Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday criticized Iran for undermining international nuclear agreements, including allegedly possessing undeclared radioactive material and impeding an international inspector's work, Politico reports.
During a special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors on Thursday, representatives discussed an undeclared site outside Tehran that Israeli officials say holds an illegal stockpile of nuclear materials.
Though the details of the board's discussion were not publicly available, unnamed senior Israeli officials told The Associated Press the site housed undeclared nuclear material. The officials also said there were several other secret nuclear facilities run by the Iranian Defense Ministry outside its civilian program, the AP reported.
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In his Friday night statement, Pompeo said that if Iran does have undeclared nuclear materials, it undermines the basis of the Iran nuclear deal negotiated under former Secretary of State John Kerry. Pompeo has repeatedly argued the deal struck by the Obama administration — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — did not adequately deter Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
"If true, the declarations upon which Secretary Kerry anchored the JCPOA are — once again — proven to be both false and fraudulent," Pompeo said. Iran has denied Israel's claims.
