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By Mohammad Reza Noroozpoor
‏5+1 group must get out of shadow of AIPAC
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) -- Irans negotiations with six world powers in ‎‎Baghdad ended with a sad and shameful display of ‎the 5+1 groups subservience to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
It was expected that after the Istanbul II talks, Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) would be able to find ‎some ‎sort of common ground in Baghdad, but the Israeli lobby ‎became a ‎cloud hanging over the talks. Without the slightest ‎authority to make ‎any decisions in good faith, the six major powers followed the path Israel had paved for them. ‎
It is ridiculous that after such a long time has passed since the ‎beginning ‎of the talks, the 5+1 group is still asking ‎Iran to agree to ‎zero uranium enrichment, to shut down some of its nuclear ‎facilities, and to ship all of its stockpiles of ‎enriched uranium out of the country. And the fact that Iran has again been offered almost nothing in ‎return is even more ‎unbearable. ‎
Surely they were aware that Iran had repeatedly insisted on its right to enrich ‎‎uranium and announced that it was a red line in the ‎negotiations. ‎So what happened that the six powers came to the ‎first step in Baghdad ‎with their eyes and ears fixed on the Israeli lobby, subserviently awaiting their commands? ‎
Look at the Israeli prime ministers stance just a day before the ‎talks ‎began in Baghdad. Addressing the 5+1 group, Benjamin Netanyahu stated ‎that Israel ‎would only be satisfied if Iran halted all uranium ‎enrichment and ‎shipped its stockpiles of ‎enriched uranium out of the country. This is ‎exactly the same position that AIPAC pressured the U.S. Congress to adopt‎.
This shows that the United States, which is the most influential ‎member of the 5+1 group, is following the orders of ‎AIPAC, and as long as ‎this lobby opposes a policy toward ‎Iran, all the efforts of Iran ‎and the other members of the 5+1 group ‎will bear no fruit. And U.S. President Barack Obamas ‎incompetence and inability to resolve the issue is even more shameful. He made it clear that he will only go as far as AIPAC will permit him to go.‎
Although Iran has always stated that it does not have a covert program to manufacture ‎‎nuclear weapons and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei ‎has even issued a fatwa (religious edict) declaring that the production, use, and stockpiling of ‎‎nuclear weapons is haram, which ‎means religiously prohibited in Islam, Israel is constantly falsely accusing ‎Iran of hiding something. The Zionist regime has convinced ‎almost 70 percent of the members of the U.S. ‎Congress that this preposterous ‎allegation is true and through them ‎is putting intense pressure on Obama, the president of the United States of ‎America, which now seems to be totally ‎occupied by the Zionists. ‎
In reality, to display the transparency of its nuclear program, Iran has cooperated ‎with ‎the International Atomic Energy Agency beyond the terms of ‎international treaties and conventions. In addition, no conclusive evidence ‎has ever been produced indicating that Iran is trying to manufacture ‎a ‎nuclear weapon, but many sanctions and ‎embargos have been ‎imposed on Iran, which are mostly having a negative impact on ordinary citizens.‎
The Wests assertion that Irans nuclear program is ‎a threat to world peace and global security is just a ‎pretext to ‎attempt to take away Irans inalienable right to have a peaceful nuclear ‎energy program. And this is ‎the exact same plan that Israel is following. Clearly, if there is no ‎strong will to counter the Zionist regimes devious plot, ‎all the efforts to find a way ‎out of the impasse are doomed to fail.‎
No one should expect ‎‎Obama to work for an honorable and sane solution since he has sold his soul to AIPAC and ‎he is acting as their puppet out of fear that he might lose the presidential election in November.
However, it seems that the other members of the 5+1 group do not want to be ‎Israels puppets, ‎too. Thus, they should defend their own interests and make an ‎independent and fair ‎decision. Now, more than at any other time, it is ‎obvious that Irans nuclear ‎program has become a political issue ‎rather than a technical or legal issue. And in this treacherous political ‎game, the West should be aware that Iran ‎will never back down. ‎
Thus, the European Union countries, Russia, and China should make a firm ‎and ‎clear decision that is also fair and not influenced by the Zionist lobby AIPAC.‎
Mohammad Reza Noroozpoor is a journalist and political analyst ‎based ‎in Tehran.
