Something lost amid the ‘western’ discussion of the issues with Iran and their nuclear ambitions, relates to the age of the current governing class of the Ayatollah and mullahs (assembly of experts). Ali Khamenei is 86-years old, in unknown current health condition and has served as the Supreme Leader since 1989. He is somewhat of a ‘wizard of oz’ like caricature in the system.
Many people have begun to ponder if the reason why Iran refuses direct negotiations or contact with any foreign government, is related to the incapacity of Ali Khamenei. Is he technically in charge, or is he Bidenesque in capacity?
Within this interview, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, talks about the severity of the airstrikes carried out by the U.S and Israel, along with the consequential damage done to ability of Iran to continue developing nuclear weapons. WATCH:
[Transcript] – MARGARET BRENNAN: And we go now to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, or the IAEA. Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, welcome to the program.
DIRECTOR GENERAL RAFAEL MARIANO GROSSI: Thank you very much, Margaret. Good to talk to you again.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Director General, there is so much happening. I’m hoping you can walk us through what you know. Iran’s foreign minister has said that the damage to their nuclear facilities from the U.S. bombing is significant and serious. We know Israel has also killed a number of top Iranian nuclear scientists. What exactly is Iran’s capability at this moment?
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: Well, yes, and I think you can pick and choose any adjective to characterize this, but you will see that there is an agreement in describing this as a very serious level of damage. It can be, you know, described in different ways, but it’s clear that what happened in particular in Fordo, Natanz, Isfahan, where Iran used to have and still has, to some degree, capabilities in terms of treatment, conversion and enrichment of uranium have been destroyed to an important degree. Some is still standing. So there is, of course, an important setback in terms of those- of those capabilities. This is- this is clear. And now the important issue- the important thing is, what are the next steps? Now the characterization of the damage, I think we can, you know, speculate, and still, until, of course, the Iranians themselves will have to go there and sift through the, you know, rubble and look at what is the exact degree of the damage. At some point, the IAEA will have to return. Although our job is not to assess damage, but to re-establish the knowledge of the activities that take place there, and the access to the material, which is very, very important, the material that they will be producing if they continue with this activity. This is contingent on other, you see, everything is connected. This is- this is contingent on negotiations which may or may not restart, so- so what we see this here, I think we have a snapshot of- of- of a program which has been very seriously damaged, to quote Dr. Araghchi. And now what we need to focus on is on the next steps.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You mentioned there diplomacy. President Trump has been calling for diplomatic talks with Iran to settle all the issues around the nuclear program. I know you were in regular contact with envoy Steve Witkoff. Are you talking to him now? Will the IAEA be involved in any agreement?
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: Well, at some point we will have to be, because if his efforts, which I support wholeheartedly, succeed, this will come to a point where there is some agreement, some understanding on things that Iran will continue doing, and some things where there could be an agreement on certain restrictions. And of course, who is going to verify that is the IAEA so this is why we’re in constant contact. Now they need to reconnect. And it’s not going to be easy, one can imagine, after the traumatic events that took place. Even for us, you may have seen that I wrote to Foreign Minister Araghchi a few days ago, immediately, I would say, after the cease-fire was considered to be holding, and I said to him that we should perhaps sit down and analyze in a gradual way the reconnection, the modalities for the inspectors to go- to go back. So there is a level where the IAEA is not involved, and this is the direct conversation. What is the deal? And then, of course, we will be connecting to make sure that that deal stands and it’s verifiable.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But to that point, Tehran just passed a law saying they want to suspend cooperation with the IAEA inspectors. The foreign minister said he had no plans to let you personally, Mr. Director General, into the country. Does that mean Iran will completely block all inspectors? Do those you already have in the country have any access?
GROSSI: Well, certainly I hope this is not the case. I think that what the foreign minister said is that they were looking into this law and how this law would impact our activities. I think it’s time- this is why it’s so important that we sit down around the table and we look into this. Iran- and I think nobody has put that in question, and I hope nobody will, is a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, like more than 190 countries in the world. So- so, that implies that they have to work with the- with the agency. So we have to go- we have been going through this law that they have, that the Majles approved, and we see that they are talking about cooperation on the basis of- of the security and the safety of their sites. I think that is not incompatible with the inspection work that needs to take place. But of course, it’s not Rafael Grossi and Margaret Brennan discussing this that we are going to solve it. I think we- I have to sit down with- with- with Iran and look into this, because at the end of the day, this whole thing, after the military strikes, will have to have a long lasting solution, which cannot be but a diplomatic one.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So they’re not kicking- they’re not kicking out your inspectors at this point?
