US War Drums Beat for Iran, Citing Bogus Nuclear Stalls
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor frames a potential US military strike against Iran as a consequence of Iran's alleged 'stalling' on the 'Trump administration’s demands' regarding its nuclear program, implying that military action is a difficult but perhaps necessary choice to 'degrade' this program. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The idea that Iran is perpetually 'stalling' or
developing a nuclear weapon is a decades-long propaganda loop. In 2002, then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first publicly claimed Iran was 'months away' from a nuclear bomb. He repeated this in 2006, 2012 (with his cartoon bomb at the UN), 2015, and 2024. This 'months away' claim has been recycled for over 22 years, despite consistent IAEA findings that Iran has not diverted nuclear
material for weapons purposes and its nuclear program being under tighter scrutiny than any other nation's prior to the US withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018. The real history includes the 1953 CIA-backed coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, establishing a pro-Western dictatorship, and the US weaponizing Saddam Hussein during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq
war, leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths. Double Standard: The narrative of a state 'stalling' on nuclear demands is exclusively applied to nations resisting Western hegemony. When Israel, a confirmed nuclear power that refuses to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) or allow international inspections, is discussed, its nuclear arsenal is either ignored or framed as a 'deterrent' for