blue printing. incriminating photos. incriminating videos. and more. we ve shared this material with the united states and the united states can vouch for its authtensity. and we ll share it with the other countries the atomic international agency. we ll tell you the history of the material. we have known for years that iran had a secret nuclear program called project amad. we can prove it was a comprehensive program to design, build and test nuclear weapons. we can also prove that iran is secretly storing project amad material to use at a time of its choice to develop nuclear weapons. this is what project amad s
a couple of days. why are the gaps suddenly opened? you had three months ago an agreement in switzerland that was supposed to provide a stepping stone to the final agreement right now. what happened in the past week the supreme leader of iran declared a new set of red lines for iran which rolled back the agreement. the agreement which said atomic international agency the nuclear watch dog would have access to sites in iran to verify the deal. the supreme leader in iran said that is not on. he said he did not agree to the limits on the iran nuclear research and development part of the deal and issues about sanctions. he wants them lifted immediately. all of these were things that were understood as part of the negotiations three months ago. that is part of the gaps. the foreign minister went back to tehran last night.
route from a hospital over to a nuclear storage facility. the director general of the atomic international agency specifically referenced this stuff in a speech he said. materials, such as cobalt 60 could beoused long conventional explosives to make so- called dirty bombs. a dirty bomb could cause mass panic and serious economic and environmental consequences. the un agency continues to say that there are more than hundred thefts and incidents regarding nuclear waste and material reported to that agency every single year. bill we don t know if it was a targeted threat or someone who stole a truck and had no idea what the cargo was. thank you, casy. and meanwhile, the
other unite the nations have tried this before with little success. in a surprise move a top iranian official said he s, quote, optimistic put outcome of their inspectors there for a three-day visit. iran s president recently agreeing to return to the negotiating table. that was shortly after the european union made their embargo threat. steven is live from washington. steve. try to figure all this out. the iranian foreign minister saying he s optimistic about the visit but the parliament seem to be threatening the u.n. inspectors or else. and the president said he s open for talks but at the same time threatening to block oil shipments. this is the confusing back talk to a visit that began today by the chief inspector of the atomic international agency and five other experts. they are in iran to check out the status of iran s nuclear program. is it only for peaceful purposes or could it also be used to
build nuclear weapons. the iaea said in november there s reason to believe in the nuclear weapons scenario and wants clarification. we were told that iran will engage with us on the our concerns regarding the possible military program. so we are look forward to a start of a dialogue. the inspection comes one week after the european union threatened to stop bing iranian oil. just the latest in a tightening web of international sanctions against eye ran. experts say iran will try to control what these inspectors see on his visit but that the team might still uncover useful evidence. meantime a key u.s. lawmaker said the u.n. inspections simply allow iran to continue stalling. when you bring the iaea in will you say we are going to start talks, that s just buying iran time. we should be very, very cautious about taking our foot off the gas anytime soon. they could end this tomorrow by