Corker Says Obama Administration Is Withholding Details About Future Of Iran’s Nuclear Program

  • Friday, June 5, 2015

Appearing on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” on Wednesday, Senator Bob Corker said the Obama administration is withholding details about the future of Iran’s nuclear program.

 

“[T]here is a document that explains what Iran is able to do per the agreement after the 10-year period,” said Senator Corker. “I have asked the State Department for the document.

They have not given it to me. I have asked the Energy Department for the document. They have not given it to me. I've asked the White House for the document. They have not given it to me. The only thing I can imagine…is that they think that it would shed [a] bad light on what they have agreed to. Most of us want to make sure that if we're going to enter into an agreement, it is an agreement that will keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon over a long-term.”

 

President Obama revealed in an April NPR interview that in the years following the first decade of an agreement, Iran’s breakout time for obtaining a nuclear weapon would drop to near zero.

Senator Corker also questioned the State Department’s lack of concern over a New York Times report that Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium has increased by 20 percent during the nuclear negotiations.

“There's no question that their stockpile has increased. That's not debatable…But I hope there will be no sanctions alleviated until they get down to that 300 kilogram stockpile,” said Senator Corker. “The problem is when the [State Department spokesperson] said, ‘This is not an issue. This can be dealt with,’ I would like to know how? They don't have a conversion facility to down-blend or downgrade…the 5 percent [enriched uranium]. So are they going to ship it out of the country? Those are issues that need to be dealt with and hopefully will be dealt with…[because] they have to get down to 300 kilograms per the political agreement that was reached on April 2nd.”

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