[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Students of diplomacy will be speaking about this case for years to come
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Students of diplomacy will be speaking about this case for years to come
The Iranian nuclear question is an interesting one which brings into the game
all the main players on the world stage and symbolizes the focal point where
civilizations and modus operandi meet.
The case
The Islamic Republic of Iran claims that it has the right under international
law to produce nuclear fuel as a source of energy, indeed nations are
encouraged to find alternatives to fossil fuels.
The West, personified by the USA and three European states (the UK, France and
Germany), threatens to refer Iran to the UN Security Council and to impose
sanctions if Iran does not immediately refrain from pursuing its nuclear
programme. There have even been unfounded claims that Iran is producing
weapons-grade nuclear fuel.
The arguments
Iran claims that it is using nuclear technology to produce fuel for peaceful
purposes, namely to produce energy. This is its right under international law.
Another question is the very issue of nuclear weapons. If the west stood by and
watched Israel develop a nuclear weapons capacity, during the time in which a
non-proliferation policy was supposed to be in force, where is the basis for an
argument that Iran cannot do the same? Or if Iran cannot develop such weapons,
why can Israel?
Because Iranians have beards? Or because they are seen and painted as a bunch
of lunatics by a western press, hostile because they go to church on Fridays
and not Sundays? And because Washington is caught in the grip of the Jewish
lobby?
The International Atomic Energy Agency's Director, Mohammed El Baradei, has
stated that the agency is seriously concerned over Iran's decision to remove
IAEA seals on enrichment-related equipment.
Iran claims that it always informs the IAEA about what it is intending to do,
that the equipment could be used for enrichment but that it is not being used
for this purpose and anyway, the IAEA has already been investigating the
programme for three years.
The IAEA wants to carry out a process of dialogue but with a complete
moratorium of all of Iran's research activities, while Teheran claims it is
only performing acts to which it has a fundamental right under international
law.
The international players
Yet again, Washington and its lackeys in Europe are quick to jump the gun,
mentioning referrals to the UNSC and sanctions. In the case of Iraq, sanctions
were responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of children and other
innocent civilians. In the case of Cuba, sanctions over the years have been
directly responsible for countless deaths through disease.
Therefore what use are sanctions? This is only a policy defended by Washington
which tries to punish leaders by killing innocent people.
As usual, the Russian Federation appears as the player with most common sense,
the most balanced argument and the policy which follows the norms of
international diplomacy: discretion, tact, debate, discussion and dialogue
while urging Teheran not to isolate itself and to continue negotiating.
Following President Putin's statement on Monday that Russia, the E.U. states
and USA shared common views on Iran, urging caution and stressing the need for
collaboration, the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has declared today that "The
question of sanctions against Iran puts the cart before the horse - sanctions
are in no way the best, or the only, way to solve the problem."
Russia has long defended a policy under which Iran's spent nuclear fuel would
be shipped to Russia. In this way, Teheran would keep its peaceful nuclear
programme and Russia would guarantee that the fuel was put to good use. This
measure is being considered by Iran.
However, Moscow has also declared that Teheran must do much more than it has
done, returning to a moratorium on enrichment before initiating a series of
talks with worried western powers.
On one side, panic, hysteria, threats and bullying - which is known as carrot
and stick diplomacy (do it or I will hit you) - and on the other, firm,
determined crisis management within the spirit of international law, taking all
sides into consideration, preaching collaboration while making the position
clear. This is called International Relations (let us discuss issues in the
proper forums of law, respecting all sides and reaching a consensus without
resorting to, or mentioning, force).
Students of diplomacy will draw their own conclusions.
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