(Reuters) Michelle Nichols - The U.S. wants to know if the UN atomic watchdog plans to inspect Iranian military sites to verify Tehran's compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said Tuesday. Haley will meet with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials in Vienna on Wednesday. "There were already issues in those locations, so are they including that in what they look at to make sure that those issues no longer remain?" she asked. "They have the authority to look at military sites now. They have the authority to look at any suspicious sites now, it's just - are they doing it?" Iran's top authorities have flatly rejected giving international inspectors access to their military sites, and Iranian officials said any such move would trigger harsh consequences. "Why would they say that if they had nothing to hide? Why wouldn't they let the IAEA go there?" Haley said.
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