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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/expert-prospective-iran-deal-neglects-weaponization/
Expert: Bad Iran Deal Neglects Weaponization
(Times of Israel) Raphael Ahren - Emily Landau, a senior research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies, said Monday that the emerging nuclear deal with Iran is deeply flawed because it neglects to address the issue of weaponization. "Iran has violated the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty for decades by working on nuclear weapons capabilities. This has to be at the center of the discussion." Yet "the issue of weaponization hardly gets mentioned in the reports about the upcoming agreement." Another issue that should be addressed by any deal is Iran's development of intercontinental ballistic missiles, she added. "These ICBMs are not non-nuclear, they are delivery systems for nuclear weapons." "Most nuclear experts think it's a bad deal. The doubts, skepticism and deep, deep concern with regards to the negotiations is really much broader than Israeli officials and hawks in Congress," she said.