As June 30, the deadline for the final Iranian nuclear deal approaches, the discussions, predictions and even official statements become more active. This time a statement came from the President of Iran Hassan Rouhani. He declared that the Iranian final deal is "within reach," haaretz.com reports. Quite a surprising statement, especially after the recent round of negotiations between Iran and the six major powers, which Russia's chief negotiator, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said recorded a slowdown.
However, despite optimism, Rouhani also said that he will not allow foreign inspections in his country. "Iran will absolutely not allow its national secrets to fall into the hands of foreigners through the Additional Protocol or any other means," The Jerusalem Post quotes Rouhani’s words.
The international inspection of Iran's nuclear sites is one of the major points the sides cannot come to an agreement. The six world powers want UN inspection in Iran, demanding for the inspectors to have an unlimited access to Iran’s nuclear sites.
Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), however, has earlier declared that Iran already has committed to permit "access to sites, documents (and) people" under a preliminary agreement that outlined components of the deal now being negotiated, news.yahoo.com reports. Amano was speaking about the IAEA's "Additional Protocol," around which the sides have come to an agreement in April, which is fixed in the Iranian framework agreement. The Protocol is signed by 100 countries. It gives the IAEA greater purview of their nuclear activities.
According to Amano, as the source writes, the protocol gives IAEA experts the right to "ask for short-notice inspections or access to undeclared locations," and this Protocol means Iran will be under the magnifying glass for "years and years" to allow the agency to certify that all present nuclear activities are peaceful.
Of course, everything said is quite complicated and at the first sight it may seem that how one can in the presence of such disagreement speak about a final nuclear deal, but one should also remember that these are very minute things, if we compare them to those existing, for example, a year ago. Both sides show commitment to come to a final deal and when there is a wish, there is also a solution.