Israel demands all details of nuclear deal be revealed - Mati Tuchfeld, Erez Linn and Yoni Hersch

by Mati Tuchfeld, Erez Linn and Yoni Hersch

"The more details revealed from the deal, the more we see that our concerns are justified," says Israeli official on report that Iran will inspect its own nuclear site • Poll finds 56% of Americans think Congress should reject Iran deal.

A satellite image of the Parchin military site in Iran | Photo credit: AP

Following an Associated Press report on Thursday outlining a secret deal between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency according to which Iran would inspect its own Parchin nuclear site, Israel is demanding that all details of the deal be revealed. 

IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said he was "disturbed by statements suggesting that the IAEA has given responsibility for nuclear inspections to Iran," and that reports on the deal "misrepresent the way in which we will undertake this important verification work."

According to Amano, "The arrangements are technically sound and consistent with our long-established practices. They do not compromise our safeguards standards in any way."

Still, Israeli officials were outraged by the report. 

"There is only one safe way to verify this report: The world powers must publish all appendixes to the nuclear deal with Iran. The more details revealed from the deal, the more we see that our concerns are justified. I wonder why they are not publicizing the entire agreement," one official said.

60% say Obama is mistaken

Meanwhile, less than a month before the deal goes to a vote in Congress, the debate in Washington is heating up.

Democratic Senator Robert Menendez (New Jersey) announced Tuesday that he would not support the Iran deal. U.S. President Barack Obama shot back at his announcement, defending the nuclear agreement in a opinion piece for website NJ.com, a New Jersey-based news outlet.

"After two years of negotiations, we have achieved an arrangement that permanently prohibits Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon," Obama wrote. "If Iran tries to cheat over the next decade, sanctions will snap back into place."

At the same time, Democratic Senators Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Claire McCaskill of Missouri have announced their support for the Iran deal, bringing the number of Democrats in the Senate who in favor of the deal to 26. The White House needs a further eight votes to ensure a presidential veto cannot be overturned.

As for the American public, a new CNN/ORC poll found that 56% of Americans think Congress should reject the deal with Iran.

The poll also found that 60% of Americans disapprove of how Obama is handling the U.S. relationship with Iran.

Mati Tuchfeld, Erez Linn and Yoni Hersch

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=27761

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