By: Hamdollah Emadi Heidari
Tehran, July 7, IRNA -- U.S. President Barack Obama's sanctions against Iran will face same fate as d'Amato bill signed by former president Bill Clinton.
Chairman of French Total Oil Company Christophe de Margerie advised the western diplomats not to mix citizenship affairs with those of the politics.
He made the remark in a reaction to efforts made by the West to impose new oil sanctions against Iran.
The French Total is the largest oil company producing oil products across the world after the British companies and the Royal Dutch Shell of the Netherlands.
De Margerie’s remark is made after the US Congress, in an anti-Iranian move, ratified new sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the objective of which was not only the foreign energy and financial companies trading with Iran but also endangering the direct security of the Iranian passengers during their flights.
The new sanctions are in a way that the foreign companies providing Iran with petrol or refined oil products would be punished by Washington. The western news sources had previously announced that the plan would be put into effect after the US President Barack Obama signed it.
The US sanctions against the Iranian nation is carried out while Tehran’s trilateral Declaration on Iran’s international cooperation in the area of peaceful nuclear energy is faced with the political grudge of the US and the West. Moreover, some international analysts believe that the new sanctions have paved the way for the country’s development in those fields and that the sanctions would have the same fate as that of Damato.
** Prospect of d'Amato’s bill compared to new US sanctions against Iran
At the current international status, this question is raised that due to the world financial crisis, and the need of the oil producing companies to trade with Iran, do not the unilateral sanctions of the Obama’s administration have the same fate as of the d'Amato bill turned into law by the former US president Bill Clinton? The story of the sanctions goes back to Bill Clinton administration:
On August 4, 1996, the then US president, by signing d"Amato bill, announced that it would abandon its insurance coverage for Iran’s partner companies.
Not long had been passed when several European companies gave their negative response to the sanctions practically by continuing their trade cooperation with the Islamic Republic.
The Total Company inked a 2-billion dollar accord with Iran in 1997 and then representatives of the Shell Company sat at the negotiation table with Iran for a dlrs 800-million deal.
Eleanor Ommani, Founder of the Amercian-Iranian Friendship Committee (AIFC) and a member of several anti-war NGOs in the US in an analysis on the US unilateral sanctions against Iran while talking to IRNA said, the new US fuel sanction is in fact an amended version of d'Amato bill in 1996 when the embargos took a new shape by omitting the name of Libya and maintaining the name of Iran in that law in 2009.
She believed that inking of the bill by Obama was an indication to his weakness.
Such a move by Obama proves that he at last surrendered to the military-industrial lobbies, she said, adding that the American people are well aware that Obama has spent all the country’s assets on his war machine across the world, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama imposed sanctions on Iran to defeat the Islamic Republic while Tehran proved that it could remain independent in its nuclear program, the US analyst added.
Obama faced defeat in attracting participation of Russia and China in its vast sanctions process against Iran and therefore resorted to unilateral sanctions, Ommani noted.
Although the giant US oil and gas companies tried to prevent imposition of anti-Iran sanctions, the Zionist lobby in the US paved the way for inking the sanctions by bribing and influencing the Congress representatives, she opined.
The inhumane act of Obama to impose sanctions on Iran is in fact against a nation which is willing to put an end to scientific monopoly in the world, she added.
The Bloomberg website has recently published a new report according to which the two American companies of Boeing and Exxon have announced that the US sanctions against Iran will decrease the country’s exports by dlrs 25 billion.
** Iran’s readiness for sanctions
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s approach for turning the threats into opportunities has increasingly caused self-sufficiency in various fields. Iran’s oil minister Tuesday announced that Iran will join the world petrol exporters in the next three years.
** Contradiction between sanctions and international laws
Such a contradiction manifests the real nature of the US style human rights.
The US hostile acts against the Iranian nation are performed in full contradiction with all international laws and regulations including those of International Air Transport Association (IATA) and International Convention on Civil Aviation (ICAO).
** Following up cases of violation of law by companies
Some international law experts believe that while the US fuel sanctions against Iran have paved the way for profiteering of some companies, those companies enjoying collaboration with Washington in that regard will face legal consequences for breach of international laws and regulations.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Dutch tulip or a cup of bitter Brazilian coffee?
Report By: Hamdollah Emadi Heidari
Tehran, July 4, IRNA -- The Brazil-Dutch match during the World Cup 2010 and some of the unsporting points at the sidelines backed the idea that the Brazilians deserved the defeat gave rise to the suspicion that the victory of the “land of tulips” was politically-motivated.
The result of the match inspired the question in the mind of soccer lovers that are victory or defeat of the teams in the world cups determined in far away from that green pitch?
Let’s remember that there have been indications that the hegemony seeking powers are used to taking advantage of the world cup games to get their political voice heard worldwide.
Sociologists believe that: “when soccer matches start in an international scale, then it is the time for the element of politics to come to the scene at high level dosage so that the countries begin to follow their own political games to advance their national interests in the pitch… a clear example, was Mussolini who employed the victorious Italian national football players in the services of his own objectives in 1934 and 1938 describing them as “soldiers serving their national interests”. The French President Jacques Chirac, too, called the victory of French National Soccer Team in World Cup 1998 as the “victory of France.”
** What the Zionists attempted to do with the Green Continent
One prevailing suggestion has been that given the ever-growing influence of Zionists on the green continent including the Netherlands, the probable victory of Dutch soccer players in the 19th world cup could potentially be regarded as a moral support for those politicians whom the Zionists are zealously supporting to gain power in the Netherlands.
Manipulating Sporting Events
Manipulating sporting events as a universally effective instrument in gaining external objectives has always been on agenda of various Zionist protocols and capitalist system.
A close look at some political incidents in such countries as Italy, France and the Netherlands clearly discloses how Zionists are endeavoring to tightern their grip over the continent.
The rightist policy of France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy who unquestioningly follows the US policies and the White House views has made the supporters of an independent France as well as the French leftists protest what is going on.
Observers studying the European developments believe the failure of France during the World Cup 2010, too, was taken as good news by Sarkozy because the defeat would overshadow the failure of his economic and political policies.
And in Italy, the victory of the rightist party led by Silvio Berlusconi - who owns AC Milan Club – in the much-questioned elections in 2008, brought fascists who are strongly opposed to immigrants to power in Italy.
