Geneva Won’t Stop Iran From Exploiting Loopholes
The Arak heavy water facility in Western Iran was a major obstacle at the recent Geneva nuclear talks. When fully operational, the facility is capable of producing plutonium. Both plutonium and uranium can be used in the fissile core of a nuclear bomb. While Iran insists that the facility will only produce medical isotopes when it is completed next year, the P5+1 nations were insistent that work on the facility cease. They clearly perceive the facility to be Iran’s second path to nuclear arms.
That is why the deal to relieve sanctions on Iran had to be met by the complete cessation of activity at the Arak facility. In the write-up of the deal, Iran promised to not make “any further advances of its activities” at the Arak facility.
Unfortunately, there are two significant loopholes in this statement.
Firstly, the deal has not been signed yet. While Western nations were shaking hands and patting one another on the back, Rouhani was flying home to Iran where nuclear work continues today—business as usual. Until a start date for the six-month agreement is finalized, Iran can keep doing as it pleases.
Secondly, even when the deal is implemented, Iran still has the opportunity to continue work on the facility. In the agreement, Iran promised to halt work, but it doesn’t want to waste six months’ worth of progress. Its solution: Construct the parts off site and then, at the end of the six months, bring them in and install them. That ensures Iran is still pushing ahead with its nuclear ambitions even when there is no construction going on at the facility itself.
Of course, Iran is playing the West for fools. The West is so desperate for reconciliation and a nuclear deal that logic is taken off the negotiating table. At what point did the West—particularly the United States—think Iran would keep its word? Apparently the Americans still believe it, even after comments made by Iran in recent days. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, for example, told Iranian parliament on December 4: “Capacity at the Arak site is not going to increase. It means no new nuclear fuel will be produced and no new installations will be installed, but construction will continue there.”
The statement was condemned by the P5+1 nations, but when have words slowed Iran?
Iran has conned the world into believing that it is now an honest, moderate, reformed nation. Meanwhile, it inches closer to the bomb.
World powers are behaving as though they are blind to the obvious dangers posed by Iran. It seems inevitable that Iran will get its hands on nuclear weapons, and that the world is headed toward a new era of nuclear proliferation.
In fact, nuclear warfare is even prophesied in your Bible! Matthew 24:21-22 show that man is capable of annihilating himself. This has only become possible today with the development of weapons of mass destruction.
But notice what else Christ promised in those same scriptures: “[B]ut for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” Ultimately, this prophecy is about the return of Jesus Christ to this Earth. Nothing is more promising and filled with hope!
It is crucial to understand that even though the world is descending into violence around us, it will inevitably lead to the return of Jesus Christ. Nuclear weapons one day soon will become a thing of the past. Christ will change this world as no man ever could. If you want to see just how amazing that world will be, request a copy of The Wonderful World Tomorrow—What It Will Be Like.