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You are here: Home / Biological and Chemical Weapons / Coastal Reporter: Gregory Koblentz Quoted on Inspection Regime for Iran Nuclear Site

August 20, 2015

Coastal Reporter: Gregory Koblentz Quoted on Inspection Regime for Iran Nuclear Site

Scientist Working Group member Gregory Koblentz, the Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at George Mason University, was quoted in a Coastal Reporter piece on the inspection procedures in the nuclear agreement with Iran:

Gregory Koblentz said there is a precedent for international inspectors to rely on the host nation — just two years ago, the Syrian regime used tamper-proof, GPS-tagged video cameras to document the conditions at chemical sites.

However, he said environmental testing is much more complex, as is the chain of custody over who controls the samples.

“Without being able to read the entire document it is not possible to assess the effectiveness and integrity of the proposed environmental sampling component of the IAEA’s inspection of Parchin,” said an email from Koblentz, a member of the Scientist Working Group on Chemical and Biological Weapons at Washington’s Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

Read the full story here.

 

Posted in: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Iran Diplomacy, Press & In the News on Iran Diplomacy

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