The absence of trust between Iran and the West leads directly to the second obstacle to a comprehensive agreement: verification and monitoring. The central issue in these negotiations, around which everything else revolves, concerns Iran’s “breakout capability” – the time it would need, within the framework of any agreement with the West, to renege and build a nuclear weapon.
伊朗和西方间欠缺信任也直接导致了达成全面协议的另一个障碍：那就是核查和监测措施。谈判中的一切都围绕伊朗“突破能力”这一核心问题。具体来讲，就是伊朗在西方协议框架下会用多长时间背信弃义制造出核武器。如何监管才能确保伊朗遵守协议规定，并发现可能突破的蛛丝马迹？