CNN in its news report today filed a statement attributed to the Iranian President, His Excellency Hassan Rouhani, where he dismissed US demands for the UN’s nuclear watchdog to inspect Iran’s military sites, saying in a televised interview that “we will not accept anything by force.”
His comments, according to CNN, were a response to demands by US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley for the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect military as well as nonmilitary sites in Iran. This development, according to UN, was to check the country’s compliance with a deal that curbs Iran’s nuclear weapons program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.
As against this demands, the President, in an interview on his official website, has dismissed it in clear terms, emphasizing that force will not be entertained from America.
“It is regulations that determine our relations with the IAEA, not US pressure. I don’t think that the IAEA does anything under US pressure but if, hypothetically, this happens, we will not accept anything by force.
“We will not be the first to violate the agreement, but at the same time, we will not stand still if the other side does,” Rouhani said.
According to information gathered, CNN stated that ‘the Iran nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was an international agreement hammered out over 20 arduous months of negotiations.’ It is added that China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK, the US, the EU and Iran reached a deal in July 2015 and implemented thus in January’ of the following year.
President Donald Trump, according to CNN, campaigned against the nuclear deal and continues to criticize it but, because Iran is complying, he has certified it twice on the advice of his national security staff. Haley’s demand for increased access for IAEA inspectors in Iran came after she met last week with IAEA experts in Vienna, Austria.
