U.S Told Israel That It Will Pressure IAEA To Examine Iran Nuclear Archive : Report Says

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U.S told Israel it will pressure IAEA to examine Iran nuclear archive: Report Says

11/27/2018

7:46:41 AM

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11/27/2018

9:00:06 AM

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The United States has reportedly told Israel that it will pressure the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to examine files from a “secret nuclear archive” revealed to the world by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau earlier this year pertaining to an alleged secret Iranian nuclear weapons program.

A report by the Axios news site published Monday said that State Department officials assured Israel that Washington’s new ambassador to the IAEA would “work aggressively” to ensure that the world’s nuclear watchdog “seriously addresses all information provided by Israel, the US and other countries regarding the Iranian nuclear program.”

The promise was made after Israeli officials complained to US Special Envoy Brian Hook, in a meeting during his visit to the region two weeks ago, that the nuclear agency was “dragging its feet” over the Israeli-obtained intelligence.

The political director of Israel's foreign ministry, Alon Ushpiz, told Hook that Israel was angry the IAEA was not taking the Israeli intelligence seriously, Axios reported.

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According to the report, Israeli officials were satisfied with Hook’s assurances and said that they hoped, under pressure by Washington, that the IAEA would re-open an investigation into possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear activities.

In January, Netanyahu gave an elaborate televised presentation in which he revealed a trove of hundreds of thousands of documents obtained from a “secret nuclear archive” that he said offered “conclusive proof” of an Iranian nuclear weapons plan that could be activated at any time.

Describing the daring operation to obtain the files as one of the “greatest achievements” of Israeli intelligence ever, Netanyahu said that the trove of 55,000 pages and 55,000 files on 183 CDs retrieved by Israel contain "incriminating" documents, charts, blueprints, photographs, and videos that prove Iran had been pursuing a nuclear weapon.

Netanyahu claimed that the files showed that the 2015 nuclear deal signed by Tehran and world powers was "based on Iranian lies and Iranian deception."

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At the time, the IAEA said that contrary to Netanyahu’s claims it had "no credible indications of activities in Iran relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device after 2009."

Iran dismissed the claims outright, branding Netanyahu an "infamous liar".

Supporters of the Iran deal were unmoved by the Israeli intelligence, which they said detailed a historic program only and did not provide evidence that Israel's arch-enemy had actively worked to obtain an atomic weapon after the 2015 agreement had been signed.

US President Donald Trump, who had been a vocal critic of the deal, withdrew the United States from the accord days later.