needs answers to its questions about potential undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran.”The I.A.E.A. inspections are not part of the 2015 nuclear deal, and the agency will focus only on nuclear material and activities relevant to specific protocols as required by the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. did not identify the two sites to be inspected, Israeli intelligence officials have identified one as the Abadeh Nuclear Weapons Development Site. A U.S. sanctions campaign to pressure Iran by denying it billions of dollars in exports and revenues has also irked other nations that want the original nuclear accord to be preserved. On Wednesday morning, the State Department tweeted a photograph of Mr. Trump boasting that he had “imposed the toughest-ever sanctions on Iran.”

Source: International New York Times August 26, 2020 21:33 UTC