PARIS — France’s foreign minister says Iran wants 24 days before international inspectors could visit its nuclear sites in the event of a suspected violation of a deal with world powers over its atomic program.
But Laurent Fabius warned that giving Iran a 24-day notice prior to any inspections would give Iran enough time to get rid of any evidence that could bring to light Iran’s breach of the agreement.
This was unveiled Thursday giving the state of talks between six world powers and Iran ahead of a June 30 deadline to reach an accord aimed to keep Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.
He said Iran’s seeking 24 days between the reporting of a suspected Iranian violation of the deal’s terms and the time when International Atomic Energy Agency would be allowed to visit would lose the spirit of the very reason the inspections are planned, because Iran has enough time to hide whatever it has and therefore there would be no more need for inspection at all.