Iran’s Foreign Ministry has reiterated that they are rejecting the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) allegations about the Parchin Military Base’s putative links to its nuclear program.
“These statements have no technical basis,” noted Foreign Minister Ali Salehi. “Anyone who has expertise in this area knows that these statements are mere pretexts and that one cannot clean a site.”
The IAEA is claiming in its new report that Iran’s alterations to the site, which is a key conventional missile site, are an attempt to hamper investigations. Earlier this month they were railing about the appearance of an unexplained tarp at the site.
Iran granted the IAEA access to the site in 2005, but has been reluctant to open it up unconditionally, fearing that Western IAEA inspectors will use such a visit as an opportunity to spy on Iran’s conventional military activities, something that is supposed to be outside of their purview and is the primary reason why the IAEA is generally kept from conventional military sites.
So now all the people who have used the IAEA as proof Iran isn’t pursuing nuclear weapons must go along with this new report, I would assume that they might be reluctant to use the IAEA in the future after this latest report but perhaps not. Iran’s capability to make a nuclear bomb has nothing at all to do with the West’s bellicose stance with Iran and everything to do with oil. Where are those WMD that Iraq was supposed to have? Of course this is long forgotten that Iraq had no WMD. But it’s never look back, only to the future as Obama loves to say. Israel is a side-show along with Iran’s nuclear program. Even if Iran did have a nuclear bomb it is no great threat to anyone. Israel has nuclear bombs, everyone knows this. Perhaps we should invade Israel and bring regime change there. It would certainly be a step towards peace in the Middle East if Israel was rendered toothless. The greatest threat in the Middle East is Israel, not Iran. But then we live in a fantasy world where everything is turned upside down.
Amazing. They didn't have to allow the IAEA there (with spies no doubt) but did. Now the same group is whining about it?
Not at all "something that is supposed to be outside of their purview" but actually "something that is outside of their purview"; you mustn't giv'em an inch. As I understand it, Iran allowed a visit to Parchin but was under no obligation to do so; what was a voluntary trust-building concession is now being presented to the world as a sacrosanct right – so much for gratitude!