if it has concerns about nuclear materials or activities.
"The Americans should take the dream of being able to inspect our military sites, be it under the pretext of the JCPOA or based on any other justification, to the grave", sneered Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. All that remains of this farce is for Obama defenders to castigate President Trump for wishing to dispense with a deal that Iran feels free to ignore at its convenience. "Twenty-eight European Union countries, which are America's allies, clearly say we are committed to the JCPOA".
Foreign policy adviser, Ali Akbar Velayati, called the reported demand for inspections as "sloganeering by the new United States administration for domestic consumption".
"Iran's military sites are off limits", Nobakht stressed. The president was apparently referring to the new set of sanctions imposed on the country by the United States in late July following a rocket engine test conducted by his country.
Rouhani responded in mid-August by saying that Iran could easily walk away from the deal "within hours" if forced to do so.
Rouhani had stated at that time that the sanctions were a violation of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which requires the signatories - China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the USA, and the European Union - to lift all economic sanctions against Iran in exchange for a ban on nuclear missile tests.
