US nixes Zionist Israeli unilateralism on Iran

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said Washington is still advising Zionist Israel to desist from taking any unilateral action against Iran.

At a joint press conference with Zionist Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv on Monday, Panetta said that Israel should not embark upon any action without the coordination and consensus of the international community, Haaretz reported.

It was Panetta’s second meeting with the Zionist Israeli defense minister in two weeks.

They two defense chiefs reportedly discussed a number of issues, including bilateral security ties, the Palestinian initiative for UN membership, the Arab Spring, and Iran’s nuclear program.

Tel Aviv and Washington are at odds over Iran’s nuclear activities.

Like his predecessor, Robert Gates, Panetta has repeatedly expressed opposition to Israel’s threats to unilaterally strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The United States, Zionist Israel, and their allies accuse Iran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program.

But as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran maintains that it has the right to develop and acquire nuclear technology meant for peaceful purposes.

In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran’s civilian nuclear program has been diverted to nuclear weapons production.

However, Zionist Israel possesses a nuclear arsenal and continues to defy international calls to join the NPT.