{"id":235860,"date":"2021-03-05T11:24:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T16:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=235860"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:08:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:08:20","slug":"iran-deserves-much-farther-reaching-nuclear-censure-than-it-is-likely-to-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/blog\/op-ed\/iran-deserves-much-farther-reaching-nuclear-censure-than-it-is-likely-to-get\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Deserves Much Farther-Reaching Nuclear Censure Than It Is Likely To Get"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"IAEA:<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

By: Alejo Vidal Quadras<\/strong><\/p>\n

The International Atomic Energy Agency was considering a resolution to censure the Iranian regime formally. According to those who have seen a draft that was circulated by the three European signatories of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the resolution would have focused on recent IAEA revelations about the presence of uranium particles at three sites that Iran had not previously identified as having played a role in the country\u2019s nuclear program<\/a>. But there are many other markers of Iran\u2019s deceptions and malign ambitions which could just as easily be highlighted and should be. At the last-minute, Britain, France, and Germany decided not to present a resolution.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the international community appears to be giving little attention to some of the most important examples, such as recent comments from Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi, which threaten to undermine longstanding narratives about Iran\u2019s willingness to embrace restrictions on its nuclear program.<\/p>\n

In the past, certain Western policymakers have openly supported the Iranian regime\u2019s claim that those restrictions were actually redundant since Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had issued a fatwa stating that nuclear weapons were contrary to Islam and should not be sought by his government. On February 4, Alavi cited that fatwa while speaking to Iranian state media but did so only with the intention of shifting blame away from Iran and toward its foreign adversaries in advance of the regime actively pursuing the weapons that Khamenei had supposedly banned.<\/p>\n

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#Iran<\/a>'s Minister of Intelligence and Security Mahmoud Alavi frankly threatens the international community about the proliferation of #NuclearWeapons<\/a>.
"We do not pursue nuclear weapons, but if foreigners pushed us, this is their fault," he said in an interview with state-run TV. pic.twitter.com\/qFEZgKWKNW<\/a><\/p>\n

— Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) February 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n