(AP-Washington Post) Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee - The Trump administration is pushing for inspections of suspicious Iranian military sites as one element of what is to be a more aggressive approach to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, senior U.S. officials said. While the Trump administration seeks to police the existing deal more strictly, it is also working to fix what Trump aides have called "serious flaws" in the deal that - if not resolved quickly - will likely lead Trump to pull out. That effort also includes discussions with European countries to negotiate a follow-up agreement to prevent Iran from resuming nuclear development. To force inspections of new sites in Iran, the U.S. would need to enlist the support of the IAEA and a majority of the countries in the deal. But the U.S. has yet to produce compelling evidence of illicit activity at a military site that the IAEA could use to justify inspections, officials said.
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