A resolution calling on Iran to give access to two of its atomic sites to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors, presented by Germany, France, and England, was eventually passed on June 19, 2020, enjoying a good majority of the votes (25 countries, aye; 7 abstentions; Russia and China, nay; and Paraguay was absent).  That's good, because Iran is suspected of carrying out nuclear activities at these two sites in the 2000s in order to obtain nuclear weapons. Tehran tried to prevent its approval by any means — using both carrots and sticks — because it was horrified at what the outcome of its passage would be. More evidence of a change of course by the Europeans toward the Iranian regime can be found in a statement made by the same three that underlines the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.  It reads in part: "We believe that revocation of the arms embargo against Iran in October will provoke complications in the...(Read Full Post)