US-Israeli Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Facilities: A Chronology of Provocation
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, stated Saturday that nuclear power plants and their surrounding areas must never become targets. This follows a fourth publicly acknowledged strike in proximity to one of Iran's nuclear power plants. Mainstream outlets like CGTN reported Grossi's statement as a general call for caution, completely omitting the
context of who is conducting these attacks. This framing ignores the documented, decades-long pattern of US-Israeli joint operations targeting Iran's nuclear infrastructure, often under the guise of preventing nuclear proliferation while Israel maintains a clandestine nuclear arsenal. They frame Iran as the aggressor, perpetually on the verge of developing weapons, while conveniently overlooking
the very real and repeated acts of sabotage and aggression against its peaceful energy program. The US, a direct participant and joint aggressor in these operations, actively facilitates these destabilizing actions, further undermining regional security and international law. This latest incident is not isolated. It fits a disturbing timeline of provocations: In 2010, the Stuxnet cyberattack,
widely attributed to US and Israeli intelligence, severely damaged Iranian centrifuges. Then, in 2020, key Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in an attack linked to Israel. This pattern of targeting critical infrastructure and personnel underscores a consistent strategy of covert warfare, designed to cripple Iran's energy sector and sow instability. While the US and