From the Liveblog of
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Senator: ‘IAEA chief declined to testify on Iran deal’
Republican Senator Bob Corker says IAEA chief Yukiya Amano turned down an invitation to testify before the Foreign Relations Committee about the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers reached earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal’s Jay Solomon reports.
.@SenBobCorker: @iaeaorg chief Yukiya Amano turned down Senate invitation to testify in front of Senate Foreign Relations on #IranDeal.
— Jay Solomon (@jaysolomon) July 30, 2015
The nuclear watchdog agency is key to verifying Iran’s adherence to the deal and monitoring its nuclear facilities. Amano said earlier this week that Tehran would be able to provide its own soil samples from nuclear sites for inspection.
Iran has refused to give IAEA experts access to people, documents and sites allegedly linked to the suspected weapons work for nearly a decade. But in its quest for an end to nuclear-related sanctions, it agreed earlier this month to work with the agency, and Amano has said he expects to be able to deliver a report by December on Iran’s alleged nuclear site at Parchin.
The Times of Israel Community.