Friday, December 12, 2014

IAEA Rejects Iran’s Offer to Visit Marivan

To Probe Possible Weaponization Program
IAEA on Thursday turned down an Iranian offer to visit Marivan nuclear site to investigate possible weaponization program. IAEA instead have continually asked to visit Parchin as part of its probe to possible military dimension (PMD) of Iran’s nuclear program.

"The Agency explained clearly to Iran - on more than one occasion - that an offer of a visit of Marivan does not help address specific concerns related to the issue of large-scale high-explosive experiments," said IAEA public information director Serge Gas. (Reuters/Press TV, 11 December)
Meantime, nuclear talks between Iran and P5+1 will resume next week.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

after hiding the gun in the bedroom, the killer offered to allow police to search the garage in an effort to prove his innocence.

Tim Armstrong said...

AnonymousDecember 12, 2014 at 5:51 PM
Iran has allowed the iaea to inspect parchin on at least three separate occasions something that it was under absolutely no obligation to do.To use your police analogy,would you allow the police to repeatedly search your home just to see what they could find based on nothing more than someones unproven allegations,of course you wouldnt and it wouldnt be because you had anything to hide either

Anonymous said...

Iran, having been caught on previous occasions in violation, is already on parole and no longer can claim a presumption of innocence, Timmy

Tim Armstrong said...

Actually the iaea has rules that it has to follow like every other organisation,it cannot just go where it sees fit,it is allowed to only inspect declared nuclear sites and iran was under no obligation to allow it to inspect any part of parchin,if the iaea has clear evidence of iranian wrong doing then why dont they present it instead of going on fishing expeditions at military sites based on nothing more than unproven accusations,also iran is under no obligation to have to prove its innocence,I think you`ll also find that in any court of law the presumption of innocence is one of its most basic tenets

Anonymous said...

you fail to understand the rules, the IAEA and Iran's status under the NPT, its history of being found to be in violation of its obligations and the additional protocols that Iran agreed to and signed.

you really should refrain from offering opinions prior to gathering an understanding of these things...Tim

Tim Armstrong said...

No you are the one that doesnt seem to have a good understanding of the iaeas rights and obligations,the iaea is not unscom or unmovic,it does not have the right to look anywhere it pleases and iran is under no obligation whatsoever to allow it to look anywhere else,in fact its job is not too look for proliferation at all,its job is to account for irans fissile materiel stocks,as for the ap that was purely a voluntary gesture only which iran made perfectly clear at the time,iran has since rescinded that and does not consider itself bound by the ap.I think in future you would do well to educate yourself before posting as you currently have a rather poor understanding of both the iaea and irans rights and obligations

Tim Armstrong said...

An excellent article on the subject of marivan
http://armscontrollaw.com/2014/12/15/iaea-declines-to-inspect-and-area-where-they-formally-alleged-weaponization-activities-took-place-in-iran/#comments