Attack on Pezeshkian under the Pretext of Israel
The attack on Pezeshkian under the pretext of Israel, apart from the hardline politicians who have a separate discussion, these types of cyber attacks on an official of the country, which had been completely suspended for the past three years, surged again yesterday. These types of attacks are not unprecedented, but they are rare. Known Twitter users identified as cyber activists have been trying since yesterday to make hashtags like ‘Impeach Pezeshkian’ trend.
Besides President Mohammad Javad Zarif, Pezeshkian’s strategic deputy and Seyed Abbas Araghchi, the Foreign Minister, were also targets of these attacks. Bloomberg, in its headline, had referred to Iran’s readiness to reduce tensions with Israel, a subject that was quickly denied by our Foreign Minister.
What Did Pezeshkian Say
The controversy and widespread attacks on Pezeshkian were due to these few sentences: ‘Let’s help each other to engage and not fight. Issues that we can solve through dialogue should not be solved with missiles and weapons.’
We are ready to lay down all our weapons on the condition that Israel does the same. An international organization should come to ensure the region’s security. Even that’s not necessary; we know how to ensure our own security.
However, this part of the President’s speech was ignored, but no one should arm the other side to the teeth and then tell one side you have no right to even build a missile.
Experts’ Analysis of the President’s Remarks
Two well-known foreign policy experts analyzed the President’s remarks. Hassan Beheshtipour wrote in a Telegram note that when we listen to the audio file, we see that the President’s discussion is not about reducing tensions with Israel. Pezeshkian talks about the disarmament of both sides. This statement does not mean readiness to reduce tensions; it means disarming the opponent’s propaganda using the zero-sum theory.
Pezeshkian is actually proposing a suspension to the impossible, which is not acceptable for Israel at all because Israel’s survival is expansionism, and it pursues this policy by relying on possessing various deadly weapons. Therefore, it’s a tactic to disarm the opponent’s propaganda because everyone knows Israel will never agree to disarm. I urge you to pay attention to this important issue.
For several decades, the theory of a Middle East free of nuclear weapons has been proposed by Iran, Egypt, and a few other countries in international forums. Why doesn’t Israel comply?
Because this criminal regime has more than 200 nuclear warheads, and a Middle East free of nuclear weapons means Israel’s nuclear disarmament, and it is clear that they will never accept this plan.
But why does the other side keep proposing this plan in international forums? To prove that Israel’s propaganda about the nuclear threat is false because if Israel were truly worried about a nuclear threat, it would accept the zero nuclear balance.
Based on this, you can be sure that Mr. Pezeshkian’s discussion is not about disarming Iran in favor of Israel, but rather about exposing Israel’s propaganda and showing that this expansionist regime relies on weapons for its survival and will never agree to disarm.
The only criticism that can be directed at Mr. Pezeshkian’s statement is that he should have used the term ‘establishing a zero balance’ instead of the very general term ‘disarmament’.
Reza Nasri, another foreign policy expert, also wrote that the President here refers to the double standards applied by the West towards Iran’s actions and the Israeli regime. They ask Iran not to support resistance groups but arm Israel to the teeth.
They want Iran to dismantle its peaceful nuclear program, but Israel can have nuclear weapons and threaten others with them.
They want Iran to stop its missile program, but Israel can have any weapon it wants. In such a context, he says we are ready to lay down all our weapons on the condition that Israel does the same. The purpose of this statement is to show the irrelevance of Western expectations and has nothing to do with reconciliation with Israel.