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Heinonen: Parchin Inspection Plan Flawed, IAEA Credibility on the Line
(Times of Israel) Raphael Ahren - The nuclear deal's mechanism for inspecting Iran's Parchin military complex appears to be unreasonably lax, Olli Heinonen, who served as the International Atomic Energy Agency's deputy director-general, said in an interview. "The key question is: will the IAEA be present during the sample-taking or not?...It looks to me that they might be witnessing the sample-taking through some camera view, or from a distance. If that's really the case, I have a lot of reservations about the reasonability and credibility of the arrangements." Heinonen, who headed the agency's Department of Safeguards, explained: "You need to be present and see physically the place. Therefore, for the IAEA to do a credible job they need to get to that chamber and take independently their samples." Heinonen called on the IAEA to release all its agreements with Iran. "Why not make this public so we can see whether is this a good agreement or not?...I don't see any reason for secrecy here."