Exposing nuclear double ...
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Israel, having refused to sign the NPT, has exempted itself from any legal obligations or international inspections, declaring a policy of “nuclear ambiguity”—neither confirming nor denying its weapon arsenal, on the assumption that the world will turn a blind eye until actual deployment occurs. Israel stands alone as the sole nuclear power without any officially recorded atomic tests—though this claim is heavily undermined by its documented collaboration in France’s 1960 nuclear test program.
The regime’s secrecy was further shattered in 1986 when Mordechai Vanunu, a former technician at the Dimona facility, exposed the military dimensions of its nuclear program. His revelations confirmed the reactor’s 150-megawatt capacity and lent credibility to estimates of an arsenal holding between 90 to 200 warheads.
Iran’s nuclear transparency
In stark contrast to Israel’s opaque nuclear program, the Islamic Republic of Iran—as a committed NPT member state—has voluntarily accepted the most extensive and intrusive inspection regime in the history of the IAEA. Every aspect of Iran’s nuclear activities, from uranium extraction to enrichment at Natanz and Fordow facilities, remains under continuous IAEA monitoring through both on-site inspections and real-time surveillance systems.
Iran has gone beyond its safeguards obligations, voluntarily implementing the Additional Protocol for years—a clear demonstration of its commitment to transparency.
Yet, despite Iran’s unprecedented transparency, Tehran has faced a relentless, decades-long campaign of baseless accusations and psychological warfare.
Recent reports by the IAEA director general—often shaped by political pressure from Zionist and Western lobbies—have conspicuously ignored Iran’s extensive cooperation while exaggerating minor technical issues. These manufactured concerns are then weaponized to justify politically motivated resolutions.
As the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization has emphasized, claims of Iranian noncompliance or the IAEA’s inability to verify activities are demonstrably false and directly contradict the agency’s own technical reports. This charade exposes the true objective: not genuine nonproliferation concerns, but laying the groundwork to refer Iran’s file back to the UN Security Council. The ultimate aim is to intensify pressure on a nation that insists on its inalienable right to peaceful nuclear technology—a right systematically denied while the world turns a blind eye to Israel’s clandestine nuclear arsenal.
Fear of an independent Muslim power
The West and Israel’s anxiety over Iran’s nuclear program goes beyond fear of weaponization. Their fundamental anxiety stems not from Iran potentially acquiring nukes—which Tehran has consistently rejected in its defence doctrine—but rather from an indigenous nuclear fuel cycle granting Iran a “nuclear breakout capability” and solidifying its position as an independent, self-reliant regional power that can no longer be coerced into retreat through economic pressure or military threats. This “strategic deterrent power” means the long-term consolidation of the Islamic Republic system and the end of Western-Zionist dreams of regime change. This is precisely the red line that the West is not willing to accept.
In essence, the international community’s opposition does not stem from non‑proliferation principles, but from geopolitical apprehension about a robust, independent power emerging in the Middle East. This approach represents a glaring case of discrimination and double standards, cloaked in the guise of security concerns.
This hypocritical policy – which allows a non-NPT regime with a history of aggression to freely expand its nuclear arsenal while subjecting a compliant member to extreme pressure–severely undermines the credibility of the non-proliferation regime and the impartiality of international institutions, fueling global distrust.