Do political considerations threaten IAEA scrutiny? The International Atomic Energy Agency, or at least its leadership if not necessarily its member-states, has in recent weeks adopted a conciliatory tone in its public approach toward Iran. The IAEA’s Director-General, Ambassador Rafael Grossi, is going out of his way to accept Iran’s explanations of suspicious military Nuclear activities as “plausible”. There is a questionable gap between what happens in the Uranium enrichment domain, where (according to the intelligence community) Iran has already enough for two bombs should it choose to break out and produce them, and in re-activation of monitoring equipment, where the host country is stalling rather than installing, and the willingness of the IAEA to take Tehran’s excuses at face value. So is the accounting technical, or political?
With us to explore this issue from New York City;
Dr. Olli Heinonen, A Former Deputy Director General International Atomic Energy Agency and a Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center, Washington, D.C.
from Istanbul, Turkey – by; Brigadier General (Ret.) Mark Kimmitt, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
And with us in the studio; Col. (Ret.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Co-host TV7 Middle East Review and Vice President - Jerusalem Institute for Strategy Security And Amir Oren, Editor at Large.
