What is the UN doing!?!

[eddie]

The UN is going to allow the Iranians to use their own experts to investigate the Parchin site for nuclear weapons development! That's like asking the Mafia to check on their members to see if they are doing anything illegal!

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't read it here-

http://www.chron.com/news/world/arti...ke-6453252.php

I have to quit reading the news, everyday you see things that are just beyond belief, but still it goes on!

[Platapus]

operating under a secret agreement with the U.N. agency that normally carries out such work

Which means that the public/media really does not have an idea what is really going on. Not that that will stop people/media from speculating of course.

[Jimbuna]

The UN, only surpassed in their credibility and usefulness by THIFA.

[Betonov]

Since Iranians are ready to talk about halting their development of nukes, they'll be milking the west for all it's worth.
And after they get nice, fat and content Ban Ki-moon will receive a package with 4 nuts, 5 bolts and 3 nintendo tetris circuits titled Dismantled nuclear program.

[Oberon]

Catch-22, Iran is becoming a major player in the region and flexing its muscles. The only block to its power is Saudi Arabia and they're not exactly known for their rationality and co-operation either.
So whose side do you pick?

[Betonov]

Personaly I'd go with Iran

[Tchocky]

Blargh.

Originally Posted by eddie

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't read it here-

http://www.chron.com/news/world/arti...ke-6453252.php

Well the AP have substantially modified and cut their story since publication. It's really a non-story.

I have to quit reading the news, everyday you see things that are just beyond belief, but still it goes on!

It's beyond belief because it was a badly flawed story .

http://www.vox.com/2015/8/20/9182185...ctions-parchin - Here's a decent explainer of the issue - with input from weapons treaty experts.

"This came down to a pissing contest about whether or not we could go walk into Parchin, which is irrelevant," Aaron Stein, an arms control and Middle East scholar, told me last month about the negotiations over PMD and Parchin. "In the deal they're going to give managed access to Parchin, and you know what? We're going to lose on this because they're not going to find anything at Parchin. All of this will come down to nothing."