Their benefit lies in the loss of the people.
Their benefit lies in the loss of the people.
We had previously said that the nuclear case and the vicious cycle Iran is trapped in is a déjà vu for a nation.
Part of the credibility of this déjà vu should be given to the reminder of some obvious facts to some well-known political figures. Fereydoun Abbasi, a former member of parliament, recently wrote on Twitter: ‘We do not forget that 15 years ago Dr. Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was assassinated. We are soon to engage in inevitably fruitless negotiations with three European countries that support Israel.’
How many times must we be bitten from the same hole? Have their positions changed, or will the supporters of the JCPOA repeat past mistakes and cause damage for the third time?
The truth is, I do not understand what benefit some political figures like Abbasi find in preserving and presenting Iran as a special and dangerous country.
They always want to lead with the narrative in their statements and actions that we are at war or have a great mission that must be accomplished by enduring these hardships. They have a strong desire to present Iran as a threat, but a large part of society does not think like them.
We can understand this well by looking at the public’s reception of elections over the past five years, the shortening gap between protest events, and the numbness of society towards events. Surveys conducted on this matter and the change in public perception are also good sources for understanding this issue. Members of parliament likely have access to these surveys.
To close the path of opening or to advance their political purposes, they suggest that supporters of negotiation are lovers of negotiation.
No, negotiation in itself is not something anyone would like for its own sake. What good is fruitless negotiation to these people? Didn’t Mr. Jalili negotiate? What did he bring us other than resolutions? Negotiation is useful when it brings benefits to the nation.
If it is otherwise, it is just like university philosophy classes, nothing more.
Not understanding that Iran is in a bad situation, almost removed from decision-making and influence in the region, and recognized as part of the problem, not the solution, is either due to inattention or to continue the previous path. There is neither economic strength nor popular support. Who, in this situation, beats the drum of war or isolation when the abyss is clearly in sight?
The sound of the oppressed and the former middle class being crushed under the pressure of this situation does not require sharp ears.
Being informed of protests and labor gatherings, especially in the field of retirees, does not require clairvoyance.
To understand Iran’s dire situation, it is not necessary to read the so-called chained newspapers. Listening to the country’s official news and the statements of the heads of the three branches shows us how entangled we are in problems. What justification does someone have who wants to maintain this situation based on their delusional thinking? Experts should answer.
In another part of his tweet, Abbasi referred to the inevitably fruitless negotiation with European countries and emphasized the label of supporters of the Zionist regime. If they were not supporters of Israel, we would not have a problem; our negotiations would be fruitful. The speaker and his theoretical successors believe that we must put everything on the line over the issue of Israel. However, developments in the past 15 months show that Israel is a criminal country, a killer of defenseless people, and most importantly, a bitter reality in the Middle East that will not be destroyed with this approach.
Countries in the region have also understood this issue, but we resist accepting it. We do not have the authority to sacrifice the lives of 90 million Iranians for this goal. This conflict has been the Arab-Israeli conflict for 80 years and still is.
If at one time we entered this conflict and today we have reached the point where we need to reconsider our policy, why should we resist this difficult decision?
European countries support Israel, and the Russians are in the same situation. Just a few days ago, an audio file of one of the officials of the General Staff of the Armed Forces was released, which strongly confirmed the old suspicion of the Russians turning off radar and defense systems during Israeli attacks on Iranian targets in Syria. In the past 15 months, the Russians have completely played into Israel’s puzzle in the Middle East security case.
Now what should we do? Cut off important relations between Iran and Russia because they have important relations with Israel? The Chinese have extensive trade relations with Israel. Are they supposed to sacrifice that for relations with us? I do not blame the Chinese or the Russians. Unlike us, they consider their national interests as their first and last choice, the same lesson we should learn from Moscow and Beijing.
It would be good if Saeed Jalili and Fereydoun Abbasi clarified what damage they constantly talk about. The slowing down of the nuclear program, which we neither have its bomb nor its electricity, is that the damage? Or is it the harm to the people, whom you constantly say we defended their nuclear rights? Suppose the nuclear agreement was a loss. Since 2019, there have been no JCPOA commitments. Five years have passed since then, and we have 60% uranium. You had no official or unofficial restrictions and even blocked the revival of the agreement. Now you are also obstructing the path of diplomacy.
I wish you would understand that we are forced to solve our issues with Europe and the United States. It doesn’t matter if Abraham Lincoln is the president of the United States or Donald Trump. As much as we need to improve relations and elevate them to a high level with Russia, China, and the Arab countries of the region, we also need normal relations with the West. Make China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE your model, not Sudan, Syria, the Soviet Union, and Yemen. Repeat to yourselves that we are forced to yield to this balance.
Anti-Westernism and Easternism, or vice versa, do not solve any problems for our country. Our situation has become much harder compared to 2015 in these 9 years, and if giving up any policy is seriously considered, we must reconsider. We are also a country in the region that has as much moral responsibility in this regard as other countries, not more. We are not supposed to auction off everything for slogans like yours. The country was once snake-bitten when the snakes in the nation’s sleeve bit them. This time, too, we will try, as much as we can, to stand against your apparent and hidden sabotage so that we are not bitten from the same hole again.
