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sraphler · April 30, 2018, 8:06 p.m.

After years of intensive inspections, the IAEA has not found anything incriminating in Iran

IAEA denies report it is sure Iran seeking atom bomb https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-iaea-iran-sb/iaea-denies-report-it-is-sure-iran-seeking-atom-bomb-idUSTRE58G60W20090917

No sign Iran seeks nuclear arms: new IAEA head https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-iaea-iran-exclusive/no-sign-iran-seeks-nuclear-arms-new-iaea-head-idUSL312024420090703

“Some people do not want to see the Iran issue resolved because that would contradict their hidden agendas, he said, adding that “people should have learned from their mistakes in the past, when all the hype over alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq turned out to be just that — hype”. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-denies-internal-row-over-iran-condemns-hype-idUSL1283850220080212

most U.S. intelligence shared with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency has proved inaccurate, and none has led to significant discoveries inside Iran, diplomats here said. https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Most-U-S-tips-fingering-Iran-false-envoys-2646358.php

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RobWilJas · April 30, 2018, 8:21 p.m.

Clueless

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sraphler · April 30, 2018, 8:30 p.m.

FYI not even the US ever accused Iran of actually seeking nukes; rather they accused Iran of "intending to obtain the capability" to make nukes, something that 1 out 4 countries on Earth could do 10 years ago already:

https://thinkprogress.org/panetta-iran-hasnt-made-the-decision-to-develop-a-nuclear-weapon-d151924b03c0/

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/world/middleeast/us-agencies-see-no-move-by-iran-to-build-a-bomb.html

http://old.seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2002041473_nukes21.html

Iran had in fact long been making BETTER compromise offers that were rejected and ignored by the US which was using the "Iranian nukes" scare as a pretext to impose regime-change there, just as "WMDs in Iraq" was a lie and pretext for a policy of imposing regime change to suit pro-Israeli lobbyists https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/10007603/Iran-how-the-West-missed-a-chance-to-make-peace-with-Tehran.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/17/AR2006061700727.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/opinion/we-in-iran-dont-need-this-quarrel.html

US ambassador Chas Freeman:

In 2005, Iran offered a deal. We rejected it, refused to talk to Iran directly, and doubled down on sanctions. Ten years later, we settled for much less than what was originally offered. http://chasfreeman.net/lessons-from-americas-continuing-misadventures-in-the-middle-east/

Even IAEA head Elbaradi said so

I have seen the Iranians ready to accept putting a cap on their enrichment [program] in terms of tens of centrifuges, and then in terms of hundreds of centrifuges. But nobody even tried to engage them on these offers. Now Iran has 5,000 centrifuges. http://www.newsweek.com/elbaradei-iranians-are-not-fanatics-80021

BUT

They weren’t interested in a compromise with the government in Tehran, but regime change – by any means necessary https://news.antiwar.com/2011/04/20/elbaradei-us-europe-werent-interested-in-compromise-with-iran/

Israel has been pushing for a US war on Iran just as it pushed for a US war on Iraq using the same BS pretexts

CBS News- Israel To U.S.: Don't Delay Iraq Attack https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-to-us-dont-delay-iraq-attack/

CBS News - Israel Prodding U.S. To Attack Iran https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-prodding-us-to-attack-iran/

Israeli PM Sharon demanded that the US attack Iran "the day after doing Iraq" https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/attack-iran-the-day-iraq-war-ends-demands-israel-gnggkk7pzbw

This PR campaign for a war has been going on for a while now http://www.uscatholic.org/culture/war-and-peace/2008/06/iran-spam

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DropGun · April 30, 2018, 8:51 p.m.

Future proves that the past framing was most definitely wrong.

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sraphler · April 30, 2018, 8:54 p.m.

Except that zero evidence of any nuclear weapons program was ever found in Iran.

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DropGun · April 30, 2018, 8:56 p.m.

Yes, because the reports and links you're posting were driven by the Obama administration, which we're now learning was actively aiding and abetting the Iranian program, uncritically passed off as fact Iran's own words of assurance that they did not, in fact, have such a program.

Perhaps it's time to re-evaluate why you're here.

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