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: Not in this sense. I would not say that I am looking with interest and with some concern what they have approved. But of course, it’s their law. It is their parliament. But you know, here there are legal implications. An international treaty, of course, takes precedence. You cannot invoke an internal law not to abide with an international treaty. But Iran is not saying that at the moment, and I think this is constructive. So this is why I think we have to go down into the details, because the work will have to continue, otherwise nobody will have an idea of what is happening in Iran. Iran will continue with a nuclear program, the contours of which are still to be seen and will be I am sure, part of these negotiations, which I hope, will be resuming soon.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Iran officially reported weeks ago that they were going to take measures in advance of these strikes to try to protect their nuclear assets. Did they share with the IAEA what those plans were? Where they were going to stash things like centrifuges, the machines that help enrich fuel? Where they were going to put the gas canisters that have enriched uranium?
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: No, no, they did not inform that- that to us, but at the same time, there was no physical time, perhaps, to do it. Iran, for example, had announced to us that they had a new enrichment facility in Isfahan, and we were going to go on the 13th of June to- to check on that facility so that- and the site has been severely damaged and hit. So this is why I say it is indispensable. We will have to, aggravation or not, feelings and emotions or not, there has to come a point with- with cool heads. We sit around the table and- and see what- I mean, these protective measures, of course, it’s their right to protect their assets, like any other sovereign nation. They can, of course, protect- but they know and there are, I don’t want to get too technical or legalese here in this conversation, but there are provisions in the agreements we have, not only with Iran, with any- with any country. If a country at a- at a moment, feels that some of the things we inspect must be protected or whatever, they have to tell us, and we have to go, etc., etc., as you can imagine. So, this could not happen because of the unfolding of the circumstances, of a military conflict where, of course, you know, decisions are taken and this is not planned or announced, obviously. So now- now it’s the time to reconnect and to talk and to talk to each other.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah, but there was roughly 400 kilograms, which is just under 900 pounds, of highly enriched uranium, before the attacks. I know these are in small canisters and relatively easy to move. Do you have any idea where that was moved, and if it was moved before the attack?
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: We presume, and I think it’s- it’s logical to presume that when they announce that they are going to be taking protective measures, this could be part of it. But, as I said, we don’t know where this material could be, or if part of it could have been, you know, under the attack during those 12 days. So some could have been destroyed as part of the attack, but some could have been moved. So there has to be at some point a clarification. If we don’t get that clarification, this will continue to be hanging, you know, over our heads as- as a potential problem. So this is why I say it’s so important, first of all, for Iran to allow our inspectors to continue their indispensable work as soon as possible.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, I ask you about what things might still remain, because there’s that open question of could Iran sprint towards a bomb even now, if they wanted to. If we don’t know where the highly enriched uranium is and cannot account for all the centrifuges, is that still a risk that they could be rushing towards a bomb?
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: Well, you know, I- we don’t want to be alarmists here, and I don’t want to be part of, you know, a messaging that would be spreading, as I say, alarm. But we need to be in a position to ascertain, to confirm what is there, and where is it and what happened. Iran had a very vast ambitious program, and part of it may still be there, and if not, there is also the self-evident truth that the knowledge is there. The industrial capacity is there. Iran is a very sophisticated country in terms of nuclear technology, as is obvious. So you cannot disinvent this. You cannot undo the knowledge that you have or the capacities that you have. It’s a huge country, isn’t it? So I think this should be the incentive that we all must have to understand that military operations or not, you are not going to solve this in a definitive way militarily. You are going to have an agreement. You are going to have an inspection system that will give everybody, everybody in the region and- and- and elsewhere, the assurances that we can- we can definitely turn the page.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So up until right before the strikes, the IAEA still had inspectors, as I understand it, going to some of these sites. There’s been a lot of focus here in America on the trucks and satellite images of them outside of Fordo. What was happening in those days before the strike?
