IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi often makes things with regard to the Iran nuclear program sound worse than they really are, and today accused Iran of “galloping ahead,” though it’s clear he’s not in a position to know that.
The specifics make it clear that Grossi is upset at lack of monitoring access, and lack of oversight, and that for all he knows Iran might well have advanced its activities a lot.
Special monitoring deals are not in place right now, and Grossi warned they might need such agreements in the future to just figure out what’s going on right now, let alone in the future. He has failed to negotiate such agreements time and again.
Without those agreements, the lack of visibility is entirely expected, and does not show that Iran is doing anything different. Grossi’s warning that time is running out on making a deal just echoes what other nations are saying, and he is forever an echo for the US-led reticence for diplomacy.
Ironically, all of the IAEA’s responsibilities would be greatly enhanced by a proper diplomatic deal and the restoration of sideline monitoring pacts, but Grossi’s comments must make Iran wonder if he can be trusted in the best of circumstances.
Yes, he’s parroting the Zionist “ticking bomb” made so famous by BB.
The story couldn’t get basic copy editing right, so expecting correct facts or impartial balance would be going WAY too far. Of course Iran must continue complying with a deal that they are not in, to reassure us they will not get nukes as their neighbors continue to do so with utter impunity. Because Israel and the US have big plans to attack Iran, and we insist our victims not be able to fight back. Starve first, bomb later.
So, this guy is part of the fuse for the bombing of Iran, eh? Be nice to check his bank transfers. He knows full well that Iran adheres to the real nuclear agreement, one that Iran is a signatory to (1968), also ratified (1970), and that is the NPT. The JCPOA was a nothing burger that we would be able to tear up, which we did during the Trump administration.
These distortions by Grossi, although unsurprising, are revealing about the non-neutral status of the IAEA in this regard. Keep it up, and no one is going to trust anything the IAEA puts out, no matter how innocuous and confirmed.
Why isn’t he bitching at America for ripping up a deal his own organization admits Iran was complying with? America openly declares war on Iranian civilians every day that they refuse to lift sanctions that disproportionately impact the young, the old, the weak, and the poor. I love how every brown person becomes a monster when they finally push back. History always starts with the second punch in the West.
Because U.N. is in New York. It should’ve been in Geneva, Switzerland.
1.Its Geneva.Genoa is in Italy. By the way, what should it matter what city the UN is? Enlighten us. How about New Dehli?
Thank you Grammar Police. It wont happen again.
You missed the point-whats so terrible about NYC vs Geneva or Genoa.
I am disappointed you haven’t figured it out yet…! US government totally controls UN…! UN is United Nations a peaceful organization that should be headquartered in a neutral country with little or no military… Swiss is an option but I preferred it to be in a non-European country such as Costa Rica…!
It’s How. A “Hoe” is something you use in a garden.
He complains because the government of Iran under the given circumstances considers itself to be bound by the regular non-proliferation treaty but not by the punitive JCPOA hence produces fuel for future nuclear reactors which it is now allowed to have?
The JCPOA has long been primarily a political and economic tool. President Biden is no longer pretending that it is a nuclear tool.
He is Trump with a smile.
Just more reasons to start WWIII. Trump trashed JCPOA to please AIPAC and his good friend Bibi to keep those Zionist funds coming into Wash. Americans are so oblivious to the evil going on in their gov. they are without hope of ever waking up, let alone doing something to stop the coming catastrophe.
Maybe the biblical prophecy of thousand year peace simply means there will be no more humanity left after WW3. Be careful what you wish for.
This special monitoring is totally volunteering on part of Iran…So now it is suspended and remain that way unless US makes the nuclear deal and guaranty its benefits to Iran…! Such statement from the puppet Grossi only serves Israel and encourages Iran to deviate further from NPT…!
Israel won that race years ago with their massive nuclear arsenal.