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How Much Monitoring of Iranian Nuclear Facilities is Enough?

| January 14, 2015

As nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers head into a new phase, one of the key bones of contention will involve monitoring and safeguards—those measures designed to ensure that Tehran is complying with international obligations, declaring all of its nuclear activities, and refraining from weaponization. The foreign powers argue for more transparency, while Iran retorts that its nuclear program is already subject to the most intrusive inspection regime in the world and thus it should not have to accept more....

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For Academic Citation: Tabatabai, Ariane.“How Much Monitoring of Iranian Nuclear Facilities is Enough?.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 14, 2015.

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