Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Israel Proposes Changes to Iran Nuclear Deal

Israel’s intelligence chief proposed a dramatic revamp of an agreement forged last week between six world powers and Iran over its nuclear program and said the U.S. Congress was the most likely arena to fend off an unfavorable deal.
Last week’s framework, however, leaves almost no room for negotiators on either side to overhaul the terms in the way Yuval Steinitz, the intelligence minister, called for Monday in a meeting with reporters.
Instead, the demands are more likely to form the basis of renewed lobbying Israel has vowed to make against the deal, specifically among congressional lawmakers who seek to review the deal and are considering new sanctions against Iran.
Among Mr. Steinitz’s demands were that Iran cease all nuclear research and development activity, remove its enriched uranium stockpile from the country, and reduce the number of operational centrifuges to a number below what was agreed upon last week. Mr. Steinitz also said Iran must close its underground facility in Fordow, an enrichment site Iran began constructing clandestinely in the early 2000s.
“There is an alternative: to stand firm, get a much better deal, a deal that can be trusted,” Mr. Steinitz said. “The deal has to be made on the assumption that Iran might violate it.”
Mr. Steinitz’s remarks were the first time Israeli officials outlined their own alternatives to the nuclear deal after months of criticism from the White House that the country had no diplomatic solutions of its own.
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