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Brian Schatz: “We had the ability for the IAEA to come into Iran and do…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Published | Video Starts at 01:23

We don't have a nuclear agreement yet, only a framework to try to reach something close to the original Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. So to be clear, pre Trump, we had a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. We had the ability for the IAEA to come into Iran and do intrusive inspections. We had the plan to dispose of the fissile material in a third party country and to be able to verify it. And now what we have is an MOU to negotiate. (01:23–01:29)

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Asserts that the IAEA could conduct intrusive inspections in Iran under the JCPOA.

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