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U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Friday that a nuclear agreement with Iran must include inspections of its military sites, a position at odds with recent comments by Ali Khamenei, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader.<\/p>\n
In an interview with CNN, Carter said the nuclear deal being negotiated between the world powers and the Iranian regime must include ways to verify Tehran\u2019s compliance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can\u2019t be based on trust. It has to have adequate provisions for inspections,\u201d he said, adding inspections \u201cabsolutely\u201d would have to include military sites.<\/p>\n
Ali Khamenei, who has the final say for Iran on the deal, on Thursday ruled out any \u201cextraordinary supervision measures\u201d over nuclear activities and said military sites could not be inspected.<\/p>\n
A U.S. \u201cfact sheet\u201d issued after last week\u2019s preliminary agreement on a \u2018framework\u2019 reached in Switzerland said the International Atomic Energy Agency would have regular access to all of Iran\u2019s nuclear activities.<\/p>\n
The Pentagon chief, who was interviewed in South Korea, also said the United States possessed a conventional bomb that is designed to destroy deep underground targets, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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