Iran Is Terrified Trump Will Release Secret Nuclear Side Deals

A senior Iranian lawmaker is worried that President Donald Trump may leak secret documents related to Iran’s nuclear program.

Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of Iran’s parliamentary Commission on Foreign Policy and National Security, claimed that any attempt by Trump to publish documents relating to Iran’s nuclear program from the International Atomic Energy Agency would represent a violation.

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“The details of that deal showed unprecedented concessions by the U.S. to Iran which basically allowed Iran to be its own inspector at the Parchin facility,” Saeed Ghasseminejad, a fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, told TheDCNF. “Other secret side deals may be related to the sunset clause and may prove that Iran’s ability to acquire a nuclear bomb after a few years is even more than what we know right know.”

Ghasseminejad added that some of the revelations could be potentially damaging to the legacy of the former Obama administration. He noted that a recently leaked report from Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to the Iranian parliament portrayed the former secretary of State as a very accommodating negotiator. Further, similar releases could cause public outrage the regime would prefer to avoid.

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