The Geneva Deal and Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

(Fathom-BICOM) Ben Cohen interviews Olli Heinonen - Dr. Olli Heinonen, a former senior IAEA official, is one of the few individuals in the West with a long track record of dealing with Iran's leaders. He recalled that when President Rouhani had served as a nuclear negotiator 10 years earlier, he boasted of how he had used talks with Western powers to "buy time to advance Iran's program." Yet Heinonen's concerns about the slipperiness of the Iranian leadership are offset by the realization that Western powers know much more about Iran's nuclear program than is generally appreciated. Dr. Olli Heinonen served as Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.


2014-02-04 00:00:00

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