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: Well, as- as you were pointing out there were- there was an announcement of protective measures that could have included moving equipment and material. We don’t know. We saw the same images that the whole world has seen of these trucks, and we don’t want to get into any rush conclusion about it, but it is, it is clear that we need the things that we ignore, okay. And after a reasonable period, after the war, there has to be a process that needs to continue. Otherwise the uncertainties will continue, will continue to linger on. And this is, you know, in a final analysis, not good, and perhaps even preventing a good agreement, because who is going to have an agreement where you don’t know what the counterpart really has? What are the assets that they really have after the- after this- this- this military campaign that took place.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So up until these strikes Iran- Iran was still disclosing information to the IAEA–
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: –Well yes, yes, yes, yes–
MARGARET BRENNAN: –-In certain amounts–
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: There were deficits. There were deficits, and we were referring to those in the- in the sense that there were some things that they were not clarifying to us. But our inspection work was- was constant. In particular, in this sensitive area of the number of centrifuges and the amount of material, we had perfect view. We didn’t have view on other things that we wanted to have. But on this one, it was- it was complete. It was comprehensive. And, of course, at the moment, there is- there is nothing.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, Iran wasn’t keeping its stockpile of enriched uranium secret. The world was concerned–
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: –No–
MARGARET BRENNAN: –You said you were concerned about it. What do you think it was intended for? And did you see anything that suggested they were looking to weaponize?
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: They- let me be clear here, because we said, first of all, something very, very important. They have all these capabilities, but for the agency, they- first of all, they didn’t have nuclear weapons. Okay? This needs to be said. One can have an assessment nationally that they were close, okay? And I don’t get into that, because we, the IAEA, does not judge intentions. The IAEA looks at the activities of a country and reports it to the world. So it is countries that- that say, well, this is of concern or not. What we were concerning- what- what I was concerned about is that there were other things that were not clear. For example, we had found traces of uranium in some places in Iran, which were not the normal declared facilities. And we were asking for years, why did we find these traces of enriched uranium in place x, y or z? And we were simply not getting credible answers. If there was material- where is this material? So there could be even more. We don’t know. This is why it is, I’m sorry I’m repeating it for the third time, I think we need to go back.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Understood, understood. But your statement and that report that you gave about some of these open questions or unanswered questions, the Iranians are pointing to it now, and the foreign minister seems to be sort of blaming you for the military strikes. He said it wasn’t honest and fair, your report. He said, after the facilities, you didn’t even condemn the strikes- after the strikes, I should say. What do you make of those criticisms?
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: Well- I, to an extent, I understand. They have been under attack. But, really, who can believe that this conflict happened because of a report of the IAEA? And, by the way, what was- what was in that report was not new, Margaret. We have been saying that for a long time, and in previous reports as well. So, this- maybe it’s because it’s easier, maybe, to criticize an international organization or a director general, I don’t know, but it’s not reasonable to say that. And, if anything, the IAEA, as always, has had a very honest assessment of the situation. And there were many, I can assure you, there were many that- that were saying in your report, you must say that they have nuclear weapons, or they are very close to have nuclear weapons. And we didn’t. We simply didn’t, because this was not what we were seeing.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But you also said you couldn’t verify that it was a peaceful program.
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: Absolutely, because we have to see everything.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: They did- we didn’t see them. We didn’t see a program that was aiming in that direction, but at the same time, they were not answering very, very important questions that were pending. So this is- this is the truth.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And I appreciate the nuance here, because there’s so much gray. People here are looking for clarity, and there’s confusion in the United States. CBS is reporting that the Defense Intelligence Agency assesses Iran’s program was set back a few months, but once they dig out, they could resume in a number of months. They have to rebuild electrical and water supplies. The CIA and the National Intelligence directors say the facilities were destroyed, and it would take years to rebuild. Israel says the military program is set back many years. What’s the truth here? What do you make of these assessments?
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: You know- you know what, this hourglass approach in weapons of mass destruction is- is not a good idea. Remember, we had cases 45 minutes and so on, which were quite- quite off spot. All of that depends on your metrics, Margaret. If you tell me it will take them two months or three months, for what?
MARGARET BRENNAN: Right.
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: The capacities they have are there. They can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that. But as I said, frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there.
