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The IAEA's Failure to Inspect All Iranian Nuclear Sites

(JNS) Jonathan S. Tobin - When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued what seemed like a blockbuster revelation at the UN General Assembly about a new Iranian nuclear site that was not being monitored by international inspectors, the reaction from the world body and the mainstream media was one of indifference. When he displayed a photo of a heretofore unknown Iranian nuclear site, the reaction from those who claim to care about nonproliferation was apathetic silence. You would think that the body that deals with nuclear questions - the International Atomic Energy Agency - would have jumped on the latest revelation about Iran from Israel's formidable intelligence operatives. But rather than vow to inspect this site, the IAEA dismissed Netanyahu's claim. Yet anyone who believes the Iranian denial that anything fishy is going on there is taking quite a gamble not just with Israel's security, but that of the world. This site that won't be inspected is just more proof that the U.S. is right to throw out a deal that can't be verified and that will eventually lead to an Iranian weapon anyway once it expires. Even if the world isn't prepared to listen to Netanyahu, the truth about the Iranian threat cannot be ignored any longer.
2018-10-05 00:00:00
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