Beyond Nukes: Loophole in Deal Will Allow Iran to Amass Dangerous Arms Stockpile

The Iranian flag outside the UN building that hosts the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria (Ronald Zak/AP)

By    |   Tuesday, 16 July 2019 12:35 PM EDT ET

Iran's uranium-enrichment activities have outraged President Donald Trump and other global leaders, but next year's expiration of a clause that hasn't been a political focus will allow Tehran to stockpile millions of conventional weapons. That scenario is gradually drawing more alarm, national security experts tell Newsmax.

Those weapons, from guns to tanks, could be used to arm Tehran for any military conflict — and the possibility of a heavily fortified Tehran was critical in Trump scuttling the Obama-era deal last year and re-imposing crippling sanctions.

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The expiration next year of a clause that hasn't been a political focus will allow Iran to stockpile millions of conventional weapons, national security experts tell Newsmax.
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