Secret Side Deal Allows Iran to Pick Nuke Inspectors

If you thought the Iran nuclear deal sounded bad before, it just got even worse. New revelations about the White House nuclear deal with the Islamic republic have critics up in arms.

It has been learned that Iran will be allowed to use its own inspectors to investigate a site it has been accused of using to develop nuclear arms.

Under a secret agreement with the U.N. agency that would normally do the inspections, an Iranian-picked inspection team would investigate the Parchin nuclear site. That site has been linked to persistent allegations of secret nuclear weapons work.

U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby defended the plan.

"We're confident in the agency's technical plans for investigating the possible military dimensions of Iran's former program -- issues that in some cases date back more than a decade," Kirby said. "Just as importantly, the IAEA is comfortable with arrangements."

But House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce said that was unacceptable.

"International inspections should be done by international inspectors. Period," he said.

President Barack Obama, who said the deal with Iran is the strongest agreement ever negotiated, insisted that the strength of the accord was that it was not built on trust of the Iranians, but on reliable inspections.

However, it's doubtful critics will think Iranian-picked inspectors will be reliable.

In Israel, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said the deal represents a "clear and present danger" to Israel and the United States.

"The Iranians have made it very clear for 36 years that their intention is not only to wipe Israel off the face of the map--their words--but also to bring death to America," he said.

This new revelation will only increase opposition to the deal with Iran.