IAEA, UN, European leaders unconvinced by Netanyahu’s Iran nuke claims

Natanyahu’s evidence “fails to convince” the IAEA, the UN, the European political elites. Of course, they all wanted the deal in the first place. They were anxious to greenlight Iran’s nuclear program and open up its markets.

I submit that even after Iran targets or even nukes one or more Euro-capitals, they will still fail to be convinced.

It’s not about truth. It’s not about reality. It’s about whose side they are on, and they have been on the wrong side from the start.

European leaders loved Hitler, too — until he lost, that is.

“Netanyahu’s Iran nuke claims fail to convince deal proponents,” by Mike Smith, AFP, May 1, 2018:

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel began sharing an intelligence trove on Iran’s alleged nuclear ambitions Tuesday, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced accusations his televised unveiling of it lacked evidence a 2015 accord had been violated.

The IAEA, the United Nations atomic watchdog, said it would evaluate any new relevant information, but cited its assessment from three years ago that it had no “credible indications” of an Iranian nuclear weapons pursuit after 2009.

Netanyahu’s elaborate presentation live on television Monday night came ahead of a crucial decision by US President Donald Trump by May 12 on whether to withdraw from the nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran.

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The Israeli premier said tens of thousands of documents recently recovered by intelligence operatives in Tehran proved his country’s main enemy Iran had a secret nuclear weapons programme it could put into action at any time.

But the presentation that included props, video and slides immediately led to accusations from some that the White House and Netanyahu coordinated it as Trump considers whether to pull out of the nuclear deal he has harshly criticised.

Some analysts and proponents of the nuclear agreement also said Netanyahu had presented previously known details and failed to produce evidence that showed Iran was not abiding by the accord.

“I have not seen from Prime Minister Netanyahu arguments for the moment on non-compliance, meaning violation by Iran of its nuclear commitments under the deal,” European Union diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said.

“And again, the deal was put in place exactly because there was no trust between the parties, otherwise we would not have required a nuclear deal to be put in place.”

France’s foreign ministry said Tuesday Netanyahu’s claims reinforced the importance of the nuclear deal….