ISIS, Iran and Israel: What You Need to Know about the Current Mideast Crisis and the Coming War by Chris Mitchell

Author:Chris Mitchell [Mitchell, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History
Publisher: C & L Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-02-24T22:00:00+00:00

But for all the White House optimism, the agreement contained a number of glaring flaws, that many called the “bad news.”

On page 34, it states: “Requests for access . . . will not be aimed at interfering with Iranian military or other national security activities.”16 That means inspectors would be barred from Iranian military sites. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suspected for years that one of those sites, Parchin, was a prime location for nuclear experiments. They concluded: “Such experiments would be strong indicators of possible nuclear weapon development”.17

After the agreement, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) uncovered a separate secret agreement between the IAEA and Iran concerning Parchin. The one-page document revealed a stunning diplomatic capitulation. Iran would provide photos, videos, and environmental samples from Parchin to the IAEA without physically allowing IAEA inspectors on site. They added a humiliating gesture since they would only allow a public visit of the IAEA’s Director General “as a courtesy by Iran.”18 Senator Cotton compared the agreement to an NFL player taking his own drug tests and phoning in the results to Commissioner Roger Goodell.

In addition, on page 35, in case “of activities inconsistent with the JCPOA,”19 it could take a total of 24 days before a suspicious site could be inspected. Comedian Jackie Mason quipped that New York City restaurants had more stringent inspections than the JCPOA: “You can surprise any restaurant without notice that you can walk in and inspect them … So we are protected in this city from a bad tuna fish. We’re not protected from a bomb, but we’re protected from a bad quality of tuna fish.”20

Under the heading “Nuclear Security,” the agreement commits the P5+1 to protect Iran’s nuclear facilities while seeming to limit Israel’s ability to damage those nuclear sites. It pledged, “Co-operation through training and workshops to strengthen Iran’s ability to protect against, and respond to nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protections systems.”21 For years, the main nation accused of sabotage against Iran’s nuclear facilities has been Israel. It begs the question: Does the deal put the U.S. in the position of protecting Iran from Israel?

Another aspect of the negotiations involved the breadth of the sanctions relief. For years, nearly every sector of Iran’s economy labored under the burden of sanctions because of the danger of its nuclear program. The JCOPA contained a massive “get out of jail card.” The deal freed nearly every one of those sectors including airlines, shipping, and petrochemicals. In fact, the bulk of the JCOPA (nearly 50 pages in my copy) listed dozens of Iranian companies no longer under sanctions.

What’s more, the sanctions relief meant the Iranian government would receive a boon of between $50 to $150 billion dollars. For the leading sponsor of terror in the world, it was a bonanza. Some called it a “jihadist stimulus plan.” Israel and other nations in the Middle East braced for the day when this

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