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Israel Seeks to Keep IAEA Investigations against Iran Open despite Pending Nuclear Deal
(Ha'aretz) Jonathan Lis - In Israel, the impression is that the U.S. government still has not decided on the pending nuclear deal, but there is concern over the possibility that the U.S. might agree not to impose sanctions on firms that do business with the Revolutionary Guards, a move that would make keeping it on the list of terrorist organizations meaningless. The main subject that Israel has decided to focus on is thwarting the possibility of shutting down the IAEA's investigations against Iran. Senior Israeli officials have said recently that if the U.S. does agree to this, it would violate a commitment that administration officials had given Israel a few months ago. Considering the upcoming midterm Congressional elections, Israel believes the U.S. won't be in a hurry to make decisions that would be interpreted as capitulation to Iran and damaging Israel's interests. Moreover, an agreement to close the IAEA investigations could depict the nuclear watchdog agency as politically biased and toothless.