Carnegie nuclear expert Mark Hibbs stated: “If Tehran aimed to divide the P5+1 and aggravate Israel and Western countries, it might do things not expressly forbidden by the JCPOA but that would not be in the spirit of the accord. Iran’s scientists might do theoretical studies suggesting they are interested in nuclear weapons, enriching uranium with lasers, and plutonium metallurgy; Iran’s diplomats might get suddenly tougher in negotiations with the IAEA over access to places inspectors want to visit.”

Authors

• Person: William J. Burns, Michèle Flournoy Organization: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  An Integrated U.S. Strategy to Address Iran's Nuclear and Regional ...

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• An Integrated U.S. Strategy to Address Iran's Nuclear and Regional ... carnegieendowment.org William J. Burns, Michèle Flournoy · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace via serper

Referenced by nodes (6)

• Israel entity
• Joint Comprehensive Action Plan concept
• Tehran location
• nuclear weapon concept
• International Atomic Energy Agency entity
• uranium enrichment concept