Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Challenges for a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran

“If we look at a little bit bigger picture and draw the lessons from the previous implementation of safeguards in Iran after 2003, read the lessons from North Korea, read the lessons from Syria, read the lessons from Libya, the most difficult thing is to confirm the absence of undeclared material and activities. This has traditionally been the big weakness of verification system.”

A transcipt from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Panel on Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Challenges for a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran, featuring Belfer Senior Fellow Olli Heinonen.