US calls Iran’s decision to suspend cooperation with IAEA ‘unacceptable’
The US State Department said that Iran’s decision to suspend cooperation with the international atomic energy watchdog is “unacceptable”. The decision comes after the US carried out massive strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities amid a war initiated by Israel against Iran.
“It is unacceptable that Iran chose to suspend cooperation with the IAEA at a time when it has a window of opportunity to reverse course and choose a path of peace and prosperity,” State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters.
“Iran must cooperate fully without further delay.”
While the US has said that its attacks would set back Iran’s ability to pursue nuclear weapons if it chose to do so, experts warned that the strikes could push Iran
towards the pursuit of nuclear weapons, and the country has rejected IAEA requests for nuclear site inspections in recent days.
Iran had previously agreed to an agreement limiting its nuclear energy programme, but the US threw out the agreement during Trump’s first term in office.
US is responsible for the deaths of millions across the ME.
Over 432,000 civilians have died violently as a direct result of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan. However, when indirect deaths caused by the wars' impact on infrastructure, economies, and healthcare are included, the total death toll could be as high as 4.5 to 4.7 million.
And those 'thousands' of deaths of Americans are during the illegal invasion of Iraq... (to oust the Dictator put there by the CIA)
The U.S. Department of Defense has said that Iran was responsible for at least 608 American troop deaths in Iraq between 2003 and 2011, some 17% of all U.S. service personnel deaths in that time period.
US ‘Bunker Buster Act’ could arm Israel with B-2 stealth bombers
A pair of US lawmakers are introducing the Bunker Buster Bill, which would authorise President Trump to transfer B‑2 stealth bombers to Israel.
Representative Josh Gottheimer, who will jointly brought forward the bill, said on X, “Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terror and is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans. As Iran rebuilds its nuclear program, we must maintain maximum deterrence.”
“My bipartisan Bunker Buster Act will give Israel the tools she needs to deter Iranian aggression and take out their underground nuclear sites – strengthening US national security.”
Bunker buster bombs can penetrate more than 200 feet of concrete or rock before detonating and were used by the US in recent air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
US Muslim rights group condemns Israeli strike that killed Gaza hospital director
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a US-based Muslim and Arab rights group, has released a statement condemning an Israeli attack that killed Marwan al-Sultan, the director of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, along with members of his family.
Rights groups say that Israeli forces have systematically targeted medical workers and health infrastructure in Gaza throughout the war.
“We strongly condemn the Israeli government’s assassination of Marwan Al-Sultan, the director of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza, along with his family,” director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said in a statement.
“Medical organisations in the United States and across the world have a moral obligation to condemn the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza, especially this systematic targeting of doctors, nurses and hospitals.
“Israeli forces are purposefully targeting medical staff and turn aid distribution zones into execution sites to make Gaza uninhabitable. Medical associations must end their silence.”
