Iran’s plan is to wipe Israel ‘off the map’ yet we seem happy to entertain its endless lies

Iran signs on the dotted line. The Wall Street Journal, Monday:

Iran has been a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons since 1970. As a signatory, the country has committed to use ­nuclear material and technology only for peaceful purposes — and to co-operate with inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Iran also signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. President Barack Obama was confident of his deal. White House library, August 5, 2015:

After two years of negotiations, we have achieved a detailed arrangement that permanently prohibits Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. It cuts off all of Iran’s pathways to a bomb.

This was lauded by those in the know. White House library, January 16, 2016:

General Colin Powell, former secretary of state: “My judgment is that it’s a pretty good deal.” Madeleine ­Albright, former secretary of state: “Rejection of this accord would leave the United States isolated.” Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser to president George HW Bush: “The Iran deal: An epochal ­moment that congress shouldn’t squander.” Heads of state, the United Kingdom, Germany and France: “The agreement provides the ­foundation for resolving the conflict on Iran’s nuclear program ­permanently.”

The Iranians are treacherous. Those in the know knew less than they thought. The New York Times, June 19:

International nuclear inspectors and the United States accused Iran on ­Friday of hiding suspected nuclear ­activity, the first time in more than eight years that Tehran has been accused of obstructing inspections, paving the way for a new confrontation with Western powers.

Iran carries on. Agreements? Not for us. Associated Press, March 3:

Iran has nearly tripled its stockpile of enriched uranium since November in violation of its deal with world powers and is refusing to answer questions about three possible undeclared nuclear sites, the UN atomic watchdog agency has said.

Iran is working towards a certain goal. The Guardian, July 8 last year:

The Iran nuclear deal was put on life support on Sunday after Iran took a further step to breach its rules by taking its low-enriched uranium limit over the agreed threshold.

And that surprises only those who should have known. BBC November 11 last year:

The International Atomic Energy Agency has found uranium particles at a site in Iran that had not been declared by the Iranian authorities. That is the area where Israeli Prime ­Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ­alleged Iran had a “secret atomic warehouse”.

You don’t say. For the Israelis this may be a matter of life and death. USA Today, April 30, 2018:

Tens of thousands of secret files and other evidence proves the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is “based on lies and ­Iranian deception” and should be thrown out, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday. Netanyahu … said Iran lied when it said it never sought to develop ­nuclear weapons, then cheated by failing to reveal all its weapons ­program.

And if Iran had a nuclear bomb, what might it do? Let’s tune into the former president for a clue. Al ­Jazeera, October 27, 2005:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said: “The establishment of the Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world … as the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map,” said Ahmadinejad, referring to Iran’s revolutionary leader Ayat Allah Khomeini.