It seems that the Zionist lobbies are mobilizing all their military, political and media leverages to take power in the green continent and eliminate leftists.
**Islamists and leftists; a threat to the very existence of the Zionist regime
Having observed frank reactions of the international public opinion and the governments against the Israeli massacre of passengers aboard Freedom Flotilla, the Zionist regime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had just recently stated that “Islamists and leftists in the world are determined to destroy Israel.”
His remarks reveal how extremely the Zionist regime fears anti-imperialism movements and their victory in elections which will make the ones who decide about matters.
**the significance of the country of courts for Zionists
After France and Italy, now it is the Netherlands’ turn, a country which hosts a number of world’s most important courts like the international criminal court in charge of examining the war crimes, the court which is supposed to deal with Richard Goldstone report on Israeli war crimes during its 22-day aggression on Gaza.
A coalition led by Christian-democratic party is currently ruling the Netherlands which also gives a position both to leftists and religious powers in the power structure of the country. This deeply irritates Israel.
** Recurring referee mistakes during the 19th world cup
One other point supporting this article is the frequent and persistent referee mistakes in the world cup 2010 which made the FIFA head apologize to the world community. The increasing number of wrong decisions in the final stages gives rise to doubts on the true reasons of referees in behaving like this.
According to the news agencies, most of soccer experts evaluated the good performance of referees as one of the strong points of the 19th world cup, but, as the rivalries grew more intense, the referees, too, started to act in a vague manner. This culminated in the first play-off round.
Experts question the performance of the referees who neglected the violent behavior of those players who kept attacking technical Brazilian football players and shouted on referees and players, wondering how was it that Van Bommel did not receive any fines for disturbing Kaka for a whole time of 90 minutes.
The Argentina national soccer team coach, Diego Maradona, too, criticized referee performances ahead of the match between his team and Germans during the quarter-final this year.
Now the question is “did those who determine the destinies in the world cup 2010 preferred the “tulip” to “a cup of bitter Brazilian coffee?” And, how are the results of the remaining matches being determined?
Are the results of the matches determined on the green pitches or are there both known and unknown hands playing behind the scene; the same hands which barred the United Nations Security Council from issuing resolutions against the criminal Zionist regime? Will they determine the destiny of the teams in world cup 2010 in a place away from the matches?
Tehran, July 4, IRNA -- The Brazil-Dutch match during the World Cup 2010 and some of the unsporting points at the sidelines backed the idea that the Brazilians deserved the defeat gave rise to the suspicion that the victory of the “land of tulips” was politically-motivated.
The result of the match inspired the question in the mind of soccer lovers that are victory or defeat of the teams in the world cups determined in far away from that green pitch?
Let’s remember that there have been indications that the hegemony seeking powers are used to taking advantage of the world cup games to get their political voice heard worldwide.
Sociologists believe that: “when soccer matches start in an international scale, then it is the time for the element of politics to come to the scene at high level dosage so that the countries begin to follow their own political games to advance their national interests in the pitch… a clear example, was Mussolini who employed the victorious Italian national football players in the services of his own objectives in 1934 and 1938 describing them as “soldiers serving their national interests”. The French President Jacques Chirac, too, called the victory of French National Soccer Team in World Cup 1998 as the “victory of France.”
** What the Zionists attempted to do with the Green Continent
One prevailing suggestion has been that given the ever-growing influence of Zionists on the green continent including the Netherlands, the probable victory of Dutch soccer players in the 19th world cup could potentially be regarded as a moral support for those politicians whom the Zionists are zealously supporting to gain power in the Netherlands.
Manipulating Sporting Events
Manipulating sporting events as a universally effective instrument in gaining external objectives has always been on agenda of various Zionist protocols and capitalist system.
A close look at some political incidents in such countries as Italy, France and the Netherlands clearly discloses how Zionists are endeavoring to tightern their grip over the continent.
The rightist policy of France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy who unquestioningly follows the US policies and the White House views has made the supporters of an independent France as well as the French leftists protest what is going on.
Observers studying the European developments believe the failure of France during the World Cup 2010, too, was taken as good news by Sarkozy because the defeat would overshadow the failure of his economic and political policies.
And in Italy, the victory of the rightist party led by Silvio Berlusconi - who owns AC Milan Club – in the much-questioned elections in 2008, brought fascists who are strongly opposed to immigrants to power in Italy.
It seems that the Zionist lobbies are mobilizing all their military, political and media leverages to take power in the green continent and eliminate leftists.
**Islamists and leftists; a threat to the very existence of the Zionist regime
Having observed frank reactions of the international public opinion and the governments against the Israeli massacre of passengers aboard Freedom Flotilla, the Zionist regime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had just recently stated that “Islamists and leftists in the world are determined to destroy Israel.”
His remarks reveal how extremely the Zionist regime fears anti-imperialism movements and their victory in elections which will make the ones who decide about matters.
**the significance of the country of courts for Zionists
After France and Italy, now it is the Netherlands’ turn, a country which hosts a number of world’s most important courts like the international criminal court in charge of examining the war crimes, the court which is supposed to deal with Richard Goldstone report on Israeli war crimes during its 22-day aggression on Gaza.
A coalition led by Christian-democratic party is currently ruling the Netherlands which also gives a position both to leftists and religious powers in the power structure of the country. This deeply irritates Israel.
** Recurring referee mistakes during the 19th world cup
One other point supporting this article is the frequent and persistent referee mistakes in the world cup 2010 which made the FIFA head apologize to the world community. The increasing number of wrong decisions in the final stages gives rise to doubts on the true reasons of referees in behaving like this.
According to the news agencies, most of soccer experts evaluated the good performance of referees as one of the strong points of the 19th world cup, but, as the rivalries grew more intense, the referees, too, started to act in a vague manner. This culminated in the first play-off round.
Experts question the performance of the referees who neglected the violent behavior of those players who kept attacking technical Brazilian football players and shouted on referees and players, wondering how was it that Van Bommel did not receive any fines for disturbing Kaka for a whole time of 90 minutes.
The Argentina national soccer team coach, Diego Maradona, too, criticized referee performances ahead of the match between his team and Germans during the quarter-final this year.