Because, first of all, as I- and I think the intelligence- we are not there making any military evaluations, first of all, but, out of the logic of our conversation, it is clear that there has been severe damage, but it’s not total damage, first of all. And secondly, Iran has the capacities there; industrial and technological capacities. So if they so wish, they will be able to start doing this again. This is again- and I’m sorry, fourth time, we have to go back to the table and have a technically sound solution to this. Otherwise, this will come hit us again, in terms of a situation which is not well clarified. And this is an opportunity. We do have an opportunity now.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Understood, and we will see if that opportunity is picked up by either side. Director General, thank you for your time today.
DIRECTOR GENERAL GROSSI: Thank you, as always, a pleasure. Thank you very much.
[End Transcript]
President Donald J Trump’s Iran end of the 7 Nations in 5 Years plans was not in the way the war criminal Neocons/Nazi Nato/Globalists wanted.
Ali Khamenei. Is he technically in charge, or is he Bidenesque in capacity?
More likely our own CIA or Mossad or criminal Neocons/Nazi Nato/Globalists is in charge of Iran rather than Khamenei.
There has been suspicions of the Mullahs. I came across a long time ago that before they can do the the Islamic war against political Zionism (Pike’s wording) they must destroy the Shia so Islam would be united under the controlled opposition Sunni Muslims.
Not* going to happen…
*See footnote B2.
In God We Trust
{All others pay cash}
Trust God
Fear not
Hmm. . . seems Director Grossi said there were traces of uranium discovered in places they were not expected to be found.
He alludes to the fact that there may be covert enrichment happening that the inspectors and world leaders are unaware of.
Further investigation is important from an on the ground infiltration.
Israel is good at that.
But they must present irrefutable proof. No best guess or assumptions.
And why do NONE of these issues apply to Israel?
Answer: they haven’t signed the NPT.
If they did, USA would not be able to send them military aid under existing US law.
You know: the law that prevents support of nuclear-armed countries.
USA really is captured by Israel. Nobody needs further proof. US is Israel’s lapdog.
It used to be a great country.
The U.S. also sends military aid to India and Pakistan, who both have nukes. Are we “captured” by them too? What about the military aid we send to UK & France, they both have nukes.
It appears to me you just hate Jewish people.
PDJT did the bombing, but not the Clean Break.
Good one!
29 year old pilots
picky………..that was a great meme
I doubt if any of those pilots were 20 years old. Just saying 10 American pilots would be impressive.
Seems there were some very important points being strategically danced around in that interview.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So nothing Trump did was helpful, right? Right? 🙂
She is insufferable…
That sums it up.
What Grossi is really saying: “That’s right, Margaret. Now the IAEA can’t get in to inspect Iran’s enrichment program because Trump messed it up for us!”
Yes! Thank you, WORDMAN, for clarifying my point lolol. I couldn’t have stated it better.
Right between the lines for all of us to see. She must think we cannot connect the dots .
Consider, if you will, a time, not so long ago, when another nation seemed eager to begin hostilities….
(We tune into a popular Sunday morning political talk show, some 84 years ago, with the insufferable Margaret Brennan….)
“Good Morning, I’m Margaret Brennan, and this is CBS Radio’s ‘Face the Nation’, for Sunday, December 7, 1941.
Today our special guest is the Empire of Japan’s Ambassador to the United States,
Kichisaburo Nomura.
Good Morning, Ambassador Nomura.
Normura:
Good Morning, Margaret.
Brennan:
As you know, Ambassador, tensions between the United States and The Japanese Empire have become strained this past year.
With the ongoing military operations in China, and the development of what your government calls the ‘Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere’, and the oil embargo imposed by this administration, people are wondering, what next for Japan?
Does Japan seek confrontation with the US and Great Britain in the Pacific?
Nomura:
Of course not, Margaret. My government has always considered the peaceful resolution of
Issues as of supreme importance.
Brennan:
What about the Dutch East Indies?
Normura:
The Netherlands East Indies has been of great concern to my government; however, we prefer to proceed with negotiations leading to a peaceful agreement on the issue.
Brennan:
So Japan does not seek any military actions in the Pacific or East Asia?
Normura:
Margaret, the Japanese Empire has been fighting for peaceful settlement of political questions, and will continue to seek agreement on these issues.
Brennan:
Ambassador, you say that Japan wants peace.
