Iran: No U.S. Inspectors Allowed In Nuclear Facilities

by Sierra Marlee | July 17, 2015 2:25 pm

This week, one of the worst deals in United States history was reached with Iran. Now officials are saying that under the parameters of said deal, no inspectors from the U. S.[1] are allowed inside Iranian nuclear facilities. Wow, who could have seen THAT coming?

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel Saturday into Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Moscow has promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)[2]

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel Saturday into Iran’s first nuclear power plant, which Moscow has promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

From Free Beacon:

U.S. and Iranian officials confirmed Thursday that no American nuclear inspectors will be permitted to enter the country’s contested nuclear site under the parameters of a deal reached with world powers this week, according to multiple statements by American and Iranian officials.

Under the tenants of the final nuclear deal reached this week in Vienna, only countries with normal diplomatic relations with Iran will be permitted to participate in inspections teams organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The revelation of this caveat has attracted concern from some analysts who maintain that only American experts can be trusted to verify that Iran is not cheating on the deal and operating clandestine nuclear facilities.

The admission is the latest in a series of apparent concessions made by the United States to Iran under the deal. Other portions of the agreement include a promise by the United States[3] to help Iran combat nuclear sabotage and threats to its program.

“Iran will increase the number of designated IAEA inspectors to the range of 130-150 within 9 months from the date of the implementation of the JCPOA, and will generally allow the designation of inspectors from nations that have diplomatic relations with Iran, consistent with its laws and regulations,” the deal states, according to text released by the Russians and Iranians.

Susan Rice, President Obama’s national security adviser, confirmed[4] this in an interview with CNN.

“There are not going to be independent American inspectors separate from the IAEA” on the ground in Iran, Rice said. “The IAEA will be doing the inspections on behalf of the U.S. and the rest of the international community.”

Rice said that the Obama administration trusts those countries whose relations with Iran are normalized to carry out inspections of the Islamic Republic’s sensitive nuclear sites.

“The IAEA, which is a highly respected international organization will field an international team of inspectors, and those inspectors will in all likelihood come from IAEA member states, most of whom have diplomatic relations with Iran,” Rice said. “We of course are a rare exception.”

What do you think? Do you feel any better knowing we’re not going to be independently inspecting the nuclear facilities of someone who wishes us nothing but death? Because I don’t.

Endnotes:
  1. no inspectors from the U. S.: http://freebeacon.com/national-security/iran-bans-u-s-inspectors-from-all-nuclear-sites/
  2. [Image]: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Iran-Nuclear-1024x512.jpg
  3. include a promise by the United States: http://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-will-teach-iran-to-thwart-nuke-threats/
  4. confirmed: https://twitter.com/CNNSitRoom/status/621447368957784064

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