Kerry: ‘Impossible’ for Iran To Get Rid of Nuclear Material in 24 Days

KERRY: “Harold, first of all, we have a number of restraints, in the agreement itself, and outside of the agreement, that prevent the Iranians, or allegedly prevent the Iranians, it hasn’t been enforced adequately, and that’s something the president is going to double down on, is making certain that the UN resolutions that prohibit the flow of weapons to Hezbollah, for instance, that’s outside of this agreement, and we will enforce that. The flow of weapons to the Iraqi Shia militia, that is a UN resolution separate from this agreement. The flow of weapons to the Houthis in Yemen, that is separate from this agreement. And if those are properly enforced, Iran can be held accountable for its choices in the future. But with respect to the 24 days, I’ve heard so many kind of, you know, off the wall comments about, well they can flush it down the toilet, or it can disappear in that period of time. We are talking about fissile material, nuclear material, enriched material. You cannot make a bomb without enriched material. And fissile material cannot be hidden in a span of 24 days, 24 months, 24 years. This is something that can’t be eradicated, and our Energy Department and Intel community has done experiments checking on ways to get rid of it. It’s impossible to do. We are confident that those 24 days are really a process. They’re not an end time -- they’re not a -- they’re not -- it’s not a requirement that it be 24 days. There’s a 24-hour notification, and technically, we could get access within 24 hours after that. But the key here is that our technical people, our experts, are absolutely convinced that nothing can be hidden in that span of time that presents a threat.”