FxWirePro: Daily Commodity Tracker - 21st March, 2022 
On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu triggered a geopolitical stir across the world by accusing Iran of lying about its nuclear research program. Citing evidence from a trove of files that the Israeli intelligence allegedly managed to obtain from Tehran’s nuclear research archive and with the help of presentation slides, the Israeli PM claimed that Iran was pursuing a nuclear weapons program when it brokered the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with the international community.
While Washington has thrown its weight behind the Prime Minister’s claim, European countries, as well as the European Union, confronted those claims saying it contradicts with the findings of International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA).
Steffen Seibert, the spokesman of the German government, told journalists, “It is clear that the international community had doubts that Iran was carrying out an exclusively peaceful nuclear program….It was for this reason the nuclear accord was signed in 2015, including the implementation of an unprecedented, thorough and robust surveillance system by the International Atomic Energy Agency.”
European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini sounded similar, “the deal was put in place exactly because there was no trust between the parties, otherwise, we would not have required a nuclear deal to be put in place”. She further added that the only impartial, international organization that is in charge of monitoring Iran’s nuclear commitments, IAEA has already published 10 reports suggesting Iran’s full compliance with the nuclear accord and it is up to the IAEA to verify Prime Minister’s claim.
French ambassador to the US, Gerard Araud said that the Prime Minister’s claim is actually a more convincing argument on why the deal should continue as it verifies Iran nuclear ambition.
