Contradicting Trump, U.N. Monitor Says Iran Complies With Nuclear Deal
That could set up regular inspections at locations the agency is not now visiting, Mr. Albright
and Mr. Heinonen said in the article, posted on the website of the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington group founded by Mr. Albright.
seek access to unspecified ‘military sites,’ perhaps as a pretext for accusing Iran of noncooperation, Ambassador Haley is undermining the ability of the agency to get Iranian cooperation
and access to key sites when it counts." Under an American law, Mr. Trump is required to assess Iran’s adherence every 90 days, and he has reluctantly found Iran in compliance so far.
came just a week after Mr. Trump had sent his ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, to Vienna to meet with
the top agency officials, who are responsible for conducting the inspections and monitoring Iranian compliance.
Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, which also are parties to the agreement, have all expressed strong support for it and have warned
that if Mr. Trump withdraws, the United States would be isolated on the issue.
31, 2017
The world’s nuclear inspectors complicated President Trump’s effort to find Iran in violation of the two-year-old nuclear accord with the United States and five other world powers, declaring on Thursday
that the latest inspections found no evidence that the country is breaching the agreement.
The deal itself dealt only with Iran’s nuclear activities, but Mr. Trump has said
that was not enough to contain what he has called a growing Iranian threat.