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Obama Says Inspectors Get Access to "Any" Site in Iran. Is It True?

(CBS News) Rebecca Kaplan - President Obama said Tuesday that with the Iran nuclear agreement, "Inspectors will also be able to access any suspicious location. Put simply, the organization responsible for the inspections, the IAEA, will have access where necessary, when necessary." Under the agreement, inspectors will have continuous monitoring capabilities at known nuclear facilities like Fordow and Natanz. For other areas in the country, including military sites where there is suspected nuclear activity, IAEA inspectors will have to request access. If inspectors have concerns that Iran is developing its nuclear capabilities at any of the non-official nuclear sites, they are allowed to request access and inform Iran of the basis for their concerns. If they can't come to an agreement for access within 14 days, the issue goes to a joint commission of the P5+1 powers, Iran, and the EU. They have another seven days to reach an agreement that must be supported by at least five of the eight members. That means 24 days could elapse between the time inspectors first request access to a suspicious site and the time they are allowed entry. "It's not anytime, anywhere," said Sharon Squassoni, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Proliferation Prevention Program. Iran has a lot of room to "wiggle out of things" if they don't want to give inspectors access.
2015-07-15 00:00:00
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