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Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Tehran’s missile capabilities have not been discussed in negotiations with the US in Switzerland and ruled out allowing International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to visit nuclear facilities targeted during the US-Israeli war against Iran, Anadolu reports. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Iran’s missile program was never included in the talks with Washington. “Iran’s missile capabilities were not part of the negotiations with the United States,” Baqaei said during a press briefing, according to Iranian media. He also said Tehran does not intend to allow IAEA inspectors access to nuclear facilities attacked by the US and Israel. “We do not intend to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit the […]