Iran Retaliates Against Imperial Tool IAEA

by Stephen Lendman

On Wednesday, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Behrouz Kamalvandi, announced the following:

"(T)he (pro-Western imperial tool) IAEA's behavior was not a proper response to such cooperation (between all parties)."

"We accordingly chose to cease part of our cooperation that was outside the safeguards agreement…including the operation of the IAEA's surveillance cameras for the On-Line Enrichment Monitor (OLEM) as well as the flow meter."

"We plan other steps."

"We expect them to come to their senses, and reciprocate to Iran's cooperation."

"It is not acceptable for Iran to continue cooperation, whilst the other side does not show proper behavior."

Head of the Islamic Republic's AEOI, Mohammad Eslami, stressed that "Iran has no hidden or undocumented nuclear activities, (no) undisclosed sites."

"(F)ake (made-in-the-USA/West/Israel) documents seek to maintain (unacceptable) maximum pressure."

Commenting on a resolution to the IAEA by the US and E3 that defied reality by calling on Iran "to fulfill its legal obligations" fully complied with — in stark contrast to what the empire of lies, Britain, France and Germany flagrantly breached, Eslami added:

"This…move by (their regimes) against Iran is political" without legitimacy.

The Islamic Republic fully "cooperat(es)" with the IAEA on all nuclear related issues.

A further Iranian response will be forthcoming now that the agency rubber-stamped the US/E3's resolution. See below.

There's no ambiguity about Iran's legitimate nuclear program with no military component.

Yet it's the most intensively monitored nation in the world for political reasons.

In stark contrast, hegemon USA, the UK, France and nuclear armed and dangerous Israel let no inspectors anywhere near what they want kept hidden from public view, no matter how illegal.

These nations and complicit Western ones threaten world peace and stability — while nonbelligerent Iran threatens no one.

Yet the empire of lies and apartheid Israel falsely claim that Iran's legitimate nuclear program poses a "grave threat" to regional and international security (sic).

An earlier US/Jewish state joint statement stressed "the need to confront all aspects of the (nonexistent) threat posed by Iran (sic), including its (non-military) nuclear program (sic), (nonexistent) destabilizing activities in the region (sic), and (nonexistent) support for terrorist proxy groups (sic)."

All of the above threats apply to US-dominated NATO and apartheid Israel.

Yet the Biden and Naftali Bennett regimes vowed "to ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon" it doesn't seek, never did, and wants eliminated before these WMDs eliminate us.

At this time, Iran turned off two CCTV cameras at its nuclear facilities, AEOI Vice Chairman Behrouz Kamalvandi saying the following:

"In accordance with the Strategic Law on the Lifting of Sanctions approved by (Iran's Parliament), we…turn(ed) off all beyond-Safeguards cameras that were recording data in our nuclear sites." 

"(N)o(ing) (further will) be recorded (on them) from now on."

"Iran cannot be cooperative while the agency displays unreasonable behavior" — in cahoots with the US-dominated West and Jewish state, adding:

The IAEA was only permitted access to what these cameras recorded if the US and E3 returned to JCPOA compliance as mandated by Security Council Res. 2231.

This didn't happen since talks to bring the West back into compliance began in April 2021 — because the US and E3 sabotaged them.

The JCPOA is effectively dead because the Biden regime and E3 vassals intended this outcome all along — while falsely pretending otherwise.

A Final Comment

On Wednesday, the IAEA board of governors overwhelmingly rubber-stamped the US/E3 resolution as expected.

In response, a joint US, UK, French and German statement welcomed the move — while continuing to falsely pretend that Iran isn't addressing "serious and outstanding safeguards issues relating to (its) obligations under its NPT-required safeguards agreement (sic)."

Reality is polar opposite the above Big Lie.

Like countless times before, the empire of lies and its Western vassals falsely blamed a nonbelligerent, nonthreatening, law-abiding nation for their own flagrant wrongdoing.

Once again the lesson is clear.

US/Western regimes can never be trusted.

Dealing with them diplomatically is a colossal waste of time.

Whatever they may agree to isn't worth the paper it's written on.

They consistently say or agree to one thing, then go another way in pursuit of their diabolical aims.