Tehran, July 1 -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that Iran will not allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to access bombed nuclear sites, saying the restriction is mandated by a law passed by parliament and the Supreme National Security Council.

"Talk of IAEA inspectors' access to bombed sites is false," Ghalibaf said during a televised interview with IRIB.

"We ourselves passed a law in the parliament; the Supreme National Security Council has also passed a law. According to this law, access to sites that have been bombed and damaged is not allowed under any circumstances. This is the law," he said.

"We do not grant any privileges beyond the access levels determined by the Supreme...