The Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets today to examine issues related to Iran, particularly that country’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. For more than eighteen years, Iran hid its nuclear activities from the world, despite being a State party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. To avoid punitive measures after the direction of its nuclear program was exposed, Iran reached agreement with the United Kingdom, Germany, and France (the EU-3) to suspend its nuclear fuel cycle capabilities. It also signed the Additional Protocol, which provided for enhanced UN inspections of its nuclear facilities.