Iran's rhetoric about nuclear inspections is eerily reminiscent of Iraq's. What is it about these countries that start with the letters I-R-A? As a matter of fact, I have a cousin named Ira, and he is a putz.
Let's see our policy towards Iraq has guaranteed they won't pose a nuclear threat to anyone. How's the UN strategy towards Iran working out?
Both countries followed the tips in the "How to fool the IAEA and start a nuclear weapons program" playbook.
"As it turned out, few of Iraq's suppliers--or the IAEA itself--ever bothered to ask a simple question: Why would Iraq, with the second largest oil reserves in the world, want to generate electricity by burning uranium? For its part, Iraq was careful to avoid raising IAEA suspicions; an elaborate strategy was gradually developed to deceive and manipulate the agency."
"One day in late 1971, I was approached by the two men in charge of the IAEC, Moyesser Al-Mallah and Husham Sharif, both of whom were U.S.-educated and old and trusted members of the ruling Ba'ath party. They explained that as long as our objectives were peaceful, the government would provide little support. They said we needed to attract the attention of Saddam Hussein, a fast-rising star in the government, and that we could do so only by adopting a strategic objective--that is, we should propose a bomb program based on first acquiring a civil fuel cycle followed by a full-blown program to build nuclear weapons. "