| From a few days ago, but still useful information, I think. |
[IsraelTimes] Operating on assumption sanctions will be lifted, Tehran increases support to proxies, while freezing out Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, leader Khaled Mashaal.
On Sunday, the director of the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, arrived in Iran for talks on the nuclear agreement, as part of what appears to be an attempt by the UN nuclear watchdog to evaluate whether Iran ran a military nuclear program in the past.
Amano is expected to meet with various Iranian nuclear scientists for answers on this very subject. On December 15, ahead of the lifting of crippling economic sanctions on Tehran, he is slated to present the world with definitive answers that will determine whether Iran complied with the terms of a nuclear deal signed on July 15. But the Islamic Theocratic Republic is not waiting for a green light from Amano or the international community, and is working under the assumption that the sanctions will be lifted. |