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WorkingClassMan

(28 posts) Mon Apr 14, 2025, 08:38 AM Apr 14

Iran Is Not Building A Nuclear Bomb: A Fact Sheet

By Ted Snider

“You know, it’s not a complicated formula,” U.S. President Donald Trump said. “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. That’s all there is.” So, negotiations should be successful because Iran neither has, nor are they pursuing, a nuclear weapon.

The United States has for years threatened that “all options are on the table,” including “bombing the likes of which they have never seen before,” if Iran doesn’t come to an agreement that guarantees they will not pursue a nuclear bomb. But Iran signed precisely such an agreement in 2015 with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). It was Donald Trump and the United States, and not Iran, that illegally broke that agreement.

Broad and unquestioning public acceptance that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon is build upon what A.B. Abrams has called a “greater vilifying metanarrative.” The U.S. and its partners, both government and media, repeat a claim so often that a foundation is built in the public imagination upon which current accusations are easily established.

But next time the government or media feeds you the steady diet of evidence free claims that Iran is building a bomb, remember two things. Iran is not building a bomb. And, despite what you are being told, no one really believes that they are.”

Read more: https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2025/04/13/iran-is-not-building-a-nuclear-bomb-fact-sheet/

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Iran Is Not Building A Nuclear Bomb: A Fact Sheet (Original Post) WorkingClassMan Apr 14 OP

Iran is not making a bomb creon Apr 14 #1

Nuclear weapons programs that are not quite... Norrrm Apr 14 #2

The credibility of this source is rather questionable Beastly Boy Apr 14 #3

Antiwar.com is one of the best blogs on the web. WorkingClassMan Apr 14 #4

Not according to one of the most authoritative media bias checking sources available. Beastly Boy Apr 14 #5

The author of the "article", Ted Snider: Behind the Aegis Apr 14 #6

creon

(1,494 posts)

1. Iran is not making a bomb

Reply to WorkingClassMan (Original post)

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 08:52 AM

Apr 14

It is NOT building a bomb

Norrrm

(1,258 posts)

2. Nuclear weapons programs that are not quite...

Reply to WorkingClassMan (Original post)

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 09:14 AM

Apr 14

Years ago, WSJ had an article about countries developing a nuclear weapons program. Countries that had no real ability to do so, but they would set up a basic program. Their real goals were to get foreign aid to dissuade them from a weapons program.

Beastly Boy

(12,010 posts)

3. The credibility of this source is rather questionable

Reply to WorkingClassMan (Original post)

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 11:53 AM

Apr 14

Overall, we rate Antiwar.com Right-Center biased and questionable based on several instances of publishing false or misleading claims regarding Ukraine. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to the promotion of conspiracy theories, propaganda, and poor sourcing.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/anti-war/

Furthermore, invoking Shariah law as evidence is pretty funny. So is citing a National Intelligence Estimate from 18 years ago. So is any quote that does not cite its sources.

WorkingClassMan

(28 posts)

4. Antiwar.com is one of the best blogs on the web.

Reply to Beastly Boy (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 12:11 PM

Apr 14

All sources are bias. The bias of Antiwar.com is being anti-interventionist. In a time where hawks are pushing for WWIII in Iran, we need sources that push back against the word of the military industrial complex. This is just a blog post from one of the contributing writers. Links to conflicts around the world are outsource from other media outlets.

I trust the people of Iran on their nuclear program. The Neocon elite have been pushing for war against Iran since the W administration.

Beastly Boy

(12,010 posts)

5. Not according to one of the most authoritative media bias checking sources available.

Reply to WorkingClassMan (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 01:49 PM

Apr 14

And not as of 20 years ago, based on an interview that had nothing to do with Iran's nuclear program.

According to mediabiasfactcheck.com, as of today, Antiwar.com had a Right-Center bias and questionable credibility. Certainly, making references to edicts of the ruling Ayatollas as evidence of their principle conclusion on the absence of a nuclear program in Iran is not credible.

If you trust the people of Iran as you say you do, find out how much they trust their radical Islamist rulers, who after all are in full charge of Iran's nuclear program, to give them accurate information.

I would also question the kind of access you have to the people of Iran to form the basis of your trust in them. Iran is not known for allowing free flow of information about its people.

Behind the Aegis

(55,277 posts)

6. The author of the "article", Ted Snider:

Reply to Beastly Boy (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 04:14 PM

Apr 14

Ted Snider is a regular columnist on U.S. foreign policy and history at Antiwar.com and The Libertarian Institute. He is also a frequent contributor to Responsible Statecraft and other outlets.

Ted Snider is a regular columnist on U.S. foreign policy and history at Antiwar.com and The Libertarian Institute. He is also a frequent contributor to Responsible Statecraft and The American Conservative

The author of the OP done gone bye-bye. You'll have to wait a bit until he rises from the grave.

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