“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
May 22, 2025
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr, Iran on November 10, 2019.
LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS TODAY and the GLOBAL RISKS & CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW
In My Opinion:
Every day this Iran, USA, and now, once again, Israel, situation grows more complicated, more difficult, and more dangerous. The United States seems to be doing a version of “burning Rome” while secretly hoping that the next talks fail, and maybe letting Israel do the dirty work? The next conference is supposed to be tomorrow (Friday) in Rome. I’m wondering if that will happen, and if it does, how long it will last, and whether such an agreement will be put back in order on its original course.
But it seems Iran is critically on top of the entire mess and will, of course, hold the U.S. responsible for any and all variables resulting from Trump, who once upon a time originated the talks by his own invitation to Iran, inviting the two countries to get together and work out an agreement — or a “deal” using Trump’s vernacular —between the two countries, and since\ then it has gone extremely sideways with Trump’s complications. Even Israel, who Trump claimed month’s ago that he had convinced to lay down their arms, is apparently ignoring Trump’s rebuke.
And now it’s also become extremely dangerous with these new war issues on the table. There is only one participant to blame, and that is Donald J. Trump — who has hemmed, hawed, drug his feet, contradicted, and otherwise complicated and confused not only any productive meetings with Iran, but also confused his own emissaries by his constant threats, his twisting, turning, and his verbal demands reversing the playing field rules, obviously irritating both Israel and Iran to the point of conflict. ~llaw
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr, Iran on November 10, 2019.
Iran warns Israel, US against any attack on its nuclear sites
By Reuters
May 22, 20255:42 AM PDT Updated 8 hours ago
DUBAI, May 22 (Reuters) – The United States will bear legal responsibility in the event of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday, following a CNN report that Israel might be preparing strikes on Iran.
Iran and the U.S., Israel’s closest ally, will hold a fifth round of nuclear talks on Friday in Rome amid deep disagreement over uranium enrichment in Iran, which Washington says could lead to developing nuclear bombs. Iran denies such intent.
Citing intelligence sources, CNN said on Tuesday it was not clear whether Israel had made a final decision on military action and that U.S. officials disagreed about whether the Israelis would ultimately decide to attack.
“Iran strongly warns against any adventurism by the Zionist regime of Israel and will decisively respond to any threat or unlawful act by this regime,” Araqchi said in a letter addressed to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Araqchi said Iran would view Washington as a “participant” in any such attack, and Tehran would have to adopt “special measures” to protect its nuclear sites and material if threats continued, and the watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency would be subsequently informed of such steps.
Although Araqchi did not specify what measures were being considered, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader said in April that Tehran could suspend cooperation with the IAEA or transfer enriched material to safe and undisclosed locations.
In a separate statement released on Thursday, Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards warned Israel would receive a “devastating and decisive response” if it attacks Iran.
“They are trying to frighten us with war but are miscalculating as they are unaware of the powerful popular and military support the Islamic Republic can muster in war conditions,” Guards spokesperson Alimohammad Naini said.
A collapse of U.S.-Iran negotiations or a new nuclear deal that does not alleviate Israeli concerns about Iran developing nuclear weapons through enrichment could motivate Israeli strikes on its regional arch-foe, diplomats say.
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On Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said U.S. demands that Tehran stop refining uranium were “excessive and outrageous,” and he voiced doubt over whether talks on a new nuclear deal would succeed.
Tehran maintains its nuclear energy programme is exclusively for civilian purposes.
Iran and Israel engaged in direct exchanges of fire last year, in April and October, raising the risk of regional conflict.
Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; editing by Mark HeinrichSubscribed
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