The International Community Must Halt Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
The International Community Must Halt Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, recently made a statement in an interview with Iran’s state-owned Channel 2, regarding the Iran nuclear deal, saying it has done nothing to stop Iran from making advances in its nuclear program. He boasted, “If we have to go back and withdraw from the nuclear deal, we certainly do not go back to where we were before … We will be standing in a much, much higher position.”
Reports about Iran’s nuclear progress also indicate that Iran is on the threshold of modernizing its mechanism for producing highly enriched uranium that can be used to build a nuclear weapon. In fact, the Iranian government is bragging that it is exploring new uranium enrichment programs and the production of centrifuges. Salehi has also said, “Thank God, the tests on the IR4 and IR2M (centrifuges) have been completed. They were tested for over 12 years. Today we have all the data, and we can easily manufacture them on an industrial scale.”
Warnings about Iran’s nuclear activities have been circulating in the international community. The annual report of Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, revealed that the Iranian government has obtained illicit nuclear technology and equipment from German companies “at what is, even by international standards, a quantitatively high level.” The report also stated that “it is safe to expect that Iran will continue its intensive procurement activities in Germany using clandestine methods to achieve its objectives.”
Iran’s disregard for the regulations its officials are supposed to be following was displayed when they held onto more heavy water than was allowed.
Because the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has verified that Iran and its nuclear program are not pursuing any illicit nuclear activities, some promote the idea of taking a gentler stance. However, the IAEA was not allowed to inspect or monitor Iran’s military sites. Various high-profile Iranian sites such as the Parchin military complex, southeast of Tehran, were free to engage in nuclear activities without the risk of inspection.
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