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| Iran rejects accusations about military site as lies |
| 2015-08-09 |
| [FIRSTPOST] Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday that accusations about activity at its Parchin military site were "lies" spread by opponents of its landmark nuclear deal with world powers clinched last month. A U.S. think-tank on Friday questioned Tehran's explanation that activity at its Parchin military site visible in satellite imagery was related to road work, and suggested it was a clean-up operation before IAEA inspectors arrive at the site. "We said that the activities in Parchin are related to road construction," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted as saying by the IRNA state news agency. "They (opponents of the deal) have spread these lies before. Their goal is to damage the agreement," he added. The Institute for Science and International Security in Wshington was quick to deny on Twitter that it was one of the deal's opponents. "We are neutral," the thinktank said. Parchin is a site to which the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), requested access as part of the July 14 nuclear accord between Iran and six major powers, which include the United States. |
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