Ex-IAEA chief warns US of ‘horrific’ costs of war on Iran
Mohamed ElBaradei, a former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, has warned the US about the abysmal consequences of its waging another war on Iran, while rebuffing Washington’s so-called justifications aimed at trying to rationalize such fresh aggression.
“The US is intensifying the drumbeat of war against Iran,” ElBaradei wrote on X on Wednesday.
“All Wars, including ‘wars of choice,’ have horrific costs. That is the reason for the restraints and limitations established by international norms…,” he added.
The former director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), however, said Washington had provided “zero explanation of the non-existent legal authority to use force and zero evidence of an ‘imminent threat’ other than hypothetical scenarios based on possible future intentions…”
US President Donald Trump has markedly escalated his routinely warlike rhetoric concerning Iran, besides ordering significant military buildup in the West Asia region, including around the Islamic Republic.
The hostile posturing has seen Washington deploy two aircraft carriers as well as numerous warplanes and missile systems in the region.
The saber-rattling and muscle-flexing comes, although, the two sides are heading into a third round of fresh indirect nuclear talks in Geneva.
Earlier, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said an agreement on outstanding issues was possible, but emphasized that the country’s Armed Forces were ready, and added, “The aim is to prevent a war. When you are prepared for a war, you can prevent it.”
Last month too, ElBaradei, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, had likewise condemned escalating US threats of military action against Iran.
"The continued unilateral threats of a military strike against Iran in the absence of any clear and present danger and in violation of international law, brings to mind the same grim scene before the illegal and immoral Iraq war with its lies and horrifying consequences.”
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He was referring to Western powers’ claiming at the time that Baghdad was in possession of “weapons of mass destruction” in order to justify the pending US-led invasion of the Arab country.
The invasion cost thousands of life, although, the claim was later found to be false.
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