Iran: You've Been Chided

I'm not quite sure where chiding comes out on the scale of international diplomacy, but the Iranians should know that they're being chided by the IAEA because they are not complying with the IAEA. Iran wants nuclear weapons, and is openly flouting the IAEA wishes, desires, and hopes that Iran will not develop a nuclear program.

For the record, international diplomacy has several levels of warning:

a UN General Assembly resolution;

a UN Conference;

chided;

verbal warning;

strong verbal warning;

strong written warning;

very strongly written warning;

rebuke;

strong rebuke; and

UN Security Council resolution.

In other words, the Iranians know that the IAEA doesn't have the ability to stop their actions so the Iranians continue down the path to obtaining nuclear weapons.

Chiding is about all the IAEA can do.

The IAEA must hope that the Iranians reading the chiding report either die of a thousand papercuts or die from laughter as the Iranians contemplate the IAEA preparing a strongly worded warning in their next round of threats to the Iranians. All the while, the Iranians move closer to their goal.