A Poison Pill for Iran Nuke Talks

[Purveyor]

By Gareth Porter

President Barack Obama's administration appears to have rejected a deal-breaking demand by Israel for an Iranian confession to having had a covert nuclear weapons program as a condition for completing the comprehensive nuclear agreement.

Pro-Israeli commentators have openly criticized the Obama administration for failing to explicitly demand that Iran confess to charges by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of a covert nuclear weapons program.
Demanding such a confession would be an obvious deal-breaker, because Iran has consistently denied those past charges and denounced the documents and intelligence reports on which they were based as fraudulent. In fact, the failure of the talks appears to be precisely the Israeli intention in pressing Washington to make that demand.

All the intelligence in question can be traced back to Israel, and investigation of the material has shown that the documents and reports that have been most widely publicized betray multiple indications of having been fabricated, as reported by IPS.

A "senior administration official" told reporters after the Nov. 24 Joint Plan of Action was announced that the United States had "made clear" in the negotiations that "the Security Council resolutions must still be addressed ... and that Iran must come into compliance with its obligations under the NPT and its obligations to the IAEA."

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[el_bryanto]

1. So the story is that Isreal demanded that the US demand that Iran confess

to having a secret Nuke Program; this is based on info from Israel but vetted by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

This would sink talks with Iran, and the Obama Administration has rejected this demand.

Sounds like the Administration did the right thing here.

Bryant

[Laelth]

2. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth