The Post That Got Me Banned: Iran, Israel, and the Nuclear Hypocrisy No One Wants to Talk About

This is the post that got my LinkedIn account permanently banned.

As per our previous correspondence, the restriction on your account is permanent and will not be lifted.

Please note that this will be the final correspondence from our end with regards to this issue.

No hate speech. No personal attacks. Just history — and a truth that apparently platforms can't handle when it exposes the wrong kind of power.

I wrote this because I believe people deserve to know what’s been buried beneath decades of headlines, propaganda, and selective outrage.

But they don’t want the truth out. They don’t want people asking the real questions. They want silence, compliance, and complicity. Especially when it comes to Israel.

So here it is — the post they banned. Because if a platform punishes truth, then the truth must be louder.

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How did Iran’s nuclear program get this far?
Because the United States helped start it.

In 1957, under President Eisenhower’s "Atoms for Peace" initiative, the U.S. launched Iran’s atomic energy program. Back then, Iran was a close American ally under the Shah. By the 1970s, with full U.S. and European support, Iran was building nuclear reactors and developing peaceful atomic capabilities.

Then came the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Shah was overthrown. Suddenly, Iran was rebranded as a threat.

But here’s what most people don’t know:

Iran never withdrew from the legal international framework. It remains a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which forbids the development of nuclear weapons. It allows international inspections. It has repeatedly stated its nuclear aims are peaceful: energy production and medical research.

Meanwhile, let’s talk about Israel.

In the 1960s, somewhere between 200 and 600 pounds of highly enriched uranium went missing from a nuclear facility in Apollo, Pennsylvania. That’s enough for dozens of nuclear bombs.

The company involved? NUMEC — Nuclear Materials & Equipment Corporation.

Its founder? Zalman Shapiro, a prominent figure in the Zionist Organization of America with well-documented ties to Israel.

The FBI, CIA, and Atomic Energy Commission all investigated. Nothing came of it. But decades later, declassified intelligence strongly suggested that the material was stolen and transferred to Israel. Israeli "scientists" — later revealed to be Mossad agents — had visited the facility under suspicious circumstances.

So where did that uranium end up?

At Dimona — Israel’s secret nuclear facility in the Negev Desert.

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy demanded transparency. He wrote multiple letters to Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, insisting on full disclosure and international inspections of Dimona.

Ben-Gurion delayed, dodged, and then resigned. His successor continued the stonewalling. Eventually, Israel simply shut the doors to inspectors altogether.

And after Kennedy’s assassination? That pressure evaporated. No U.S. president since has dared to challenge Israel's nuclear ambitions.

Fast-forward to today:

Israel is believed to possess over 100 nuclear warheads — some estimates go as high as 300. It is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It faces no IAEA inspections. It receives over $3 billion annually in U.S. aid.

Iran, by contrast, remains under intense scrutiny. Despite no proof of a nuclear weapons program, it faces endless sanctions, covert sabotage, and constant threats of war.

This is nuclear hypocrisy at its most dangerous.

The U.S. knew the uranium was likely stolen. Knew Israel was building bombs. Knew the geopolitical risk. And chose silence.

They speak of "non-proliferation" while shielding the one state that actually introduced nuclear weapons to the Middle East.

If the world were honest, the real questions wouldn’t be aimed at Iran.

They would be aimed at Israel — for the theft, the deception, the secret arsenal, and the long trail of instability and chaos left in its wake.

No inspections. No accountability. No consequences.

Just impunity.

Sanctioned, protected, and armed — by the very superpower that claims to guard global peace.

– Miral Askar