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211241
Wed, 10/05/2011 - 09:01
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Threatening Iran is threatening the international community
TEHRAN, Oct.5 (MNA) -- French Ambassador to the United Nations Gerard Araud has recently repeated the threatening tone of French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the possibility of a military operation against Iran over its nuclear program.
It seems that French officials have been selected to play the leading role in the West’s carrot and stick policy toward Iran. And this is not the first time that they are talking about military operations against Iran. At the end of the Lisbon Summit in November 2010, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated that NATO’s missile defense shield system has nothing to do with Iran. However, Sarkozy insisted that it has been designed precisely to rein in Iran’s missile capabilities.
Sarkozy went even further and said NATO views Iran as its principal threat, although the supposed danger has never been documented by the military alliance.
For several years, French officials have been using the carrot and stick approach, with the aim of forcing Iran to bow to international pressure.
Araud was one of the members of the team negotiating with Iranian officials in recent years, and he is very familiar with Iran’s diplomatic style. But Araud has used threatening language even though he knows better than anyone else that Iran will not succumb to international pressure and will continue enriching uranium since doing so is its inalienable right according to international law.
If they want to voice their concerns about the danger of nuclear weapons, there is no need to threaten Iran because Iran also believes that nuclear warheads should have no place in the world and Iran is only pursuing peaceful objectives.
The threats seem to be more related to the political struggles inside France. Sarkozy’s right-wing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party has lost Senate seats and is struggling to present a positive record to voters in the upcoming presidential election. Thus, the UMP is trying to divert French citizens’ attention from the problems of the national economy. In addition, threatening Iran helps them garner more support from pro-Israeli organizations.
These bizarre threats against Iran are actually also direct threats against the international community.
And it is very odd that French intellectuals and writers have not criticized the country’s officials for using such bellicose language.
Sarkozy himself has said that if a military operation is carried out, it will cause a major global crisis.
But in fact, the world will only be able to enjoy peace and prosperity when all nuclear weapons are dismantled, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is the standard-bearer in the drive for total nuclear disarmament.
It seems that French officials have been selected to play the leading role in the West’s carrot and stick policy toward Iran. And this is not the first time that they are talking about military operations against Iran. At the end of the Lisbon Summit in November 2010, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated that NATO’s missile defense shield system has nothing to do with Iran. However, Sarkozy insisted that it has been designed precisely to rein in Iran’s missile capabilities.
Sarkozy went even further and said NATO views Iran as its principal threat, although the supposed danger has never been documented by the military alliance.
For several years, French officials have been using the carrot and stick approach, with the aim of forcing Iran to bow to international pressure.
Araud was one of the members of the team negotiating with Iranian officials in recent years, and he is very familiar with Iran’s diplomatic style. But Araud has used threatening language even though he knows better than anyone else that Iran will not succumb to international pressure and will continue enriching uranium since doing so is its inalienable right according to international law.
If they want to voice their concerns about the danger of nuclear weapons, there is no need to threaten Iran because Iran also believes that nuclear warheads should have no place in the world and Iran is only pursuing peaceful objectives.
The threats seem to be more related to the political struggles inside France. Sarkozy’s right-wing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party has lost Senate seats and is struggling to present a positive record to voters in the upcoming presidential election. Thus, the UMP is trying to divert French citizens’ attention from the problems of the national economy. In addition, threatening Iran helps them garner more support from pro-Israeli organizations.
These bizarre threats against Iran are actually also direct threats against the international community.
And it is very odd that French intellectuals and writers have not criticized the country’s officials for using such bellicose language.
Sarkozy himself has said that if a military operation is carried out, it will cause a major global crisis.
But in fact, the world will only be able to enjoy peace and prosperity when all nuclear weapons are dismantled, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is the standard-bearer in the drive for total nuclear disarmament.
