TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces reminded the country�s negotiators that a final deal with world powers over the country's nuclear energy program could by no means allow foreign access to Iran�s military sites under the pretext of inspection.







The Iranian military authorities will never allow the aliens to get access to the country�s security-defense sphere, Major General Hassan Firouzabadi wrote in an Sunday letter to the Iranian team of nuclear negotiators, engaged in talks with the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany).

The senior officer also made it clear that Iran�s defense progress would never come to a halt under the pretext of monitoring and inspection.

Making a reference to a US fact sheet published after a statement that Iran and the six powers agreed upon in Switzerland in early April, Firouzabadi said such American interpretation signifies a ploy against Iran�s national security.

The US fact sheet had claimed that under a comprehensive nuclear deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will have �regular access to all of Iran�s nuclear facilities�.

Earlier on April 9, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei categorically rejected foreign access to the country�s �security and defensive� sectors under the pretext of nuclear monitoring.

In their latest round of talks on April 2, Iran and the Group 5+1 (also known as the P5+1 or E3+3) reached a framework nuclear agreement after more than a week of intensive negotiations in Lausanne, Switzerland, with both sides committed to push for a final, comprehensive accord until the end of June.

The framework provides a series of solutions that will be the basis of a comprehensive joint plan of action.

By Tasnim News Agency