MS/HG
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By Mohammad Reza Noroozpoor
‏5+1 group must get out of shadow of AIPAC
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) -- Irans negotiations with six world powers in ‎‎Baghdad ended with a sad and shameful display of ‎the 5+1 groups subservience to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
It was expected that after the Istanbul II talks, Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) would be able to find ‎some ‎sort of common ground in Baghdad, but the Israeli lobby ‎became a ‎cloud hanging over the talks. Without the slightest ‎authority to make ‎any decisions in good faith, the six major powers followed the path Israel had paved for them. ‎
It is ridiculous that after such a long time has passed since the ‎beginning ‎of the talks, the 5+1 group is still asking ‎Iran to agree to ‎zero uranium enrichment, to shut down some of its nuclear ‎facilities, and to ship all of its stockpiles of ‎enriched uranium out of the country. And the fact that Iran has again been offered almost nothing in ‎return is even more ‎unbearable. ‎
Surely they were aware that Iran had repeatedly insisted on its right to enrich ‎‎uranium and announced that it was a red line in the ‎negotiations. ‎So what happened that the six powers came to the ‎first step in Baghdad ‎with their eyes and ears fixed on the Israeli lobby, subserviently awaiting their commands? ‎
Look at the Israeli prime ministers stance just a day before the ‎talks ‎began in Baghdad. Addressing the 5+1 group, Benjamin Netanyahu stated ‎that Israel ‎would only be satisfied if Iran halted all uranium ‎enrichment and ‎shipped its stockpiles of ‎enriched uranium out of the country. This is ‎exactly the same position that AIPAC pressured the U.S. Congress to adopt‎.
This shows that the United States, which is the most influential ‎member of the 5+1 group, is following the orders of ‎AIPAC, and as long as ‎this lobby opposes a policy toward ‎Iran, all the efforts of Iran ‎and the other members of the 5+1 group ‎will bear no fruit. And U.S. President Barack Obamas ‎incompetence and inability to resolve the issue is even more shameful. He made it clear that he will only go as far as AIPAC will permit him to go.‎
Although Iran has always stated that it does not have a covert program to manufacture ‎‎nuclear weapons and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei ‎has even issued a fatwa (religious edict) declaring that the production, use, and stockpiling of ‎‎nuclear weapons is haram, which ‎means religiously prohibited in Islam, Israel is constantly falsely accusing ‎Iran of hiding something. The Zionist regime has convinced ‎almost 70 percent of the members of the U.S. ‎Congress that this preposterous ‎allegation is true and through them ‎is putting intense pressure on Obama, the president of the United States of ‎America, which now seems to be totally ‎occupied by the Zionists. ‎
In reality, to display the transparency of its nuclear program, Iran has cooperated ‎with ‎the International Atomic Energy Agency beyond the terms of ‎international treaties and conventions. In addition, no conclusive evidence ‎has ever been produced indicating that Iran is trying to manufacture ‎a ‎nuclear weapon, but many sanctions and ‎embargos have been ‎imposed on Iran, which are mostly having a negative impact on ordinary citizens.‎
The Wests assertion that Irans nuclear program is ‎a threat to world peace and global security is just a ‎pretext to ‎attempt to take away Irans inalienable right to have a peaceful nuclear ‎energy program. And this is ‎the exact same plan that Israel is following. Clearly, if there is no ‎strong will to counter the Zionist regimes devious plot, ‎all the efforts to find a way ‎out of the impasse are doomed to fail.‎
No one should expect ‎‎Obama to work for an honorable and sane solution since he has sold his soul to AIPAC and ‎he is acting as their puppet out of fear that he might lose the presidential election in November.
However, it seems that the other members of the 5+1 group do not want to be ‎Israels puppets, ‎too. Thus, they should defend their own interests and make an ‎independent and fair ‎decision. Now, more than at any other time, it is ‎obvious that Irans nuclear ‎program has become a political issue ‎rather than a technical or legal issue. And in this treacherous political ‎game, the West should be aware that Iran ‎will never back down. ‎
Thus, the European Union countries, Russia, and China should make a firm ‎and ‎clear decision that is also fair and not influenced by the Zionist lobby AIPAC.‎
Mohammad Reza Noroozpoor is a journalist and political analyst ‎based ‎in Tehran.
MS/HG
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