Admin I Tuesday, June 17, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria – Former Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA has advised world power to stick to the Nuclear non- Proliferation Treaty, NPT instead of threats and use of force adding that to do the later will only spike the nuclear power race and send a clear message to Nations that the ultimate security is to develop nuclear weapons.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the former and 4th IAEA DG said Israel’s attack on Iran is telling people why they need nukes.
According to him, for Israel to attack Iran including its nuclear facilities (prohibited by international law) and for President Donald Trump to ask Iran for “total surrender” and forgo a treaty right (uranium enrichment) in a clear act of national humiliation, on suspicion that it is developing nuclear weapons (possessed by both Israel and US ), on suspicion that does not constitute an “imminent threat” as confirmed by all western intelligence agencies and was dealt with through negotiations in JCPOA agreement of 2015 which the US withdrew from in 2018.
As he puts it, to rely on force and not negotiations is a sure way to destroy the NPT and the nuclear non proliferation regime (imperfect as it is) and sends a clear message to many countries that their “ultimate security” is to develop nuclear weapons.