Now the question is “did those who determine the destinies in the world cup 2010 preferred the “tulip” to “a cup of bitter Brazilian coffee?” And, how are the results of the remaining matches being determined?
Are the results of the matches determined on the green pitches or are there both known and unknown hands playing behind the scene; the same hands which barred the United Nations Security Council from issuing resolutions against the criminal Zionist regime? Will they determine the destiny of the teams in world cup 2010 in a place away from the matches?
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
U.S. backs talks with Taliban: Former envoy to Kabul
Interview By Hamdollah Emadi Heidari
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) -- James Dobbins, the former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, says Washington supports negotiations with Taliban.
"The U.S. and the NATO will support efforts by Hamid Karzai to engage insurgent leaders and factions and will encourage him to do so when there appear prospects for accommodation,” Dobbins told Mehr News Agency in an interview recently.
He added, “The insurgents of whom the Taliban is only one faction, albeit probably the largest, are not likely to be interested in any such accommodation as long as they believe that they are winning the military struggle.”
The former chief diplomat to Kabul believes that troop expansion in Afghanistan should be considered only a part of the new U.S. strategy for improving the situation in the country.
“The new strategy should have many components, including regional diplomacy, strengthening the Afghan government, working with local and tribal leaders, promoting economic development and even negotiating with the insurgents,” Dobbins explained.
“These are all more likely to succeed in a more secure environment,” said the former diplomat who currently chairs the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation.
On a dispute between Iran and the West over exchanging nuclear fuel for a nuclear reactor in Tehran, Dobbins said, "Iran should confirm the arrangement that its negotiators initially accepted to have its existing stock of low enriched uranium further enlarged abroad."
On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki disputed the Western claims that Tehran has rejected the proposal to exchange its low-enriched uranium for 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel for the Tehran research reactor.
Mottaki said Iran is ready to exchange 400 kilograms of its low-enriched uranium on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf.
James Dobbins directs the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation and served as Assistant Secretary of State under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He was the Clinton administration’s special envoy to Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, and Somalia and the Bush administration’s first envoy to Afghanistan.
HE/PA
END
MNA
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) -- James Dobbins, the former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, says Washington supports negotiations with Taliban.
"The U.S. and the NATO will support efforts by Hamid Karzai to engage insurgent leaders and factions and will encourage him to do so when there appear prospects for accommodation,” Dobbins told Mehr News Agency in an interview recently.
He added, “The insurgents of whom the Taliban is only one faction, albeit probably the largest, are not likely to be interested in any such accommodation as long as they believe that they are winning the military struggle.”
The former chief diplomat to Kabul believes that troop expansion in Afghanistan should be considered only a part of the new U.S. strategy for improving the situation in the country.
“The new strategy should have many components, including regional diplomacy, strengthening the Afghan government, working with local and tribal leaders, promoting economic development and even negotiating with the insurgents,” Dobbins explained.
“These are all more likely to succeed in a more secure environment,” said the former diplomat who currently chairs the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation.
On a dispute between Iran and the West over exchanging nuclear fuel for a nuclear reactor in Tehran, Dobbins said, "Iran should confirm the arrangement that its negotiators initially accepted to have its existing stock of low enriched uranium further enlarged abroad."
On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki disputed the Western claims that Tehran has rejected the proposal to exchange its low-enriched uranium for 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel for the Tehran research reactor.
Mottaki said Iran is ready to exchange 400 kilograms of its low-enriched uranium on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf.
James Dobbins directs the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation and served as Assistant Secretary of State under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He was the Clinton administration’s special envoy to Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, and Somalia and the Bush administration’s first envoy to Afghanistan.
HE/PA
END
MNA
Monday, November 9, 2009
Former EU Parliamentarian declares in an exclusive interview with Siasat Rooz
EU Should Take First Step toward N-Disarmament
Angelika Beer, the co-chairperson of the EU delegation for relations with Iran, in an exclusive interview with Siasat Rooz criticized EU for not having a united security policy and asked them to bring the first step toward nuclear disarmament.
***
The Lack of EU Security Policy
Angelika Beer, co-chairperson of the East-West-Institutes Parliamentarian Network for conflict prevention and human security in an exclusive interview with Siasat Rooz daily criticized the dangerous gap and the lack of a united security policy among EU members and asked them to start the nuclear disarmament from EU.
“After the last enlargement now, we are 27countries, there is a road back inside the EU to a kind of nationalism in the politics, so that means it is more difficult than before to get common positions and we have inside Europe different development rate. Some states are very fast and some states are very low in development” she said.
She described the EU member’s gap extensive.”In my view, the reason of the gap is not Washington policy because after the government change and now we recognize that Barack Obama tries to change the international politics, to get new contents in Islamic world and also in relation with Russia, But EU is not ready to follow that way because it is not unique,” she said.
“The reason is not in Americans, the reason is inside EU and that is a very dangerous situation,” Beer added.
Former member on the delegation for relations with Afghanistan and the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly spoke about the changes taken place inside EU. “EU has changed. we need a new transatlantic partnership between the Americans, the European as well as Russia and there are some proposals from the president Medvedev and It is necessary to have an open discussion about future of security in the whole world. Obama and Medvedev are ready to do that but the EU union has no confirmed security policy, so there is a lack of policy inside the European Union.
Answering a question about G20 Pittsburg Summit and its results, this former EU parliamentarian pointed to her mission in International Parliamentarian Network for Conflict Prevention in the east-west Institute, and said: We stated an international theory to the leaders from G20 to spend more money on conflict prevention even if they have the economic crisis, so our aim as a parliamentarian network for conflict prevention is not to discuss only about the financial situation but our demand is to spend more money for disarmament and conflict prevention”.
“Of course, conflict prevention can help, we have the experience in Balkans but also in Afghanistan, let me say in Iraq that wars cost much more than the politics”, she said
Turkey Membership in EU; a Success
Answering a question about his idea about Turkey formal membership in EU and the oppositions, she added: “In my view, it might be a success for EU and also for Turkey to become a member of the EU union, because also in the region Ankara plays a very good role and an important one”.
“Some in EU are afraid of and are discussing about Islamic countries membership in EU but this view can not be accepted but in my view, it is totally wrong because for example Kosovo as a country with a Muslim majority has been recognized as a state in Europe and a candidate for EU union membership; so I would perceive to have Turkey as soon as possible as a member of the EU union”, former chair of the EU parliamentarian delegation for relations with Iran stated.