But isn’t it true that your Government has been sorely tested and concerned with this administration’s imposition of a military draft… the buildup of army, navy, and air forces? The stationing of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, instead of San Diego? Its rhetoric over continuing operations in China and elsewhere, and finally, an embargo on oil and other materials?
Normura:
Margaret, you’ve stated the situation exactly.
My Government has made every effort to peacefully resolve all these issues… yet this Administration continues its meddling in what we in Japan consider our internal affairs.
As I have said many times, my government has been fighting for a peaceful resolution to all these disagreements, and will continue to do so.
Brennan:
So, Ambassador, can you today, this morning, give assurances to our listeners that Japan seeks only a peaceful resolution to the issues between it and the administration?
Normura:
Margaret, my government will always prefer a peaceful way to resolve differences as the best way to maintain cordial relations with all nations.
Brennan:
Thank you, Ambassador Normura.
Normura:
Thank you for having me.
Brennan:
This has been CBS radio’s ‘Face the Nation’, for Sunday, December 7th.
Stay tuned for Charles Kuralt and ‘Sunday Morning’, here on the CBS Radio Network.”
Well done and a perfect analogy.
She certainly is. And I am sick to death of her favorite prologue to her follow-up questions, “Yeah, but….”
Everyone acts as though Iran can have its nuclear program up and running in a very brief time, but a lot of the damage done by these bombs is deep underground. Just digging out, if that’s what is intended, would be quite the project. And what they find may be a real mess.
Or they may have some smaller facility squirreled away somewhere. But that wouldn’t be a secret for long.
As for those trucks, don’t we all remember the convoy leaving Iraq before that war started? So we’ve been to this rodeo before.
I would think our satellites know every square inch of Iran and what diggings and unusual activities may have been afoot. 😊
Those trucks were apparently trucks which ferried sand to cover the entrances. Radioactive material has to be put in secure leak proof canisters.
Yes and they were OPEN trucks to boot
There is no way they were going to move materials like that with those trucks.
I really have to question this…Israel was knocking off people left and right..No one was safe. They found these people with pin point accuracy..Look what they did to Hamas…with the pagers, with the solar panels.. There is no way Iran was loading up trucks out in the open…Israel would have blown them to bits…
Iran’s nukes aside, those crusty, miserable mullahs who are currently calling for the assassination of PDT, really need to immediately find out the whole muz 72 virgins in paradise thing is a total scam. The sooner they stop wasting the breath of normal people the better.
At 86, what is he going to do with 72 virgins? Hardly seems worthwhile!
I once saw a man tell an old man that his fly was open. The old man replied, no problem, what can’t get up can’t get out!
@ 84 I find that irritatingly humerous
I understand, I’m 87!
Someone needs to start a no blue pills in heaven campaign /sarc off
The CIA used to pay off the tribal warlords in Afghanistan in order to get the OK to do what they want.
Payment was wads of U.S. $100 bills and bottles of Viagra.
https://open.substack.com/pub/emeralddb3/p/the-doj-listened-to-gary-berntsen
Mr. Berntsen used to do deliveries.
Thank you for the homework! I’ll enjoy the learning
A few men are still able to keep on going at that age.
Caverjet injections will work even if pills won’t, as long as atrophy or fibrosis has not set in from not being used.
Prostate Cancer prompts some laymen to learn way more about urology than we wanted to.
From what I understand, the actual translation of the Quran is “72 raisins”!
My understanding is the translation was “dates”. If so, that may explain the loose translation to virgins.
Could be. And since “Virgins” were required by the Quran to wear Burqas could they have meant “blind” dates??
You have got it all wrong its not 72 virgins it’s one 72 year old virgin. Of one 72 year old virgin might be too much for the mullah.
The joke I heard involved 72 Revolutionary-era Virginians would be waiting for them.
I heard the joke to, it’s hilarious 😂
The IAEA is an intelligence operation just like the Red Cross and other so called journalists who get arrested in foreign countries for espionage activities. The left wing media hypes it up that a journalist got arrested in so and so country. But it’s just a cover being a journalist or part of an international organization to spy on other countries.
Then there are people on X talking about that WaPo editor that was arrested while completely not mentioning the child porn charges. Pretending isn’t a strong enough word. Useful though.
Also related to the UN.
Grossi is a great asset for the Mossad and our CIA. It is amazing our enemies letting him nose around.
Maybe Biden should donate his autopen to the Ayatollah ???
