Alwaght- The EU foreign policy chief rejected Israeli regime premier's accusations on Iran’s “secret” nuclear work and the Islamic Republic's noncompliance with the 2015 nuclear deal.
Touching on Benjamin Netanyahu's allegations that Tel Aviv has “conclusive proof of the secret” Iranian nuclear program, Federica Mogherini said in a statement on Monday “What I have seen from the first reports is that Prime Minister Netanyahu has not put into question Iran’s compliance with the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) commitments, meaning post-2015 nuclear commitments”.
Standing in front of a big screen and using large visual aids, the prime minister claimed that “Iran is brazenly lying” about its nuclear activities, presenting 55,000 pages of documents and 55,000 files on CDs as alleged evidence.
Netanyahu’s new anti-Iran show comes only ahead of a May 12 deadline for US President Donald Trump to decide whether Washington would keep its side of the multilateral deal with Iran. Trump has given the European parties to the JCPOA until that date to fix the so-called “flaws” in the accord or face a US exit.
The Israeli leader’s fresh claims contradict numerous reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifying Iran’s full commitment to its side of the bargain.
Mogherini further said the JCPOA “is not based on assumptions of good faith or trust - it is based on concrete commitments, verification mechanisms and a very strict monitoring of facts, done by the IAEA. The IAEA has published 10 reports, certifying that Iran has fully complied with its commitments.”
“And in any case, if any party and if any country has information of non-compliance, of any kind, it can and should address and channel this information to the proper, legitimate, recognized mechanisms, the IAEA and the Joint Commission [of the JCPOA] for the monitoring of the nuclear deal that I chair and that I convened just a couple of months ago. We have mechanisms in place to address eventual concerns,” she said.
European External Action Service also it is official Twitter account reiterated "IAEA is the only impartial international organisation in charge of monitoring Iran’s nuclear commitments. If any country has information of non-compliance of any kind should address this information to the proper legitimate and recognised mechanism"
Israeli data ‘mostly recycled material’
Meanwhile, a former deputy director for sanctions at the US State Department, said he had not seen anything in Netanyahu's presentation that would change the accord.
“I think, frankly, this was a political statement meant to try to influence President Trump's decision on whether to pull out of the deal,” John Hughes said, noting, “I think it's mostly recycled material.”
