(Deutsche Welle-Germany) Interview with Olli Heinonen - The bottom line for me is that first of all Iran remains as a nuclear threshold state for years to come and after 10, 15 years it will have even more nuclear capabilities than before. And the second thing is that at least at this stage Iran has not changed its nuclear course. It maintains its uranium enrichment, it provides some additional access, but I'm surprised that regarding the Additional Protocol (which requires states to provide an expanded declaration of their nuclear activities and grants the IAEA broader rights of access to sites in the country), Iran will not ratify it until several years from now. There are still deficiencies in this agreement with regard to access to the undeclared places, and the arbitration process in my view is much too long to be technically justified. Olli Heinonen served for 27 years at the IAEA as Deputy Director General and head of its Department of Safeguards, where he oversaw its efforts to monitor and contain Iran's nuclear program.
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