To my knowledge, the Iranian regime has never, ever, allowed the IAEA or any other nuclear watchdog full access for inspection of any of their facilities.
Nothing has changed for them, because they will never change.
Setback is great.
Elimination would be even better.
Did Brennan and Grossi clear their statements about site damage with CNN’s experts?
Jennifer is tapping her feet anxiously awaiting….
Yep.. it is an actually quite convenient for the power behind the throne to have an incompetent figurehead installed for public consumption… just sayin .. comes is all flavors of pretending…
Tell me if this is an accurate summary of what the IAEA functionary said:
1. He has no idea how much damage has been done to Iran’s nuclear weapons program because he hasn’t been there since the bombings. Yet he feels comfortable assessing the damage with lots of different adjectives covering the spectrum of damage.
2. He says Iran “moved” significant components of their nuclear weapons program to “other locations” but he doesn’t know where and he cites no evidence to back up his statement.
3. He says that at some point there must be lots and lots of dialogue (blah-blah) between Iran and the IAEA to confirm all of the above and to keep Iran on the straight and narrow path.
Does that about cover it? This clown is an absolute tool.
IAEA is tied into the UN.
I am not buying bullet point #2…nuclear stuff has its very own identifying ‘signature’. I fully believe they know where it is. Or all those satellites and computers up in space are truly “space junk”…and am not buying that one either. I cannot help but believe at some point during a movement, the radioactivity was detected and identified. But I am just a nurse who was married to a nuke sub sailor and then his job at a nuke plant… so I could be wrong.
I go on the idea of mutually assured destruction and the espionage required to prevent it. But again, I sincerely don’t know…just being logical…?
Am needing to hear from those who know their stuff…lurking nuclear engineers out there in the Treehouse…
Can’t stand to even read this. Once read a book about a man who could never lie. Wonder if he’s afraid to lie or to tell the truth. The song ‘I can Dance’ is appropriate.
Aside from using Margaret Brennan and CBS as a source, there have been credible allegations that the IAEA was spying on Iran for the benefit of Israel. If true, you can bet your last dollars that few countries will continue to work with the IAEA. Furthermore, this attack on Iran by Israel with the backing of the USA will make it less likely that countries such as Pakistan and North Korea will give up their nuclear weapons and more likely that Iran will become determined to develop such weaponry. Likewise, there is no guarantee that other countries won’t offer to sell a few nukes to Iran. Pakistan has already said they’d consider doing so since they seem to be next on the Zionist hit list if Iran was to fall.
Could you furnish us a copy of that Zionist hit list? Seriously, it must be pretty readily available, since Pakistan referenced it.
The point is that many people believe Pakistan is next on the Zionist hitlist after Iran, whether it’s true or not
It is widely known and accepted that many people believe a miriad of things that are incorrect.
See how that works?
Well, all is not well over in the sandbox…this one Ayatollah is 98:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/fatwa-calling-muslims-assassinate-president-trump-issued-iranian/
They were already threatening the President and his administration when he neutralized their pet general Soleimani. This is just more posturing from a known threat.
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I knew NOTHING about about Grossi, but he just did a great job with the insufferable purple cow IMHO….(but curious about tie coordination)…..and I thought he spoke concisely without a hint of bloviation, exaggeration or even speculation, really….
And his english better than most I hear in this country….. as well as more HONEST.
Don’t doubt for one second that this man is not in “the loop” (or multiple loopsfor that matter) and is extremely knowledgeable.
I only mention this, because I’ve gotten a general sense that many out there have been dismissive of his opinions, bordering on disparaging.
The people who advise Khamenei are likely still trying to understand the full extent of damage and also how to fill the many personnel holes created by the IDF.
Their top priority — above all else — is to ensure regime continuity.
This likely requires the immediate shifting of security personnel from other provinces direct to Tehran where the IDF blasted everything security-related: Ministry of Interior HQ. Gone. National Law Enforcement Forces HQ. Gone. Local Basij militia facilities in Tehran. Gone.
The IDF claims it inflicted quite a few casualties on security personnel in Tehran.
Recently, Iran’s parliament has approved legislation banning the use of Starlink within its borders
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/1939416987106517404#m
They are probably running around trying to find moles, wondering and worrying if they are next.