Pointing to Uk Prime Minister, Gordown Brown promises for decreasing Nuclear Submarines, co-chairperson of the East-West-Institutes Parliamentarian Network for conflict prevention and human security.said “ Europeans have to bring the first steps and to be accountable and in this way, other countries can believe that Europe is one of the first partners that will start the nuclear disarmament in their own countries And the second is that running on between Medvedev and Obama, they are negotiating about the start treaty, So there are different ways to reach the aim and that means also to have an instrument against proliferation”.
Speaking about Nuclear Disarmament, he stated: “ In my view, at first I should say that it is possible to have a nuclear free zone for a free world that means also that NPT is experiencing an important period, there will be the decision about the future of our world .
Militarism against Iran;Dangerous
“Our demand from the politicians and international community is that the responsible presidents in the whole world not to think about a military operation against Iran. Moreover, we ask them to support the civil society inside Iran and so that is very clear there is a danger about making the response mistake, I don’t know which one, the situation is unstable in the moment and nobody knows what happens,” she said.
“The first point is that the European union governments stopped the discussion about sanctions because they didn’t want to thread the negotiations before they started, so that means, the first of October negotiations was a great success because the Americans were on the table officially, first time” Beer said, emphasizing on Iran right for gaining Peaceful Nuclear Energy.
Beer, ignoring US unconditional support for Palestine occupiers, admired Americans ME policy and continued: “ Barak Obama tried to bring the Israeli officials and the Palestinians together, that is a step forward which we recognize as a good one because to prevent an arm conflict in the whole area it would much be easier to control the problems for the Palestinians at first that means the tow state solution at least between Palestine and Israel and to speak about the disarmament in the whole region and the nuclear free zone”.
Responding a Question about the reasons behind EU support for Israel Crimes in Palestine Beer said” Because I am a German I should underline that Germany was responsible for the second world war, in the past we have killed most of the Jaudish people living in Germany”.“I think that on the one side the Palestine, the different parties have to formulate a common sense that means the split between Mahmood Abbass and other groups is a problem to solve it in a good form.
Palestine issue has one solution which nobody can ignore.
That is recognizing what obama posed to Syria, that is Syria is not the road state, Syria will be a partner in discussions to find a peaceful solution. That’s important and also the Israeli government have to continue the international standard and to stop the current policy against the Palestinians in Gaza,” former Europe Greens representative in EU parliament said.
This former EU parliamentarian also criticized Iran officials for what he called double standards for supporting Palestine and oppressing their own opposition.
MKO; Undemocratic
Speaking about the EU decision for getting MKO (Iran opposition in exile) from EU black list, co-chairperson of the East-West-Institutes Parliamentarian Network for conflict prevention and human security stated: “
It was a court decision at first, after the European union followed that position. In my view it’s a question for justice and not a political one, because everybody wants to be informed about MKO, understands very well that this organization is neither democratic one nor oppositional one and the most important thing is that we are not to speak about the court decision but to make clear that the MKO can not be a partner for democratic politicians like I am and to isolate them, so that means I think its not important what happened on the justice side but it Is very important to make clear that the MKO, its more organization that is not parting in civil society in Iran and often which claim that Tehran should be attacked ,that’s unacceptable and it is not an organization that one can trust.
Angelika Beer is a German politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for Alliance ‘90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. She was chair of the delegation for relations with Iran and a member on the delegation for relations with Afghanistan and the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the Foreign Affairs committee and the Subcommittee on Security and Defense. In January, she was not reelected on a place on the EP election list. She has left the Green Party end of march 2009. Now, he is co-chairperson of the East-West-Institutes Parliamentarian Network for conflict prevention and human security.
Interview By: Hamdollah Emadi Heidari
Angelika Beer, the co-chairperson of the EU delegation for relations with Iran, in an exclusive interview with Siasat Rooz criticized EU for not having a united security policy and asked them to bring the first step toward nuclear disarmament.
***
The Lack of EU Security Policy
Angelika Beer, co-chairperson of the East-West-Institutes Parliamentarian Network for conflict prevention and human security in an exclusive interview with Siasat Rooz daily criticized the dangerous gap and the lack of a united security policy among EU members and asked them to start the nuclear disarmament from EU.
“After the last enlargement now, we are 27countries, there is a road back inside the EU to a kind of nationalism in the politics, so that means it is more difficult than before to get common positions and we have inside Europe different development rate. Some states are very fast and some states are very low in development” she said.
She described the EU member’s gap extensive.”In my view, the reason of the gap is not Washington policy because after the government change and now we recognize that Barack Obama tries to change the international politics, to get new contents in Islamic world and also in relation with Russia, But EU is not ready to follow that way because it is not unique,” she said.
“The reason is not in Americans, the reason is inside EU and that is a very dangerous situation,” Beer added.
Former member on the delegation for relations with Afghanistan and the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly spoke about the changes taken place inside EU. “EU has changed. we need a new transatlantic partnership between the Americans, the European as well as Russia and there are some proposals from the president Medvedev and It is necessary to have an open discussion about future of security in the whole world. Obama and Medvedev are ready to do that but the EU union has no confirmed security policy, so there is a lack of policy inside the European Union.
Answering a question about G20 Pittsburg Summit and its results, this former EU parliamentarian pointed to her mission in International Parliamentarian Network for Conflict Prevention in the east-west Institute, and said: We stated an international theory to the leaders from G20 to spend more money on conflict prevention even if they have the economic crisis, so our aim as a parliamentarian network for conflict prevention is not to discuss only about the financial situation but our demand is to spend more money for disarmament and conflict prevention”.
“Of course, conflict prevention can help, we have the experience in Balkans but also in Afghanistan, let me say in Iraq that wars cost much more than the politics”, she said
Turkey Membership in EU; a Success
Answering a question about his idea about Turkey formal membership in EU and the oppositions, she added: “In my view, it might be a success for EU and also for Turkey to become a member of the EU union, because also in the region Ankara plays a very good role and an important one”.
