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Salehi speaks on 'secret side deal' with IAEA

In an interview with Iranian state television, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, talked about the agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency of how the inspections of specific sites will be handled.
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When Iran and the world powers were just two weeks away from putting together a comprehensive nuclear agreement that would reduce Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, traveled to Tehran to discuss the agreement on a mutually acceptable method to address Tehran's past nuclear activities.

One of the most debated aspects of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) is the inspection of military sites, which may require addressing past military activities. In Iran, military commanders, including Defense Minister Hussein Dehghan, have rejected the provision that they would allow inspections of military sites to take place. In the United States, where lawmakers are currently reviewing the 150-page agreement, the White House has been on the defensive, arguing that a secret "side deal" between Iran and the IAEA was not signed.

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