Iran deal shocker: Side agreement allows Iran to inspect key nuclear site themselves
By Mark Ellis, Special to ASSIST News Service
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ANS - August 20, 2015)
-- According to a secret side agreement seen by The Associated Press,
Iran will be allowed to inspect and report on one of their key nuclear
sites themselves, bypassing the U.N. agency everyone thought would be
conducting the oversight.
This new, previously
undisclosed detail will certainly embolden critics of the deal signed by
the U.S., Iran and five world powers in July. Those critics have
complained that Iran cannot be trusted, while supporters maintain there
are strong verification safeguards built into the agreement.
The site in question is located
at the Parchin Military Complex, located 19 miles south of Tehran. Iran
has refused access to Parchin for years and has denied any work on
nuclear weapons at that location, according to Fox News.
But U.S. and Israeli
intelligence has led to suspicions that Iran may have experimented with
high-explosive detonators for nuclear weapons there.
The Parchin deal is a separate,
side agreement worked out between the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) and Iran. The U.S. and the five other nations that signed
the Iran nuclear deal were not part of this agreement but were briefed
on it by the IAEA and endorsed it as part of the larger package,
according to Fox.
Without revealing its contents,
U.S. officials have described the document as nothing more than a
routine technical arrangement between Iran and the U.N.’s IAEA on the
details of the inspections.
During a hearing on Capital
Hill July 23rd, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, and Sen. James Risch, R-ID,
questioned how Parchin would be inspected. Kerry said the Parchin
inspection was “a classified component” of the deal and wouldn’t go into
specifics, according to Fox.
The agreement diverges from
normal inspection procedures between the IAEA and other countries by
essentially surrendering the agency’s investigative authority to Iran.
Further, it allows Tehran to
employ its own experts and equipment in the search for evidence for
nuclear weapon activities – the fox guarding the proverbial hen house.
Evidence of this surprise
concession will certainly increase pressure from U.S. opponents as they
review the nuclear deal and vote on it in early September.
About the writer: Mark Ellis is senior correspondent for the ASSIST News Service and also the founder of www.Godreports.com
, a website that shares stories, testimonies and videos from the church
around the world to build interest and involvement in world missions.
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