Be it through murders, Kidnapping, Virus attacks or sanctions, a careful and well coordinated stealth Programme is on to Jeopardise years of nuclear capability building by Iran. Is the US, along with its allies, drawing itself into another long drawn misdirected war? Is the hype being built about Iran’s supposed nuke ambitions even real?
UN (on December 23, 2006) banned the supply of nuclear-related materials and technology and froze the assets of key individuals and companies related to Iran’s nuclear program. On March 24, 2007, UN imposed an arms embargo and expanded the freeze on Iranian assets, which on March 3, 2008, was further extended to the activities of Iranian banks, aircraft and movement of individuals through their territory. The recent sanctions passed by EU (June 17, 2011) on Iran involve the prohibition of investments by EU countries in oil and gas projects, as well as the transfer of technology and equipment. The Obama administration has further imposed new sanctions (June 24, 2011) against Iran’s largest air carrier accusing it of supporting terrorism and nuclear activities.
Yet, there is no hard evidence that IAEA or the US has been able to present to the global community. There has been a lot of hype, statements and political posturing. But evidence (of Iran attempting to divert nuclear resources for weapons), as in the Iraqi misadventure, none! Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh wrote in The New Yorker in June 2011 that “the two most recent US National Intelligence Estimates on Iranian nuclear progress have stated that there is no conclusive evidence that Iran has made any effort to build the bomb since 2003.” Similar is the tune of former director general of IAEA and Noble Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei, who said recently, “I don’t believe Iran is a clear and present danger. All I see is the hype about the threat posed by Iran.” Then why are the US and other agencies still bent on misrepresenting and perhaps even sabotaging Iranian nuclear ambitions?
The US fears that once a country like Iran has acquired nuclear know-how, to consider it to follow the Japanese path in rejecting nuclear weapon ambitions, would be both churlish and childish. The US believes that if not now, Iran will go ahead and arm itself with nuclear weapons in the future. The only way America thinks it would be able to move against future Iranian ambitions is to sabotage Iran’s currently peaceful nuclear energy generation attempts. This, combined with the false media hype about Iran attempting nuclear weaponization, would be enough for the US to force the UN to put a complete stop to Iran’s nuclear energy generation programme. In other words, expect very soon that the UN would move a resolution to this effect. Like we mentioned, Iraq redux!
Yet, there is no hard evidence that IAEA or the US has been able to present to the global community. There has been a lot of hype, statements and political posturing. But evidence (of Iran attempting to divert nuclear resources for weapons), as in the Iraqi misadventure, none! Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh wrote in The New Yorker in June 2011 that “the two most recent US National Intelligence Estimates on Iranian nuclear progress have stated that there is no conclusive evidence that Iran has made any effort to build the bomb since 2003.” Similar is the tune of former director general of IAEA and Noble Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei, who said recently, “I don’t believe Iran is a clear and present danger. All I see is the hype about the threat posed by Iran.” Then why are the US and other agencies still bent on misrepresenting and perhaps even sabotaging Iranian nuclear ambitions?
The US fears that once a country like Iran has acquired nuclear know-how, to consider it to follow the Japanese path in rejecting nuclear weapon ambitions, would be both churlish and childish. The US believes that if not now, Iran will go ahead and arm itself with nuclear weapons in the future. The only way America thinks it would be able to move against future Iranian ambitions is to sabotage Iran’s currently peaceful nuclear energy generation attempts. This, combined with the false media hype about Iran attempting nuclear weaponization, would be enough for the US to force the UN to put a complete stop to Iran’s nuclear energy generation programme. In other words, expect very soon that the UN would move a resolution to this effect. Like we mentioned, Iraq redux!
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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