THE ISRAEL PROJECT
U.S. gave Iran secret exemptions to nuclear deal, allowing it to evade restrictions
by Omri Ceren
September 1, 2016

Iran was granted secret exemptions to the nuclear deal by the U.S. and other global powers, allowing Iran to skirt restrictions imposed on it by last year’s nuclear deal, a nuclear nonproliferation think tank reported on Thursday. Without these secret exemptions to the deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), “some of Iran’s nuclear facilities would not have been in compliance with the JCPOA by Implementation Day [January 16],” a senior official told the Institute for Science and International Security. Furthermore, as David Albright, the founder and president of the think tank, told Reuters, “The exemptions or loopholes are happening in secret, and it appears that they favor Iran.” READ MORE

Original Reuters Story: U.S., others agreed ‘secret’ exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal: think tank