Monitoring some military sites wasn't part of it, unlike their nuclear facilities which were monitored 24/7 by IAEA. However, the IAEA inspectors could still request access to military locations. So it was kind of on-demand, but Iran had the right to refuse.

I'm not an expert, but most of the experts said it was the most comprehensive inspections regime on their supply chain, and any location in Iran except a few military sites which they could still request access.

The goal was to start cooperation and also the idea was to help an already weakened political party in Iran which is in favor of partnership with the west to gain more success, popularity, and public support, so over time the more conservative and anti-west parties and figures would lose their power and influence.

But we just gave their conservative parties the easiest propaganda excuse ("They don't honor their own agreement.").

Iran is actually quite reactive if you read their history. Iran is the devil we made, so everyone can make money out of it. Can you even count how much worth of arms sells are going to the Middle East every year? Not to mention oil market is on the table too. And those that are making big money will lobby everywhere to make sure that Iran remains "the threat". Peace with Iran isn't financially clever.

Let’s not forget that Iran had and possibly still have undeclared nuclear facilities

https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-u-n-inspectors-find-radioa...

Do you think any country would just allow foreign inspectors unfettered access to all of their most restricted sites, a lot of them with a military function?

Heck, the US doesn't even allow ICC inspectors into the country to interview possible witnesses to war crimes [0] or UN inspectors into domestic prisons [1]. Do you think the US would let any supranational organization just freely tour its military bases and nuclear facilities?

Yet when Iran wants that same respect for it's sovereignty, then that's somehow made out as some kind of evidence for their allegedly evil and sinister intentions.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-icc-idUSKCN1QW1ZH

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rights-un-usa-torture-idU...

Has any country developed nuclear weapons with inspectors present?

How would we know if inspectors don’t?

The inspectors are not present