Iran: The IAEA will not have access to classified information
(VOVWORLD) - Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, stressed on Wednesday that the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would “by no means” have access to Iran’s classified information, the Iranian Tasnim news agency reports.
 Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif (Photo:AFP/TTXVN)
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Speaking to reporters in Sochi, Russia, Zarif said there is a clear framework for cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, and that the UN nuclear watchdog can only inspect Iranian sites built for nuclear activities. He made the comments when asked about IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano’s comments from earlier this week that his agency does not distinguish between civilian or military sites in its inspections and would ask Iran for access when necessary.
Zarif stressed that none of the IAEA inspections could be used as an excuse for access to Iran’s classified information, adding that the UN nuclear agency has already verified there has been no undeclared nuclear activities in Iran.