US security adviser flipflops on Iran deal terms

According to CNN anchor Erin Burnett, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes stated yesterday that the US “never sought anytime, anywhere inspections” in Iranian military facilities.

"We never sought anytime/anywhere inspections" – Pres Obama Dpty National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes tells me.

— Erin Burnett (@ErinBurnett) July 14, 2015

However, In April, Rhodes did in fact claim that the arrangements of the deal ensure “anytime, anywhere” inspections of any and every Iranian facility — contradicting complaints by Israel that no such provision was guaranteed.

Asked directly if the IAEA would have anytime, anywhere access, Rhodes said, “Yes, if we see something that we want to inspect.”

“In the first place we will have anytime, anywhere access the nuclear facilities,” he said, referring to “the whole supply chain.”

And, he added, “if there is a suspicious site, for instance somewhere in a military base in Iran, and we want to seek access to that, we will be able to go to the IAEA and get that inspection because of the additional protocol of the IAEA that Iran will be joining and some of the additional transparency and inspections measures that are in the deal.”