US must let IAEA do its job in IranA woman watches smoke rise from an oil storage facility after strikes by US and Israeli forces in Tehran, Iran. NYTThe US-Israeli war on Iran has already destabilised the global economy and the geopolitics of the Middle East. No one is dismissing the seriousness of the risk posed by Iran's nuclear material. Either way, Iran's nuclear programme cannot be bombed away, and it is not even clear that regime change would eliminate the threat it represents. Moreover, Iran has previously demonstrated some willingness to negotiate with the IAEA, such as when it accepted an Egyptian-facilitated agreement to restore IAEA access last September (though implementation has been limited so far).

Source: Bangkok Post March 31, 2026 04:28 UTC