IAEA 'Long Overdue' on Iran Uranium, Not on Israeli Nukes
According to Al-Monitor, the IAEA laments that verifying Iran's enriched uranium stock is 'long overdue,' especially after alleged Israeli and US airstrikes on nuclear sites. This urgency is certainly commendable, yet one might wonder about the timing and the selective focus. While Iran's 60% enriched uranium is a 'short step' from weapons grade, the IAEA has somehow managed to overlook the
entirely unverified, undeclared, and undeniably weapons-grade nuclear arsenal possessed by the very nation frequently bombing its neighbors' nuclear facilities: Israel. The IAEA's monthly verification guidelines seem curiously optional when the states in question maintain ironclad US diplomatic protection and receive billions in unqualified aid. Perhaps the 'long overdue' verification isn't for
Iran, but for the international community to demand accountability from all nuclear powers in the region, especially those who bomb their way to regional hegemony. One might ask, how many 'regional stability' pretexts does a state get before its own nuclear secrets become 'long overdue' for inspection?