[What happened to all this lithium?]

Iran claims to have discovered 8.5 million-ton lithium deposit

The new discovery is the second largest in the world, amounting to almost a tenth of the world’s lithium.

March 7, 2023

The Iranian government claims it has discovered a massive deposit of lithium, potentially holding 8.5 million tons of the rare element.

Mohammad Hadi Ahmadi, an official at Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, announced the discovery on Iranian state television. He added that this was the first lithium deposit found in the mountainous Hamedan province in the west of Iran.

If the 8.5 million-ton estimate is accurate, this means Iran now holds the second-largest lithium reserve in the world. It will be the largest deposit outside of South America, second only to a 9.2 million-ton deposit in Chile. With global lithium reserves estimated at 89 million tons, Iran may now possess almost one tenth of the world’s lithium supply.

https://www.mining-technology.com/news/iran-discovers-major-lithium-deposit/?cf-view

Israel Refuse IAEA Inspections As Secret Nuclear Program Exposed; ‘Samson Option’ Pointing Nukes At US Cities

Jun 14,2025

International scrutiny is mounting over Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program, as the country continues to reject inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and remains one of the very few nations that refuses to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Despite global calls for transparency, Israel maintains a strict policy of nuclear ambiguity and is the only country with an undeclared nuclear arsenal that has refused IAEA oversight, raising questions about global double standards in nuclear policy.

Israel has long been believed to possess nuclear weapons, but has never confirmed their existence. Analysts estimate Israel has between 80 and 400 nuclear warheads, based on satellite imagery, intelligence reports, and insider accounts. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) estimates about 90 warheads as of 2023.

Matt Gaetz

@mattgaetz

If the world is interested in secret nuclear programs in the Middle East, there is a country that doesn’t allow ANY IAEA inspectors:

It’s Israel.

In 1986, Mordechai Vanunu, a technician at Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility, leaked photos and documents to The Sunday Times detailing Israel’s covert weapons program. He was subsequently kidnapped by Israeli agents, tried in secret, and imprisoned.

According to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, Israel maintains a doctrine known as the “Samson Option”, which implies the potential for a last-resort nuclear retaliation, targeting major cities in the US and Europe, should the state face annihilation.

Hersh’s book The Samson Option (1991) detailed how this posture serves as both deterrent and geopolitical leverage, and as a form of nuclear blackmail over so-called allies.

Israel’s refusal to sign the NPT makes it the only Middle Eastern country that does not respect its disarmament and inspection commitments. The IAEA has confirmed that Israel does not allow inspections of its nuclear sites.

In contrast, nations like Iran — which is an NPT signatory — face routine inspections and sanctions based on far less definitive evidence of nuclear weapons development. Critics argue this discrepancy highlights a dangerous double standard in international enforcement.

Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter has called this “a blatant hypocrisy that undermines nonproliferation

https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/israel-refuse-iaea-inspections-as-secret-nuclear-program-exposed-samson-option-pointing-nukes-at-us-cities/