The US Has Agreed To Protect Iran’s Nukes From Threats

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The US Has Agreed To Protect Iran’s Nukes From Threats

Of course, all of this is probably moot anyway. Since even Israel will be highly reluctant to attack Iran’s nuclear industry now that the US has put Iran under its protection for the next 10 to 15 years. But still, it’s pretty shocking to see a US promise to protect Iran’s nuclear program spelled out in black and white.

From the Washington Free Beacon:

U.S. Will Teach Iran to Thwart Nuke Threats

By Adam Kredo | July 14, 2015

The United States and other world powers will help to teach Iran how to thwart and detect threats to its nuclear program, according to the parameters of a deal reached Tuesday to rein in Iran’s contested nuclear program.

Including protecting it from attacks from Israel, of course.

Under the terms of a deal that provides Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief, Iran and global powers will cooperate to help teach Iran how to manage its nuclear infrastructure, which will largely remain in tact under the deal…

In what is being viewed as a new development, European countries and potentially the United States agreed to “cooperate with Iran on the implementation of nuclear security guidelines and best practices,” according to a copy of the agreement furnished by both the Russians and Iranians.

It’s also in the English version of the deal. (See below.)

This will include “training courses and workshops to strengthen Iran’s ability to prevent, protect and respond to nuclear security threats to nuclear facilities and systems as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems,” according to the text.

Additional “training and workshops” would work to “strengthen Iran’s ability to protect against, and respond to nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems,” the text states.

The language was viewed as disturbing by analysts and experts who said such cooperation could help protect Iran against efforts by the Israelis or other countries to sabotage the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in the future.

In fact, ‘sabotage’ is probably the only thing that has kept the Iranians from getting a nuclear bomb by now.

“The United States and its partners have just become the international protectors of the Iranian nuclear program. Instead of rolling back the Iranian nuclear program, we’re now legally obligated to help the Iranians build it up and protect it,” said one Western source present in Vienna and who is apprised of the details of the deal…