Some of you may be wondering why President Trump decided to get us out of the Iran Deal.
Well, let’s discuss it.
In 2015, the United States and President Obama, along with various other countries,
signed the Iran Deal.
The deal was created in order to make sure that Iran can never have the ability to develop
nuclear weapons.
The IAEA, which is the nuclear watchdog of the UN, was given the task as the enforcer
of the deal.
Let’s just say they have a spotty record at that particular task.
SONG: France got the bomb, but don’t you grieve, ‘cus they’re on our side I believe.
China got the bomb, but have no fears, they can’t wipe us out for at least five years.
Who’s next?
So…
Israel’s getting tense, wants one in self defense.
“The Lord is our shepherd,” says the psalm, but just in case…we better get a bomb.
Who’s next? Who’s next? Who’s next?
Who's Next?
The Iran Deal has been lauded as the only thing between Iran and a nuclear weapon.
One of the chief reasons for optimism is its unprecedented inspection regime led by the IAEA.
For instance, they can inspect any site at any time.
Well, as long as the Iranians don’t designate it a military site and after the Iranians
exhaust their official inquiry as to why that site was chosen in the first place, followed
by a 24 hour mandated wait before inspectors are allowed into the site at all.
The actual time from inspection request to boots on the ground?
Well, that may take several months.
And the Iranians, they know how to use their time wisely.
In 2003, the Lavizan facility in Iran was outed as a nuclear weapons site.
The IAEA sought permission to visit the site…a year and a half later.
In the interim, publicly available satellite imagery showed that the entire site was razed
– including the removal of the first 6 feet of top soil – eliminating all traces of evidence.
The IAEA, after inspecting the scrubbed-down site, was satisfied and they considered the matter
to be closed.
But I didn’t.
Ami: Now I’m not a nuclear expert, but um…I am playing one in this movie.
You have Lavizan.
There was satellite imagery that showed evidence of a nuclear weapons program.
Explain to the audience why you felt the need to then dig the first 6 feet of topsoil,
remove it, then re-cover it.
What would be the reason behind that?
Soltanieh: That is closed and clearly the IAEA report director general says that that
was absolutely incorrect and there was no evidence of nuclear material or nuclear activities.
And you can read the agency’s report at the IAEA website
Ami: But that report is meaningless because you dumped all the evidence.
Soltanieh: No evidence.
You can go to the website, and if you’re interested, I can show you
and give you a copy of it.
Ami: Why raze the area and then cover it with soil?
Soltanieh: Look, I think that you’re bringing up an obsolete issue but…
Ami: How is it obsolete?
Soltanieh: That’s very old stuff.
The important thing – as I go back again – rather than you and me discuss about it,
it is better to leave it to the experts; inspectors.
Gary Milhollin: It’s supposed to sound the alarm when elicit nuclear activity is discovered.
But so far, it’s been very reluctant to do that.
Ami: I think it’s established, it’s clear you’re not building nuclear weapons.
I think you made the argument very fine.
But if you did build a nuclear weapon, what country would you blow up first?
Soltanieh: The question is wrong.
Ami: So I have your word?
You’re not building nuclear weapons?
Soltanieh: Certainly. 100% And I totally reject any of these allegations.
Ami: So, like the IAEA, that’s good enough for me.
A way out is to have a timeout.
Iran will take a timeout.
The international community will also take a timeout.
Mark Kirk: Let the United Nations handle this incompetently and [you] allow Iran
to have nuclear weapons.
It was all about process.
It was not about results.
The results were worthless.
Now are they intending to kill someone?
Or are they only intending to defend themselves?
But how do you know whether they have that intention or not?
It’s impossible to say such a country has that intention.
Then again, what is the intention?
Ami: Only God knows…and anyone who reads.
So Americans can sleep soundly?
Duarte: Not all Americans, I hope that everyone else can also sleep soundly.
Ami: The IAEA is on the watch.
Duarte: Yes
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Charles Duelfer: Process is an outcome at the UN.
It is a way of avoiding and kicking a problem down the road.
A single country like Iran can play to them.
They can say “All we need to do is buy some time.”
Ami: And the Iran Deal did just that.