PM says Iran has too much time ahead of inspections

Prime Minister Netanyahu continues to speak out against the Iranian nuclear deal on international media, saying the terms of the agreement offer Tehran an extended period of time to hide incriminating evidence before UN officials can reach military sites for inspection.

“Iran has here two paths to the bomb. One is if they keep the deal, and the other is if they cheat on the deal,” Netanyahu tells NBC.

“They can cheat on the deal because inspections are not instantaneous, anywhere, anytime, as Foreign Minister of Iran Zarif said correctly. In fact, you don’t have inspections within 24 hours; you have 24 days before you can inspect any site that you find suspicious in Iran.”

“Twenty-four days. Can you imagine giving a drug dealer 24 days’ notice before you check the premises? That’s a lot of time to flush a lot of meth down the toilet,” Netanyahu says.

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