The policy that West is pursuing regarding Iran’s nuclear issue was the subject of criticism in an article published recently on Ezine Articles website. The writer argues that if there are no reviews or insights in to the issue of Iran’s atomic program or inspections or even the concessions given to the mullahs’ regime, the same scenario that led to N. Korea producing and testing nuclear weapons, would be repeated with Iran.
The article written by Heshmat Alavi is titled “North Korea DeJa Vu in Iran” says; “As the world faces a nuclear attack threat from North Korea, major concerns are being raised about yet another rogue state’s atomic ambitions. The world bears witness to the consequences of mistakes made by the international community’s apathy in failing to properly address the Pyongyang nuclear dossier. Is there a guarantee we are not trekking down the same path with Iran, especially considering the extremist characteristics of its ruling top brass and their known penchant for supporting international terrorism? The pledges made to denuclearize Iran may be disentangling even faster than those of North Korea’s.

A Dangerous Turn of Events

A satellite-photo review recently published by Stratford, provides insight on how Iran has been busy transferring a significant array of its sensitive nuclear assets. Reports indicate these sensitive materials have been moved to areas dubbed as “no-go zones” for United Nations inspectors, from which Iran will easily be able to continue its nuclear weapons ambitions, despite the fact that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had underscored in the pact sealed with the mullahs how it “blocks all of Iran’s paths to a nuclear bomb.” Then maybe, in light of recent actions to secrete such materials, it is a sign of Iran blatantly refusing to fulfill its end of the bargain?
By its actions, Iran has proven its true stance on so-called curbing its nuclear program, by transferring enriched uranium out of already disclosed sites. Plus, it had also converted the Arak reactor core. As well as this, Tehran then decided to conceal all of its activities, in a carefully named Parchin “military” site, thus barring the entrance of any international inspectors, making a travesty of its “cooperation.”

The Long Story About Parchin

The status of Parchin was argued over during the entire process of the nuclear negotiations. While diplomats demanded access for international inspectors to the suspicious site – razed and leveled to the ground after revelations by the Iranian opposition – Iran continuously contended military sites are of non-nuclear nature, and thus off-limits. Unfortunately, the West played into Iran’s hands and complied with its demands on this issue. Intelligence reports, however, have sounded alarm bells in the past over Iran testing explosives at Parchin, examining their use for possibly triggering nuclear bombs. Then at last, Tehran had decided to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to take a small peek, with strings attached. No inspector was allowed to visit the secretive and deeply buried sections of Parchin, and Tehran wasted no time in ushering these inspectors out of Iran; declaring the case on Parchin closed.

Why All The Underground Secrecy?

Comparing satellite imagery taken over Parchin back in July 2010, with those recently obtained, it provides the easily reached conclusion that the notorious underground facilities are actually expanding. In the meantime, there has been a long ongoing clean-up effort to wipe the site of any evidence. This site provides Iran with the opportunity to continue advancing its nuclear weapons program in complete secrecy, while international inspectors are powerless to take any serious action. Through these measures, Iran has been able to maintain its know-how to obtain nuclear weapons someday down the road.

The Fretting

And now, even those who boasted about this “historic” and “landmark” nuclear deal with Iran, are beginning to fret about how it has failed to curb Iran’s missile program. Anxious to broker the agreement, western diplomats somehow agreed with Iran that its missile program, now in its ballistic stage, has nothing to do with the regime’s nuclear program and delivering a payload. This resulted in Iran taking advantage of this pact and testing its nuclear capable long-range missiles, contravening UN Security Council sanctions last year, and more recently, back-to-back, the missile tests that took place on March 8th and 9th. On top of this, Tehran also pledged to even further upgrade already advanced models of its Emad ballistic missile system. Then to add insult to the injury, Russia has taken steps to deliver the state-of-the-art S300 surface-to-air missile system, becoming a bête noire for the West and Israel, as this system is very capable of protecting its nuclear facilities from any air attacks threatened.

Unpropitious Déjà Vue

This is North Korea déjà vu in Iran. For those familiar, the 1994 agreement Pyongyang signed with Washington only shut down North Korea’s nuclear program for two years. Now this country is increasingly threatening its neighbours and advancing its missile capabilities as we speak. And one country North Korea is cooperating with in tandem; is none other than Iran. Technicians from Tehran have been seen throughout the years joining North Korean officials for nuclear and missile testing. Common knowledge is the fact that Iran’s missile program is based on design and technology provided by North Korea.
“Ultimately, it’s all based on faith that Iran’s regime will never weaponize its nuclear program,” The Tower said in a recent piece.
The U.N. Security Council has fortunately imposed new sanctions on North Korea described by various monitors as unprecedented. While in the meantime, a bipartisan group of Washington legislators are working to punish Iran for its missile tests. On both accounts, though, the fat lady may have already sung.
Although, in some respects, the cases of North Korea and Iran may be different, the caution needed to address these two matters is very much alike. Proven now is the fact that diplomatic agreements alone are no answer to rogue states. More favourable, would be firm and united action, fostered by the international community to reign in rogue states, which is unfortunately absent today, but would be a good start in deterring their illicit nuclear ambitions.

This article was posted in EzineArticles.com.