Iran’s Cat-and-Mouse Game Plus Fauci’s Legal Squeeze

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Newly declassified COVID-19 records present the most compelling evidence yet that the virus was engineered in the Wuhan lab and funded by U.S. taxpayer dollars through Dr. Fauci’s National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and USAID.

On Saturday, former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who released the records, said there is a path forward to achieve accountability. Gabbard stated that Fauci lied to Congress in 2024—testimony well within the statute of limitations.

Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance is in Switzerland as challenging negotiations begin on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran.

The MOU is a bare-bones framework, and now the heavy lifting begins on negotiating the finer points over the next 60 days, including Iran’s nuclear program.

Of the 14-point framework, one element immediately caught my attention: Iran affirms that it "shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons."

This language implies that Iran had been abiding by the Obama-era nuclear deal known as the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).

We know now that Iran did nothing of the sort. When the war began in February, Iran had 440 kg of enriched uranium up to 60% purity, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). If further enriched, this stockpile was sufficient for 10–12 nuclear weapons.

In a briefing to Congress, President Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said Iran would invite the UN’s nuclear watchdog to inspect and identify the enriched uranium. According to the Associated Press, it will allow US nuclear inspectors into Iran.

I have direct, personal experience reporting on UN weapons inspections, which makes me, frankly, uneasy about enforcement.

DEEP DIVE: WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE

In the late 90’s, as the London-based correspondent for Fox News, I travelled to Iraq to cover the UN weapons inspection teams. At that time…

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