“Some in EU are afraid of and are discussing about Islamic countries membership in EU but this view can not be accepted but in my view, it is totally wrong because for example Kosovo as a country with a Muslim majority has been recognized as a state in Europe and a candidate for EU union membership; so I would perceive to have Turkey as soon as possible as a member of the EU union”, former chair of the EU parliamentarian delegation for relations with Iran stated.
Pointing to Uk Prime Minister, Gordown Brown promises for decreasing Nuclear Submarines, co-chairperson of the East-West-Institutes Parliamentarian Network for conflict prevention and human security.said “ Europeans have to bring the first steps and to be accountable and in this way, other countries can believe that Europe is one of the first partners that will start the nuclear disarmament in their own countries And the second is that running on between Medvedev and Obama, they are negotiating about the start treaty, So there are different ways to reach the aim and that means also to have an instrument against proliferation”.
Speaking about Nuclear Disarmament, he stated: “ In my view, at first I should say that it is possible to have a nuclear free zone for a free world that means also that NPT is experiencing an important period, there will be the decision about the future of our world .
Militarism against Iran;Dangerous
“Our demand from the politicians and international community is that the responsible presidents in the whole world not to think about a military operation against Iran. Moreover, we ask them to support the civil society inside Iran and so that is very clear there is a danger about making the response mistake, I don’t know which one, the situation is unstable in the moment and nobody knows what happens,” she said.
“The first point is that the European union governments stopped the discussion about sanctions because they didn’t want to thread the negotiations before they started, so that means, the first of October negotiations was a great success because the Americans were on the table officially, first time” Beer said, emphasizing on Iran right for gaining Peaceful Nuclear Energy.
Beer, ignoring US unconditional support for Palestine occupiers, admired Americans ME policy and continued: “ Barak Obama tried to bring the Israeli officials and the Palestinians together, that is a step forward which we recognize as a good one because to prevent an arm conflict in the whole area it would much be easier to control the problems for the Palestinians at first that means the tow state solution at least between Palestine and Israel and to speak about the disarmament in the whole region and the nuclear free zone”.
Responding a Question about the reasons behind EU support for Israel Crimes in Palestine Beer said” Because I am a German I should underline that Germany was responsible for the second world war, in the past we have killed most of the Jaudish people living in Germany”.“I think that on the one side the Palestine, the different parties have to formulate a common sense that means the split between Mahmood Abbass and other groups is a problem to solve it in a good form.
Palestine issue has one solution which nobody can ignore.
That is recognizing what obama posed to Syria, that is Syria is not the road state, Syria will be a partner in discussions to find a peaceful solution. That’s important and also the Israeli government have to continue the international standard and to stop the current policy against the Palestinians in Gaza,” former Europe Greens representative in EU parliament said.
This former EU parliamentarian also criticized Iran officials for what he called double standards for supporting Palestine and oppressing their own opposition.
MKO; Undemocratic
Speaking about the EU decision for getting MKO (Iran opposition in exile) from EU black list, co-chairperson of the East-West-Institutes Parliamentarian Network for conflict prevention and human security stated: “
It was a court decision at first, after the European union followed that position. In my view it’s a question for justice and not a political one, because everybody wants to be informed about MKO, understands very well that this organization is neither democratic one nor oppositional one and the most important thing is that we are not to speak about the court decision but to make clear that the MKO can not be a partner for democratic politicians like I am and to isolate them, so that means I think its not important what happened on the justice side but it Is very important to make clear that the MKO, its more organization that is not parting in civil society in Iran and often which claim that Tehran should be attacked ,that’s unacceptable and it is not an organization that one can trust.
Angelika Beer is a German politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for Alliance ‘90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. She was chair of the delegation for relations with Iran and a member on the delegation for relations with Afghanistan and the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the Foreign Affairs committee and the Subcommittee on Security and Defense. In January, she was not reelected on a place on the EP election list. She has left the Green Party end of march 2009. Now, he is co-chairperson of the East-West-Institutes Parliamentarian Network for conflict prevention and human security.
Interview By: Hamdollah Emadi Heidari
Nuclear technology is Iran’s right: Georgian ambassador
TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) -- Georgian Ambassador to Iran Giorgi Janjgava here on Sunday called nuclear technology the Islamic Republic’s right and said that his country strongly “supports Iran’s involvement in Nabucco gas pipeline project.”
Visiting the booth of the Tehran Times daily and the Mehr News Agency at the 16th International Press Festival, the ambassador said, “All countries, especially Iran, have the right to have peaceful nuclear activities and make use of nuclear technology.”
“Georgia fully supports Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities,” Janjgava said, calling for eradication of all atomic bombes from around the globe and establishment of a world free of nuclear weapons.
He also referred to the Islamic Republic’s important role in the region and the world, stressing the need for Iran’s more active presence in the Caucasus region.
“There is a great potential for growth of political, economic, and cultural relations between Tehran and Tbilisi,” the ambassador stated, urging expansion of bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries.
Commenting on the Nabucco pipeline project, he spoke of his country’s full support for Iran’s participation in the project.
“Affiliation to Nabucco is an issue upon which Iran can reflect deeply, and also discuss it with the project’s European parties,” he noted.
The Nabucco gas pipeline project is designed to pump Central Asian gas via Turkey to Austria and Germany through Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, bypassing Russia. Gas supplies through the pipeline are expected to start in 2014.
The project will be a continuation of the existing Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline and will transport 20 billion cubic meters of gas a year. Two-thirds of the pipeline will pass through Turkish territory.
Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Iraq are being touted as potential suppliers.
Iran has the world’s second largest gas reserves after Russia and the second biggest oil reserves in OPEC after Saudi Arabia.
The Nabucco pipeline is seen as a rival to the Moscow-backed South Stream project designed to annually pump 31 billion cubic meters of Central Asian and Russian gas to the Balkans and onto other European countries, with the pipeline’s capacity expected to be eventually increased to 63 billion cubic meters annually.
Europe has expressed concerns about being dependent on Russia, which supplies a quarter of its gas needs. Calls for diversified supplies intensified following a recent bitter price dispute between Russia and Ukraine in early 2009, when Moscow cut off gas to Ukraine, affecting consumers across Europe.
Moscow has argued, however, that South Stream and Nord Stream would cut EU dependence on transit states like Ukraine and improve European energy security.
The 16th International Festival and Fair of Press and News Agencies opened in Tehran on October 20 and will be closed today.
