Posted on 05/18/2022 6:08:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
Iran has not been submitting to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency, tasked with ensuring United Nations compliance.
Iran is just weeks from having enough fissile material to power a nuclear bomb, while simultaneously completing the deployment of 1000 new centrifuges which will allow the regime to enrich its own uranium at an increasing pace, Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Gantz is warning.
The news Tuesday came as nuclear talks between Iran and world power, fueled by the United States and European Union have experienced an awkward pause as it appears the two sides are having trouble compromising.
“Iran continues to accumulate irreversible knowledge and experience in the development, research, production, and operation of advanced centrifuges,” Gantz said.
The centrifuges are to be used at a new underground facility in Natanz, around 200 miles south of Tehran, he said.
Iran has not been submitting to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency, tasked with ensuring United Nations compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action to prevent nuclear weapon development, Gantz said in a series of tweets.
Meanwhile, Iranian protesters are pouring out onto the streets in dozens of Iranian cities throughout the country for almost a week in what began as grievances over inflation and subsidy cuts and now has turned into a full-fledged political movement.
Iranian protesters are chanting “Death to Supreme Leader Khamenei!” And “Death to President Raisi!”
There is very little global attention, however, on the current political protests in Iran, mostly because world powers are focused on cutting a deal with Tehran and believe that publicly supporting a movement that is calling for the removal of the current government may be a deterrent for Iran’s regime.
Last month, Behrouz Kamalvandi, Iran’s nuclear program spokesman, said
the IAEA’s oversight camera feed from the Natanz site will be blocked if a new nuclear deal is not made.
The Iran regime in February had attempted to drop two drones by parachute into regions near Israel to supply terrorist organizations that attack Israel, Gantz added in a tweet. He said that the delivery had been intercepted.
The Israel Defense Forces are planning their largest ever military drill for the end of this month into June to practice a response should there be an attack from Iran. It will involve active and reserve IDF soldiers in the ground, navy, and air forces, and include simulated airstrikes on targets inside of Iran.
Defense Minister Gantz is set to visit the U.S. this week and meet with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Thursday.
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Here we go again. It was Israel that fed Bush the lies about “yellow cake” going to Iraq that convinced him to go to war. Hopefully, the fool we have in the White House now doesn’t fall for the same pack of lies.
Iran seems to think Israel is bluffing.
I will be surprised if they are.
There’s also the ‘Chariots of Fire’ military exercise. USAF tankers practicing aerial refueling of Israeli warplanes on long distance missions.
Israel doesn’t bluff......................
LOL. They have been weeks away or months away or a year away, for years! For years I read Israel was not capable of destroying Iran’s nukes; that only the US could. What is the point of this recent proclamation?
Fine; then let them handle it. Did they ever say thanks for the last time?
IOW, pleas America, please destroy Iran for us, spend trillions you don’t have, and just say they have WMD’s like you did with Iraq.
What’s another Iraq, Lybia, Syria, Yemen, etc, war, right?
This isn’t the first time they have said Iran is weeks, two weeks, etc, away.
Israel:
“Nice bomb you got here. Shame if something bad should happen to it”.
“Nice bomb you got here. Shame if it went off unexpectedly.”....................
Weeks from fissionable material doesn’t mean weeks to a bomb. There is a tad bit more engineering that has to take place.
Anyone who thinks the US is going to “destroy” Iran has never looked at a damned map.
A couple more pallet loads of cash ought to put them over the top.
Look at Lybia. It was “destroyed” and is now a destroyed slave state.
Yemen is destroyed.
Iraq was destroyed to a large degree.
May 12, 1996, 60 Minutes segment on Iraq: “Lesley Stahl: “We have heard that half a million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?” Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: “We think the price is worth it.”
Iraq in many places is a hot mess in other ways.
But despite your Strawman you’ll need more than a map, dummy, to figure things out.
I feel like Iran has been two weeks away from something nuclear related for 15+ years now.
“Iran seems to think Israel is bluffing.”
Iran thinks...unwisely.
“IOW, pleas America, please destroy Iran for us, spend trillions you don’t have, and just say they have WMD’s like you did with Iraq.”
No, Israel is going to take care of this itself. It knows the Biden administration is viscerally anti-Israel.
Translation: Israel is weeks away from a major attack on Iran to prevent them building a nuke, whether is be a cyber attack or physical attack. It is coming.
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