Devil in the details? Why the latest IAEA report kerfuffle is overblown

March 8, 2016

Weapon Program: 

  • Nuclear

Author: 

Richard Nephew

Publication: 

Brookings Institution

Since the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) latest report on Iran’s nuclear program leaked out of its restricted channels on February 26, there has been a steady expression of dissatisfaction, and even alarm, at the relative lack of detail contained in the report. [...]

Notably, however, no one is suggesting that Iran is not fulfilling its commitments under the JCPOA or the Safeguards Agreement. [...]

...  suggesting that the JCPOA is flawed because the IAEA is offering less detail—but no less authority—on Iranian compliance with the JCPOA is wrong.

Read the full blog post at the Brookings Institution: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/03/08/devil-in-the-details-why-the-latest-iaea-report-kerfuffle-is-overblown/