Visiting the booth of the Tehran Times daily and the Mehr News Agency at the 16th International Press Festival, the ambassador said, “All countries, especially Iran, have the right to have peaceful nuclear activities and make use of nuclear technology.”
“Georgia fully supports Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities,” Janjgava said, calling for eradication of all atomic bombes from around the globe and establishment of a world free of nuclear weapons.
He also referred to the Islamic Republic’s important role in the region and the world, stressing the need for Iran’s more active presence in the Caucasus region.
“There is a great potential for growth of political, economic, and cultural relations between Tehran and Tbilisi,” the ambassador stated, urging expansion of bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries.
Commenting on the Nabucco pipeline project, he spoke of his country’s full support for Iran’s participation in the project.
“Affiliation to Nabucco is an issue upon which Iran can reflect deeply, and also discuss it with the project’s European parties,” he noted.
The Nabucco gas pipeline project is designed to pump Central Asian gas via Turkey to Austria and Germany through Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, bypassing Russia. Gas supplies through the pipeline are expected to start in 2014.
The project will be a continuation of the existing Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline and will transport 20 billion cubic meters of gas a year. Two-thirds of the pipeline will pass through Turkish territory.
Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Iraq are being touted as potential suppliers.
Iran has the world’s second largest gas reserves after Russia and the second biggest oil reserves in OPEC after Saudi Arabia.
The Nabucco pipeline is seen as a rival to the Moscow-backed South Stream project designed to annually pump 31 billion cubic meters of Central Asian and Russian gas to the Balkans and onto other European countries, with the pipeline’s capacity expected to be eventually increased to 63 billion cubic meters annually.
Europe has expressed concerns about being dependent on Russia, which supplies a quarter of its gas needs. Calls for diversified supplies intensified following a recent bitter price dispute between Russia and Ukraine in early 2009, when Moscow cut off gas to Ukraine, affecting consumers across Europe.
Moscow has argued, however, that South Stream and Nord Stream would cut EU dependence on transit states like Ukraine and improve European energy security.
The 16th International Festival and Fair of Press and News Agencies opened in Tehran on October 20 and will be closed today.
Iran not meddling in Afghanistan: Afghan politico
TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (MNA) – An Afghan party chief has rejected Western claims that Iran is interfering in Afghanistan’s internal affairs.
Mohammad Hassan Jafari, the secretary general of the Afghan National Welfare Party, told a roundtable discussion hosted by the Mehr News Agency that such accusations by the West are attempts to cover up their failures in Afghanistan.
“Westerners accuse Iran of interfering in Afghanistan’s affairs while the Islamic Republic itself is a victim of terrorism and even in a single case in 1998 it lost 11 diplomats and a reporter,” Jafari said in a reference to the murder of Iranian diplomats at a consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif by the Taliban.
The party chief said Iran and Afghanistan share 900-kilometer border and “the Islamic Republic is seeking security in Afghanistan because it considers security in the country as security in its borders.”
Pointing to Iran’s support for Mujahedin groups in the fight against the Soviet Army, he said, “Iran’s support for Kabul has been unprecedented and unique.”
Zohouri Hosseini, an expert on Afghanistan, said Iran’s involvement in the reconstruction of the war-stricken country should not be interpreted as interference.
Hosseini said Iran is among major countries which have made some commitments in international conferences to help rebuild the country.
The expert went on to say that the Afghan Shia community, which constitutes about 30 percent of the country’s population, and even half of the Sunnis are interested in Iran.
At a time that Christian missionaries are propagating their religion in Afghanistan it is Iran’s right to interact with a nation which shares language, cultural and religious commonalties.
He said interaction with Afghanistan is different from interference as exercised by the West’s military and political intervention in the Central Asian country.
After the Mujahedin defeated the Soviet Army they intended to establish an Islamic Republic like the Islamic Republic of Iran and in order to prevent such a thing from happening the West supported Taliban to suppress the Mujahedin as a modern Islamists.
Ali Vahedi, also an expert on Afghanistan, also said accusation of interference in Afghanistan is a desperate attempt by the West to justify its failure in Afghanistan.
Vahedi said claims of interference in Afghanistan by Iran are not something new and such accusations were leveled against Tehran during the Soviet occupation of the country in the 1980s.
He said since the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan no government in Kabul has said that Iran has been interfering in the country.
“Contrary to the West’s relations with Afghanistan which have been of colonial nature Tehran’s relations with Kabul has always been fraternal.”
Iran has suffered greatly since the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 by hosting millions of refuges. Iran has also been the main victim of drug trafficking from Afghanistan.
Mohammad Hassan Jafari, the secretary general of the Afghan National Welfare Party, told a roundtable discussion hosted by the Mehr News Agency that such accusations by the West are attempts to cover up their failures in Afghanistan.
“Westerners accuse Iran of interfering in Afghanistan’s affairs while the Islamic Republic itself is a victim of terrorism and even in a single case in 1998 it lost 11 diplomats and a reporter,” Jafari said in a reference to the murder of Iranian diplomats at a consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif by the Taliban.
The party chief said Iran and Afghanistan share 900-kilometer border and “the Islamic Republic is seeking security in Afghanistan because it considers security in the country as security in its borders.”
Pointing to Iran’s support for Mujahedin groups in the fight against the Soviet Army, he said, “Iran’s support for Kabul has been unprecedented and unique.”
Zohouri Hosseini, an expert on Afghanistan, said Iran’s involvement in the reconstruction of the war-stricken country should not be interpreted as interference.
Hosseini said Iran is among major countries which have made some commitments in international conferences to help rebuild the country.
The expert went on to say that the Afghan Shia community, which constitutes about 30 percent of the country’s population, and even half of the Sunnis are interested in Iran.
At a time that Christian missionaries are propagating their religion in Afghanistan it is Iran’s right to interact with a nation which shares language, cultural and religious commonalties.
He said interaction with Afghanistan is different from interference as exercised by the West’s military and political intervention in the Central Asian country.
After the Mujahedin defeated the Soviet Army they intended to establish an Islamic Republic like the Islamic Republic of Iran and in order to prevent such a thing from happening the West supported Taliban to suppress the Mujahedin as a modern Islamists.
Ali Vahedi, also an expert on Afghanistan, also said accusation of interference in Afghanistan is a desperate attempt by the West to justify its failure in Afghanistan.
