Can Iran use the money Obama is giving it to buy a nuke from the Norks?

Washington Free Beacon:
Iran’s nuclear relationship with North Korea is likely to grow due to a recent nuclear accord, according to experts and members of Congress, who warned in a hearing that loopholes in the deal would facilitate illicit trade between the rogue countries.

Iran and North Korea have long cooperated on the nuclear front, sharing nuclear technology and ballistic missile construction plans. Reports over the years have indicated that Iranian officials were present for missile launchings in North Korea and that officials from both countries remain in close contact.

Other reports have indicated that Iran houses parts of its nuclear infrastructure within North Korea in order to hide progress and perform testing away from Western inspectors.

While the nuclear deal is meant to dampen such ties, lawmakers and experts warned Tuesday that the deal contains a range of loopholes that will help Tehran and Pyongyang race forward with their nuclear cooperation.

The nuclear accord “creates conditions and incentives that are highly likely to result in the expansion of what is already an extensive and profoundly dangerous Iran-North Korea partnership in proliferation,” Claudia Rosett, journalist-in-residence for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), testified before lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

As economic sanctions are lifted on Tehran, providing billions of dollars in assets for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other entities, Iran and North Korea will be presented with an opportunity to boost their illicit dealings, according to Rosett and others who testified.
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There is nothing in the deal that would permit inspection of their nuclear facilities in North Korea.  With the 24 day notice requirement they would have plenty of time to hide a Nork bomb elsewhere within Iran.   As more thoughtful people look closely at this deal it looks worse and worse.

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