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The U.S. State Department has denied the existence of a so-called “secret document” in the Iranian nuclear deal that outlines how Iran would be able to more quickly produce a nuclear weapon by ramping up its uranium enrichment after the year 2027.
The document was given to the AP by an unnamed diplomat whose work has focused on Iran’s nuclear program for more than a decade.
And in June this year, Ayatollah Khamenei underlined Iran’s commitment to the nuclear deal, but made it clear that any violation of the deal by the United States will trigger Tehran’s harsher response. When coupled with the news this week that the Obama administration held back “secret” documents which allowed Iran to obtain a nuclear weapons capability in half the time the White House advertised, it is only a matter of time before Iran becomes the next nuclear state and threatens the world.
The diplomat who shared the document said it was an add-on agreement to the main deal that is formally separate but actually is an integral part of the deal.
While some of the constraints extend for 15 years, documents in the public domain are vague about what happens after the first 10 years of the agreement, according to the AP.
The deal provides Iran with sanctions relief in exchange for its nuclear constraints.
He further emphasized that 52 bills and resolutions have been passed against Iran in the US House and Congress which are all contrary to terms of JCPOA.
Moreover, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the Secretary-General, told the newspaper that no comments can be made on a document that is still confidential.
Instead of placing sanctions on him, Larijani argued, the USA and western powers should be “thankful to Iran and the Quds Force who have helped Iraq against the bestial terrorists”, of ISIS.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens to a question during a press briefing, Tehran, Iran, February 20, 2016.
