Secret Side Deal Allows Iran to Pick Nuke Inspectors

The secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) indicated on Thursday that it has almost finished examining Tehran’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers but will announce no conclusion before the US Congress does.

While noting he is limited in what he can reveal about the confidential deal, Amano insisted the final version of the arrangement is “technically sound and consistent with our long-established practices”. “They do not compromise our safeguards standards in any way”, Amano said.

“I will vote in favor of this deal, in favor of a nuclear weapons-free Iran, in favor of opening up the Iranian people to the world, and in favor of changing the broken paradigm that for decades has failed to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions and bring a lasting peaceful solution”.

The Associated Press reported that the worldwide Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would allow Iran to inspect their alleged nuclear work at the Parchin military site.

“Our goal is to make sure our servicemembers are protected, that they’re not put in harm’s way until first we take every other option”, he said.

The modifications left the media and those on both sides of the Iran nuclear deal scratching their heads and demanding an explanation. It’s important for what it suggests about the overall inspection terms under the roadmap – and what it might say about the overall effectiveness of the worldwide effort to investigate the extent of Iran’s nuclear weaponization work.

“President Obama boasts his deal includes ‘unprecedented verification.’ He claims it’s not built on trust”, House Speaker John Boehner said.

It has forced proponents of the deal to fend off a pair of criticisms: that they’ve allowed Iran to inspect itself, and that they’ve kept too many details secret for an issue with such major geopolitical implications.

Opponents of the Iran deal will have to look elsewhere for their silver bullet.

The specifics of the deal between the IAEA and Iran over the Parchin inspections are not included in the nuclear agreement, but Iran is required to satisfy the IAEA’s concerns about its program under that deal.

Though the statement described Iran as “unflinchingly anti-Semitic and an unapologetic state-sponsor of terrorism” and said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) struck on 14 July was “not perfect”, it said that the alternative of a nuclear-armed Iran would be “even more dangerous”. Their statement, published in a full-page ad in Thursday’s New York Times, is meant to signal to Congress that the Iran nuclear deal enjoys substantial support in the Jewish community.

Olli Heinonen, who was in charge of the Iran probe as deputy director general of the nuclear agency from 2005-10, said he could think of no similar concession with any other country.