Kerry: Iran Deal 'Verifiable And Clear'

[DonViejo]

CAITLIN MACNEAL – NOVEMBER 24, 2013, 10:30 AM EST

Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that the agreement reached with Iran on Saturday to end its nuclear weapons program will hold the country accountable and does not give Iran the right to enrich uranium.

Kerry said on ABC's "This Week" that the deal is "verifiable and clear in its capacity to be able to make Israel and the region safer," adding that there will be daily inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities.

Kerry insisted that Iran will need to prove itself in order to have a nuclear program of any kind.

"There is no right to enrich. We do not recognize a right to enrich," he said. "And everywhere in this particular agreement, it states that they could only do that by mutual agreement and that nothing is agreed on until everything is agreed on."

Kerry defended the adminstration's decision to make a preliminary deal with Iran without strengthening sanctions against the country.

full article:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kerry-iran-deal-verifiable-and-clear

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Kerry: Military Option Not Off The Table With Iran

CAITLIN MACNEAL – NOVEMBER 24, 2013, 11:03 AM EST

Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that President Obama will still consider the military option if Iran does not live up to its part of the deal to end the country's nuclear weapons program.

"The president maintains as commander-in-chief and has said specifically that he has not taken that threat off the table," Kerry said on CBS's "Face the Nation.".

Kerry added that Iran is going to have to prove itself with actions in order for the deal to proceed.

"Iran will have to prove that its program is really peaceful," he said. "There's nothing built on trust. We're not sitting here pretending that Iran is going to suddenly turn over a new leaf. We have to prove it."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kerry-military-option-not-off-the-table-with-iran

[quadrature]

1. how much 20% enriched U-235 is being downblended? ..nt

[karynnj]

2. Last night, I think Kerry said - all of it

I don't have a transcript and could be wrong.

[quadrature]

3. all of it, amounts to how much? ...nt

[quadrature]

4. update... the answer is none.`

just saw this from the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/world/middleeast/talks-with-iran-on-nuclear-deal-hang-in-balance.html?hp&_r=0

look down about 7 paragraphs for paragraph
that starts with words 'stockpile uranium enriched 20percent'.
--> says stockpile will be diluted or turned into oxide.
--> which means it will be turned into oxide.
-->which can be turned back to metal in about 5 seconds.

so it won't be diluted

[karynnj]

5. Do you have a viable link that says that the oxicide can be

returned to metal? I have not studied chemistry for nearly 50 years, but I don't think that rust can easily become iron again.

It was the world's experts who made that condition - not Kerry or the other statesman. If they say that it makes them not usable for a weapon, I will take their word over someone posting on a board.

[quadrature]

6. the tricky wording is coming from the politicians, not me

this is the best link I have so far for
background information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium#Production_and_mining

the 'heavy lifting' is isotope separation.
(enrichment).

It is true that oxide is not used in a bomb.
But converting oxide to metal is the easy part,
it the same as refining yellowcake.

[karynnj]

7. So, this in -essence - is you speculating

What I note is that the NYT does not say that it is not possible to reconstitute it. It does say that it is difficult. Given that many have said that going from 20% can be quickly done and that there will be inspections, it seems to me this does what JK said - it expands the time they need to make a bomb.

Why? Today they are sitting with however much 20% uranium they have. After they do this, they will have to add whatever steps there are to get back to where they are now -- and it seems likely some would be lost in the process.