{"id":4034,"date":"2025-06-21T12:31:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T12:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2025-06-21T13:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T13:27:37","slug":"us-presses-iran-nuclear-threat-narrative-despite-iaeas-denial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/us-presses-iran-nuclear-threat-narrative-despite-iaeas-denial\/","title":{"rendered":"US presses Iran nuclear threat narrative despite IAEA\u2019s denial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Analysts argue the pitch echoes Washington\u2019s past regime-change efforts in the Middle East<\/strong><\/p>\n

US ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea stated at a UN Security Council meeting on Friday that Iran must be stopped from developing a nuclear bomb, despite IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi recently saying the agency found no evidence that Tehran is pursuing such a weapon. Analysts say Washington\u2019s narrative resembles past efforts to justify regime change in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Last week, Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, citing an imminent threat that Tehran would make a nuclear weapon. Iran, insisting its nuclear program is peaceful, retaliated with strikes on Israeli targets. The Israeli assault came days after the IAEA reported that Iran had enriched uranium to 60% \u2013 which is short of the 90% required for weapons.<\/p>\n

However, since the strikes started, Grossi has claimed that his agency had no proof that Iran was actually trying to build a nuclear weapon, stressing<\/a>\u00a0that enriched uranium alone does not constitute a bomb. US intelligence agencies also maintain there is no evidence Iran is pursuing nuclear arms. Nevertheless, President Donald Trump has claimed Iran was \u201cvery close\u201d<\/em> to acquiring a bomb and warned the US could intervene if it doesn\u2019t agree to scrap its nuclear program.<\/p>\n

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Amb. Dorothy Camille Shea, interim U.S. representative to the United Nations: “We can no longer ignore that Iran has all that it needs to achieve a nuclear weapon.” pic.twitter.com\/TeUP30avf5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shea declared the US \u201ccontinues to stand with Israel\u201d<\/em> and backs its campaign against \u201cIran\u2019s nuclear ambitions.\u201d<\/em> She insisted that the US \u201ccan no longer ignore that Iran has all that it needs to achieve a nuclear weapon,\u201d<\/em> lacking only a decision from its supreme leader.<\/p>\n

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Iran has the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes \u2013 Putin<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Some analysts say US rhetoric on Iran echoes President George W. Bush\u2019s 2002 claims about Iraqi WMDs, which led to a US invasion despite no stockpiles being found. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon told<\/a>\u00a0journalist Tucker Carlson this week that the entire operation against Iran \u201cthat came out of nowhere\u201d<\/em> is in fact an attempt by the US \u201cdeep state\u201d<\/em> to orchestrate regime change in Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a system that has its own national security policy\u2026 that is the fight we have to take on today,\u201d<\/em> Bannon stated, suggesting that Trump should not succumb to pressure from US war hawks and involve American military in the conflict. Tucker Carlson also said that while he supports Trump, he fears the consequences if he yields to pressure and joins the Israeli strikes. \u201cI think we\u2019re gonna see the end of the American empire,\u201d<\/em> he warned, criticizing Washington hawks for dragging the country into another war.<\/p>\n

Journalist Steve Coll told<\/a>\u00a0NPR this week that using US intelligence to justify strikes mirrors the Iraq war narrative. He noted that while Israel calls its attacks preemptive, the objective remains vague.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu has spoken of regime change and urged Iranians to rise up \u2013 just like George H.W. Bush did in 1991 with Iraq,\u201d<\/em> Coll said. \u201cThere\u2019s no sign of a planned invasion, yet talk of toppling Iran\u2019s government persists.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n READ MORE: <\/span>Iran blames IAEA chief\u2019s \u2018betrayal\u2019 for strikes on nuclear sites
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Other observers, including former US President Bill Clinton, suggested Israel\u2019s \u201cundeclared war\u201d<\/em> on Iran may also be driven by another goal \u2013 Netanyahu\u2019s desire to stay in power. Shea made a notable slip during her UN remarks, initially blaming Israel for \u201cchaos and terror\u201d<\/em> in the Middle East before correcting herself to attribute it to Iran. RT\u2019s Rick Sanchez and journalist Chay Bowes called<\/a>\u00a0her words a \u201cFreudian slip\u201d<\/em> while discussing the situation in an episode of Sanchez Effect on Friday, with Sanchez adding, \u201cShe accidentally said the truth out loud.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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US representative to the UN Dorothy Shea:<\/p>\n

“Israel’s government has also spread chaos, terror and suffering throughout the region…”<\/p>\n

Awkward pause.<\/p>\n

“Iran’s government has also spread chaos, terror and suffering throughout the region…”<\/p>\n

It’s always foreign policy that brings\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/W5UMV52rVn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Margarita Simonyan (@M_Simonyan) June 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Analysts argue the pitch echoes Washington\u2019s past regime-change efforts in the Middle East US ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea stated at a UN Security Council meeting on Friday that Iran must be stopped from developing a nuclear bomb, despite IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi recently saying the agency found no evidence that Tehran is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4038,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions\/4038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}