First, let me supplement the question in my blog title with another one: why would anyone in his/her right mind believe a word any Iranian “leader” says about anything?
The murderous mullahs of Iran have spent almost a half century lying to everyone about everything, very much including the “memorandum of understanding” they signed to make President Trump feel like he acomplished something. There is no reason to ever believe them.
With the above in mind, here are excerpts from a just-published analysis at ynet.com that should concern us all:
Iran’s ‘insurance policy’? Secret underground nuclear site takes shape
“The Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms that it will not seek or develop nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic of Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program.” These are two clauses in the memorandum of understanding signed by Iran and the United States, but new satellite images of a secret site are raising questions over whether Tehran truly intends to uphold the agreement.
Fox News reported that a leading U.S. research institute that monitors Iran’s nuclear program has warned about the regime’s uninspected underground site in the Zagros Mountains. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have not been allowed to visit the site, known as “Pickaxe Mountain.” According to researchers, the fortified facility raises doubts about Iran’s willingness to comply with the terms of the memorandum of understanding reached with the Trump administration.
Spencer Faragasso, a senior fellow at the institute, wrote on X: “The continued work at the mountain is deeply troubling. It has been ongoing consistently since at least 2020. In my assessment, this is an insurance policy by Iran in case negotiations fail, so it will already have a nuclear facility in an advanced stage of construction. We assessed that the mountain complex is large enough to contain a uranium enrichment facility. If Iran is serious about negotiations, it should stop construction at the mountain as a gesture of goodwill. But what can one expect from such a cruel and cunning regime?”
Is Iran secretly reconstructing its nuclear capability, right under our noses?
I don’t know for sure, of course. But given the unbroken string of lies from its “leadership”, I accept it as a very likely possibility.
So what do we do about it?
Should we demand immediate inspections, under international auspices, to determine what is going on at “pickaxe mountain”? You’re damn right we should.
And if we are denied access to see with our own eyes what is going on there, should we bomb the crap out of “pickaxe mountain”? You’re damn right we should.
Or….we can just take Iran’s word for it that nothing to worry about is happening there.
Your move, Mr. President…
