Kerry says he never sought ‘anywhere, anytime’ inspections

In an interview on Fox News, Kerry says he never sought “anytime, anywhere” inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities.

“I never, in four years, had a discussion on ‘anywhere or anytime’ [inspections],” Kerry says.

“The fact is that in arms control, there is no country anywhere on this planet that has ‘anywhere, anytime.’ There is no such standard within arms control inspections,” he says.

The US secretary says the intelligence community has confirmed that the 24-day review period of suspicious activity at Iranian facilities is sufficient to detect any breaches in the nuclear deal.

“We never, ever had a discussion about ‘anywhere, anytime,'” he reiterates. “It’s called managed access, it’s under the IAEA, everyone understands it and the intelligence community has made it clear to us, as they did before we signed on to this deal, that we would be able to know what they are doing during that intervening time.”