Vahedi said claims of interference in Afghanistan by Iran are not something new and such accusations were leveled against Tehran during the Soviet occupation of the country in the 1980s.
He said since the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan no government in Kabul has said that Iran has been interfering in the country.
“Contrary to the West’s relations with Afghanistan which have been of colonial nature Tehran’s relations with Kabul has always been fraternal.”
Iran has suffered greatly since the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 by hosting millions of refuges. Iran has also been the main victim of drug trafficking from Afghanistan.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Mark Fitzpatrick, IISS Disarmament director declares in an interview with Siasat Rooz:
Missile Defense Shield Has Not Been Canceled
Interview By:Hamdollah Emadi Heidari
The US government approach has been pradoaxical in recent years, and this paradox has grown more intense during Barak Obama’s administration. Different decisions made by Whitehouse policy makers prove this. One of the most important promises made by Obama during and after his election campaign was canceling the deployment of the missile defense shield in Eastern European countries, a promise which has not been really accomplished. However, Obama’s administration has declared officially that the shield plan has been cancelled. But Mark Fitzpatrick, Director of Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Program for the International Institute for Strategic Studies and former US assistant secretary of state says this is not true.
In an exclusive interview with Siasat Rooz daily, Fitzpatrick said he believes that the proposed US missile defense shield in Eeastern Europe has not been cancelled but changed, to move it further south.
Fitzpatrick had previously served for four years at the US Mission to International Organization in Vienna and is fully aware of the US foreign policies, and what he says about Iran and its nuclear program in this short interview can be a clear proof of this fact that in contrary to Obama’s Change slogan, the US foreign policies
toward Iran has not been changed.
The proposal of the Deployment of US Missile Defense Shield has intensified the tensions between Russia and the US.
Kremlin believes it is dangerous for its security and threatened to deploy the same system on its borders with Europe. While US has the biggest Nuclear Arsenal and has not decreased them till now.
When he was asked about the new promises made by Obama’s administration in the case of making a world free from Nuclear Weapons, he said: President Obama has stated his commitment to the goal of a nuclear-weapons-free world, and he has taken concrete steps in this direction, starting with the negotiation of a START follow-on treaty under which American and Russian nuclear arsenals would be further reduced. Strengthening the non-proliferation measures of the NPT and the verification tools of the IAEA will also be important aspects of building a stable nuclear-weapons-free world in which no country need fear that another nation will suddenly break out and become the lone nuclear power.
About of the paradoxical statements posed by US officials about canceling the missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, He stated: The missile defence shield in Eastern Europe has not been cancelled, but it will be changed, to move it further south and to concentrate on capabilities to detect and destroy any short- or medium-range missiles fired by hostile countries.
Ansewring a question about making the missile defense shield near Israel he said: I do not think the primary purpose is to defend Israel, which has other means of defense.
While, many times, IAEA inspectors and it’s general secretary in different occasions have reported Iran Nuclear activities peaceful and the remaining ambiguities are not technical and are just some claims made by Israel and its supporters, in Expressing his analysis of the current talks between Iran and the West, Fitzpatrick, ignored Tehran cooperation with IAEA and 5+1 group. “Of all of Iran’s communications with the major powers to date, the 11 September package was the most disappointing. By refusing to even touch on the cause of the dispute, Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, the package provided no basis for finding a peaceful solution,” he claimed.
This former American official criticized Iran proposed package introduction about ‘peace and justice” and related it to Iran post election events.
Reviewing the past 5+1 group talks about Iran Peaceful Nuclear Energy, Director of IISS added: In New York last Wednesday, I assume the P5+1 expressed their common determination to persuade Iran to suspend the enrichment activity as a first step toward a peaceful solution.
Former US State department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Non-proliferation accused Iran of trying to make Nuclear Weapons and said: 5+1 representatives on 1 October will be united in asking Iran to stop he activity that is causing so much concern.
While Iranian officials had announced the process of building a second enrichment plant at Qom in a letter to Mohammad Albaradei several months befor it was released by media, Fitzpatrick claims that the “astounding news that Iran was secretly building a second enrichment plant at Qom will strengthen 5+1 determination and the revelation of the Qom plant is further proof that the main purpose of Iran’s enrichment program is for weapons-related.”
“ One of the most interesting developments of the past week is that Russia now accepts that further sanctions are inevitable. Now that the world knows about the second enrichment plant at Qom, I expect China, too, will agree to impose additional sanctions if Iran does not demonstrate in the talks that it is serious about meeting their concerns “he added.
Ignoring all the forgotten promises and the “confidence deficit” which has grown between Tehran and West, Fitzpatrick said: Iran had been offered a very good opportunity four years ago to join with Russia in a joint enterprise to produce enriched uranium on Russian soil. The best way forward is a solution such as this that allows Iran to continue to be involved in nuclear technology and does not restrict its ability to produce nuclear power but does limit its ability to produce nuclear weapons. Any solution would also have to involve unfettered IAEA verification, including through implementation of the safeguards Additional Protocol and other measures to overcome what IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei called the ‘confidence deficit’ that Iran has created by its violation of IAEA safeguards and its refusal to fully cooperate with the IAEA.
Speaking about rationality and fairness of allowing some governments and regimes like India, Pakistan and Israel to have Nuclear Arsenals and struggling for preventing Iran from having Peaceful Nuclear Energy, he continued: Iran freely undertook an obligation under the NPT to forgo nuclear weapons and to allow the IAEA to verify that its nuclear activities are peaceful. Iran is being asked to adhere to its obligations. This is hardly unfair. And because Iran violated its safeguards obligations, it was asked to stop producing enriched uranium until the world is persuaded that the nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes. It is desirable that all countries sign the NPT. The fact that three of them have not is not a justification for Iran to violate its NPT obligations and to seek a nuclear weapons capability. If Iran seeks to leave the NPT and to produce nuclear weapons, I predict that it will trigger war. I certainly do not want this, and I do not think any reasonable people in Iran do either.
former US State department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Non-proliferation, called Tel Aviv threats against Iran Nuclear Facilities acceptable and said: Iran’s proposal for protecting the IAEA member’s Nuclear Facilities from Airial attacks is obviously self-serving and unacceptable. If Iran is intending to use its nuclear facilities to produce fissile material for weapons purposes, as certainly appears to be the case, then they should not be given international legal status that protects them from military attack.
