WHY IRAN NEEDS NUKES

Iran needs nuclear weapons to deter Israel’s aggression in its quest to topple the government in Tehran.

That was the message from British political commentator George Galloway (@georgegalloway on X) during a heated discussion on UK journalist Piers Morgan's ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ TV programme about US and Israeli warnings that Iran is allegedly on the verge of producing nuclear arms, justifying attacks on Tehran and other Iranian locations. Meanwhile, Israel owns undeclared nuclear capabilities, likely through decades of US military aid, threatening West Asia.

The Costs of War Project at Brown University reports that the United States allocated $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel from October 2023 to September 2024. In December 2023, the Wall Street Journal noted that US arms deliveries to Israel since 7 October 2023 included 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells.

Galloway contends a nuclear-capable Iran would act as a deterrent against such military actions. His remarks also underscore the hypocrisy of the West, which claims arbitrarily that some countries are permitted to have nuclear weapons while others are not.

Galloway says he employs a realist interpretation of geopolitics, where anti-colonial nations like Iran must bolster their defence capabilities to ensure their survival, as imperialist forces target them.

Do you think that being prepared for battle against Western imperialism is a lesson that Africa's anti-imperialist revolution in the Sahel should take from Iran's situation?

Video credit: @PiersUncensored