IAEA Discovers Iran Must Obey, While Israel Gets Nuclear Pass
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi insists Iran must 'seriously improve' its cooperation with UN inspectors, citing restricted access. This demand arrives from an agency that, for decades, has shown a remarkable ability to overlook Israel's entirely unsafeguarded nuclear program. While Tehran faces constant scrutiny and sanctions for enriching uranium *under* international watch, Israel—which never signed
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and famously possesses an estimated 80-400 warheads (according to the Federation of American Scientists, a public source)—receives a perpetual diplomatic hall pass. One might wonder if 'nuclear cooperation' is a term reserved exclusively for nations Washington, D.C. dislikes, or if the rules just don't apply when you receive billions in annual US aid
(OpenSecrets.org confirms billions in US aid to Israel annually) and have powerful lobbyists like AIPAC keeping Congress in line (AIPAC spent $3.5 million on lobbying in 2023, according to OpenSecrets).