International Atomic Energy Agency head Yukio Amano is again emphasizing the dangerous lack of transparency surrounding the Iranian nuclear program. On Monday he blasted Iranian officials for failing to provide the United Nations organization with “necessary cooperation” and he reiterated that the U.N. “cannot conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.” His statement follows a November report in which the IAEA concluded that Iran had conducted work relevant to developing a “nuclear explosive device.” TIP analyses have recently outlined attacks and infiltrations by Iran and its proxies in South America, in Lebanon, in Africa, and in the Gulf. Iran’s current aggressive expansionism has raised fears regarding the geopolitical immunity that nuclear weapons would provide to Tehran, and leaked cables show that at least Saudi Arabia has explicitly urged the United States to attack Iran in order to degrade its nuclear program.
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