Iran's Khamenei rules out interviews with nuclear scientists

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Source: Reuters

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Tehran would not accept "unreasonable demands" by world powers over its disputed nuclear program and ruled out letting inspectors interview its atomic scientists.

The comments, broadcast live on state TV, were the latest in a series of forthright statements on inspections in the countdown to a June 30 deadline to resolve a decade-old standoff over Iran's nuclear work.

"We will never yield to pressure ... We will not accept unreasonable demands ... Iran will not give access to its (nuclear) scientists," Khamenei said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/20/us-iran-nuclear-khamenei-idUSKBN0O50VI20150520

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1. Been up for hours and zero responses. sadly not surprising.

Too many here still willing to believe Iran will actually halt their program.

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2. I believe Iran will follow the terms of the nuclear deal only because the lifting of sanctions

will be better for the country near term. I think they're more worried about domestic problems and SA getting a nuke if they pursue their program. Having a nuke won't do them any good if everyone else has one too.
I do believe that Iran could probably buy one off the shelf, like SA has threatened to do, if need be. That is one of the reasons I think they're less interested in developing their own program in the near term. I could see N Korea selling them one.

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3. You think they will allow outside inspectors full access?

This is just a bluff?