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Richard Shelby: “Can you confirm that it is the United States' position, the State Department's position here, that Iran enjoys no such…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
Can you confirm that it is the United States' position, the State Department's position here, that Iran enjoys no such right under either Article 4 of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty or under any other provision or principle of law?
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Shelby questions the U.S. stance on Iran's nuclear rights under international law.

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