I thought that was the whole purpose of the Israeli-American operation”
“Comprehensive Damage to Iran’s (the mullahs) Nuclear Ambitions”
the Persians have been living under the tyrant’s thumb since Jimmah Carter made his unforgivable error
It wasn’t an ” error”..
carter, piss be upon him , was a miserable puke.
And climate change is the biggest threat to America
Yeah Brennan. Because every country which has a peaceful nuclear energy program does it’s research in a bomb shelter 90 meters underground. I can’t stand that dope.
Many do . SNOLAB in Canada is 2000m underground , Japan has a facility 200 m underground. Both those facilities are for research not just storing nuclear waste , and neither country has a weapons program
Long gone are the days of building an atomic pile under the bleachers of a football stadium. Besides, compare the two countries you have stated to the islamic Republic. See the difference?
One can assume they have Autopens in Iran.
A wise man to play patty cake, make nice, let’s say nothing that will get a fatwah declared against me, like they just did with Trump…again.
Interesting word salad. Says nothing. It is obvious, even with all the dancing, that those facilities as well as other infrastructure, and personnel is severely damage if not obliterated.
It is hard to believe, Americans would be pulling for a country that literally wants to eradicate another country and the USA as well.
Iran built their nuclear equipment under hundreds of feet of rock. They are building a bomb to eradicate Israel.
Their Prophet Demanded Muslims destroy the Infidels. It is their religious obligation to do so.
Somebody needs to join the modern World.
No, they need to leave it.
If there’s a lot of doubt about the total destruction of the Iran’s big nuclear site, maybe President Trump should send the B2 bombers back on another mission to wipe the question marks off the skeptics’ faces.
Iranian Ayatollah Issues Death Fatwa Targeting Trump
Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi issued a fatwa labeling anyone who threatens Islamic leadership, including the Supreme Leader, as a “muharib” a status that under Islamic law that carries the death penalty. This ruling is a direct response to U.S. threats and targets President Trump.
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/1939326810325434761#m
Lets hope he gets the Solemani treatment
Engineering vehicles seen at Fordow on satellite images
@Osint613
4h
One week after the attack, Iran is rapidly accelerating engineering work to reopen access to the Fordow facility, new Maxar satellite images reveal.
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/1939423245901742194#m
The satellite photos show what may be a trackhoe near a ventilation shaft opening. This is rapidly accelerated restoration of access to the centrifuges? It occurs to me that it is more likely a futile attempt to look down into the hole.
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That may be a bad idea. Fordow was destroyed the way it was for a reason.
“This is again – and I’m sorry, fourth time, we have to go back to the table…….” I don’t believe Margaret even got it on the fourth time.
We can’t really trust what the IAEA says.
And it turns out that
https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/06/30/satellite-images-reveal-iran-attempting-to-regain-access-to-fordo-nuclear-facility/
I hope IDF sent in drones through the holes at Fordow to see what the extent of damage actually is.
The mullahs will stop at nothing to makes nukes to attack Israel and the USA.
If several hundred thousand pounds of steel and extremely high-explosive munitions have just been dumped down two or three holes into your facility … and all of them went off … and there are no blast-craters on the surface … then: “your installation is gone.” There will be nothing for you to “tunnel back into,” because the granite above and around you will have been thoroughly shattered. You are, if you care to do it, drilling into a tomb.
Almost like looking for integrity in dc.. My money is on the obliterated facility miraculously being restored by unicorns first though.
This guy speaks in bull sh*t. 10 minutes of blabbering for one yes or no or ” we don’t know ” answer.
Not to be trusted.
The problem with Grossi is he is essentially a Mossad asset and Iran has figured that out. The IAEA would best replace him with someone else if they are going to make progress with Iran.
Khamaenei allegely has cancer, and has not, as far as I’ve seen, been legitimately seen since he went into his bunker.
Khamenei might wander off into the jungle or shake hands with invisible people like Biden.
Brennan: there’s is confusion in the US.
Translation: we are attempting to sow confusion in the US.
We want a war dammit.
Iran Issues Safety Warning to Nuclear Inspectors
https://www.newsweek.com/iran-issues-safety-warning-nuclear-inspectors-2092368
Wise warning, because “the rock has been shattered.” There are no tunnels, and nothing safe to tunnel into. The entire installation is gone. Any uranium there is entombed.