......................................
Mr Fitzpatrick had previously served for four years at the US Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, including as Charge d’Affairs and as Counselor for Nuclear Policy, in charge of liaison with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Now he is the Director of the IISS Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Program.
Interview By:Hamdollah Emadi Heidari
The US government approach has been pradoaxical in recent years, and this paradox has grown more intense during Barak Obama’s administration. Different decisions made by Whitehouse policy makers prove this. One of the most important promises made by Obama during and after his election campaign was canceling the deployment of the missile defense shield in Eastern European countries, a promise which has not been really accomplished. However, Obama’s administration has declared officially that the shield plan has been cancelled. But Mark Fitzpatrick, Director of Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Program for the International Institute for Strategic Studies and former US assistant secretary of state says this is not true.
In an exclusive interview with Siasat Rooz daily, Fitzpatrick said he believes that the proposed US missile defense shield in Eeastern Europe has not been cancelled but changed, to move it further south.
Fitzpatrick had previously served for four years at the US Mission to International Organization in Vienna and is fully aware of the US foreign policies, and what he says about Iran and its nuclear program in this short interview can be a clear proof of this fact that in contrary to Obama’s Change slogan, the US foreign policies
toward Iran has not been changed.
The proposal of the Deployment of US Missile Defense Shield has intensified the tensions between Russia and the US.
Kremlin believes it is dangerous for its security and threatened to deploy the same system on its borders with Europe. While US has the biggest Nuclear Arsenal and has not decreased them till now.
When he was asked about the new promises made by Obama’s administration in the case of making a world free from Nuclear Weapons, he said: President Obama has stated his commitment to the goal of a nuclear-weapons-free world, and he has taken concrete steps in this direction, starting with the negotiation of a START follow-on treaty under which American and Russian nuclear arsenals would be further reduced. Strengthening the non-proliferation measures of the NPT and the verification tools of the IAEA will also be important aspects of building a stable nuclear-weapons-free world in which no country need fear that another nation will suddenly break out and become the lone nuclear power.
About of the paradoxical statements posed by US officials about canceling the missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, He stated: The missile defence shield in Eastern Europe has not been cancelled, but it will be changed, to move it further south and to concentrate on capabilities to detect and destroy any short- or medium-range missiles fired by hostile countries.
Ansewring a question about making the missile defense shield near Israel he said: I do not think the primary purpose is to defend Israel, which has other means of defense.
While, many times, IAEA inspectors and it’s general secretary in different occasions have reported Iran Nuclear activities peaceful and the remaining ambiguities are not technical and are just some claims made by Israel and its supporters, in Expressing his analysis of the current talks between Iran and the West, Fitzpatrick, ignored Tehran cooperation with IAEA and 5+1 group. “Of all of Iran’s communications with the major powers to date, the 11 September package was the most disappointing. By refusing to even touch on the cause of the dispute, Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, the package provided no basis for finding a peaceful solution,” he claimed.
This former American official criticized Iran proposed package introduction about ‘peace and justice” and related it to Iran post election events.
Reviewing the past 5+1 group talks about Iran Peaceful Nuclear Energy, Director of IISS added: In New York last Wednesday, I assume the P5+1 expressed their common determination to persuade Iran to suspend the enrichment activity as a first step toward a peaceful solution.
Former US State department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Non-proliferation accused Iran of trying to make Nuclear Weapons and said: 5+1 representatives on 1 October will be united in asking Iran to stop he activity that is causing so much concern.
While Iranian officials had announced the process of building a second enrichment plant at Qom in a letter to Mohammad Albaradei several months befor it was released by media, Fitzpatrick claims that the “astounding news that Iran was secretly building a second enrichment plant at Qom will strengthen 5+1 determination and the revelation of the Qom plant is further proof that the main purpose of Iran’s enrichment program is for weapons-related.”
“ One of the most interesting developments of the past week is that Russia now accepts that further sanctions are inevitable. Now that the world knows about the second enrichment plant at Qom, I expect China, too, will agree to impose additional sanctions if Iran does not demonstrate in the talks that it is serious about meeting their concerns “he added.
Ignoring all the forgotten promises and the “confidence deficit” which has grown between Tehran and West, Fitzpatrick said: Iran had been offered a very good opportunity four years ago to join with Russia in a joint enterprise to produce enriched uranium on Russian soil. The best way forward is a solution such as this that allows Iran to continue to be involved in nuclear technology and does not restrict its ability to produce nuclear power but does limit its ability to produce nuclear weapons. Any solution would also have to involve unfettered IAEA verification, including through implementation of the safeguards Additional Protocol and other measures to overcome what IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei called the ‘confidence deficit’ that Iran has created by its violation of IAEA safeguards and its refusal to fully cooperate with the IAEA.
Speaking about rationality and fairness of allowing some governments and regimes like India, Pakistan and Israel to have Nuclear Arsenals and struggling for preventing Iran from having Peaceful Nuclear Energy, he continued: Iran freely undertook an obligation under the NPT to forgo nuclear weapons and to allow the IAEA to verify that its nuclear activities are peaceful. Iran is being asked to adhere to its obligations. This is hardly unfair. And because Iran violated its safeguards obligations, it was asked to stop producing enriched uranium until the world is persuaded that the nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes. It is desirable that all countries sign the NPT. The fact that three of them have not is not a justification for Iran to violate its NPT obligations and to seek a nuclear weapons capability. If Iran seeks to leave the NPT and to produce nuclear weapons, I predict that it will trigger war. I certainly do not want this, and I do not think any reasonable people in Iran do either.
former US State department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Non-proliferation, called Tel Aviv threats against Iran Nuclear Facilities acceptable and said: Iran’s proposal for protecting the IAEA member’s Nuclear Facilities from Airial attacks is obviously self-serving and unacceptable. If Iran is intending to use its nuclear facilities to produce fissile material for weapons purposes, as certainly appears to be the case, then they should not be given international legal status that protects them from military attack.
......................................
Mr Fitzpatrick had previously served for four years at the US Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, including as Charge d’Affairs and as Counselor for Nuclear Policy, in charge of liaison with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Now he is the Director of the IISS Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Program.
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