Forever seeing provocations in minor behavior changes, western diplomats are complaining that in recent weeks, Iran has been restricting IAEA access to nuclear sites for inspections. They termed this to be Iran “provoking us.”
In reality, Iran’s provisions of access to the IAEA are determined by a monitoring deal, and that deal has been scaled back as part of Iran limiting voluntary compliance during the Vienna talks. Even then, the reports are that this is having little impact on the IAEA, to the point that the IAEA is refusing to even comment on it.
Officially, when Iran has had to put off an inspectors’ visit, Iran has said it was because of security concerns related to Israeli sabotage attacks. The diplomats see this as an excuse, but in practice Israel has been very publicly trying to sabotage Iranian sites, and this is no doubt a very real concern for Iran.
Indeed, Israeli sabotage attacks are not only a reason for heightened Iranian security going forward, but also a big part of why Iran has scaled back international cooperation in protest. This is a major ongoing concern, and assuring Iranian security from Israeli attacks would be a big way of returning to a normal monitoring schedule.
This is one of the reasons I read AntiWar.com every day. I’m glad to see that Iran has made a clear connection between their security and the JPCOA. Until Israel is brought to heel, the Iranians have nothing to cooperate on.
One would have to be a modern day Helen Keller to not understand what is going on.
Israel is the dog in the manger of international comity, the primary obstacle to peace and progress. Washington and Whitehall are abjectly subservient to Zionism. The secular Power Elite, who’s religion is Darwin, are even zealots for it. Our only hope is BDS.