- Fri Apr 22, 2016 3:28 pm
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US to buy 32 metric tons of nuclear material from Iran, State Dept announces. Iran sent the heavy water to Oman en route to its final destination: the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Secretary of State John Kerry was set to meet with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in New York City Friday afternoon. A State Dept. delegation is also meeting in Vienna today with Iran and six world powers to discuss the nuclear deal and sign the contract moving the purchase forward. The Dept. of Energy is buying the material in part because few other shoppers are stepping up and making an offer.Is there any doubt Obama is helping Iran develop nuclear weapons?
Critics argue this was part of Iran's plan all along. "Iran has created a clever scheme – produce too much heavy water so as to break the nuclear agreement, then get the Obama administration and eventually US companies to pay Tehran to get rid of it. Rinse, repeat," Foundation for Defense of Democracies Executive Director Mark Dubowitz responded.
