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Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/14/the-european-union-sees-irans-rulers-through-rose-/
The EU Views Iran through Rose-Colored Glasses
(Washington Times) Clifford May - Olli Heinonen, who served at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for 27 years, including as its deputy director general and as head of its Department of Safeguards, says that the IAEA "has not confirmed that Iran's nuclear program remains exclusively peaceful." Heinonen noted that Iran has not been dismantling its nuclear program, but instead "proceeds with the development of new centrifuges, piles up uranium (yellow cake), and is quietly building infrastructure." He added that the nuclear archive recently smuggled out of Tehran by Israel's Mossad "casts a long shadow of doubt over Iran's intentions." Yet the EU insists upon viewing Iran through rose-colored glasses - whitewashing or ignoring their malevolent and illicit activities. Even crimes committed on European soil, such as the foiled plot to bomb a gathering in Paris of Iranian dissidents in exile, have failed to make an impact. The writer is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.