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Resolution on Iran adopted, Tehran wins

With rather a large number of enemies, Tehran is simply forced to have
a deterrent at least not to share the fate of Iraq.
27.11.2009 GMT+04:00

The IAEA Governors passed a new resolution condemning Iran for the
construction of a second uranium enrichment plant "Fordow", near the
Iranian City of Qom (a hundred kilometers south of Tehran), and urged
Iran to confirm, as requested by the Agency, that " Iran has not taken
a decision to construct, or authorize construction of, any other
nuclear facility which has as yet not been declared to the Agency’.
The resolution was passed early on Friday by a 25-3 margin, opposed by
Cuba, Venezuela and Malaysia.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ As the world media reports, the IAEA urges Iran to
`engage with the Agency on the resolution of all outstanding issues
concerning Iran’s nuclear programme and, to this end, to cooperate
fully with the IAEA by providing such access and information that the
Agency requests to resolve these issues’.

Iran is also urged to comply `fully and without qualification’ with
its safeguards obligations, and implement and ratify promptly the
Additional Protocol.

U.S. and other Western countries accuse Iran of developing nuclear
weapons under the guise of peaceful nuclear energy program. The UN
Security Council adopted five resolutions and imposed sanctions on
Iran, demanding it renounce the uranium enrichment. Tehran denies all
the charges, claiming its nuclear program is aimed solely at meeting
the country’s electricity needs.

In fact, by hand of IAEA, U.S. resigned Tehran’s right to hold a
nuclear program at a time when all her neighbors, with the exception
of Afghanistan, have an atomic bomb and nuclear power plants. Since
2006, the IAEA has unsuccessfully sought to call Tehran "to order",
without resolutions, but it all in vain. Strictly speaking, it could
never succeed, as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not one of those presidents
who can be made to do what, in his opinion, does not meet the national
interests of his country. Nuclear capability increases the safety of a
country, especially such as Iran. With rather a large number of
enemies, Tehran is simply forced to have a deterrent at least not to
share the fate of Iraq. And it is beyond doubt that such a scenario is
not yet laid on the shelf. It is one thing to attack a country which
has no atomic bomb, and quite another to do the same, knowing that
Tehran would not think long before making a preemptive move. Threats
to Israel so far remain threats. What would happen if it occurred to
someone in the Pentagon or in Tel Aviv to attack Iran? The region
would turn into an abyss of uncontrollable chaos. That is why it still
comes down to resolutions and admonitions. Western hopes of the
government change in Iran did not come true, although hardly is it
possible that a different president, expected to replace Ahmadinejad,
might go against the will of Ali Khamenei and renounce the nuclear
program. Even reformer Moussaoui firmly held to the issue of nuclear
program.

Attacks on Iran are, alas, the sad legacy of George W. Bush, and what
is happening now can be defined as "inertia". United States, and all
other countries, would be glad to put a brake on the whole Iranian
story; they have enough concerns.

But in all this story there is one incomprehensible point: the
behavior of Russia, which is allegedly considered to be an ally of the
Islamic Republic, but which, for some reason, votes for the
resolution. The same is true about Turkey. However, the position of
Turkey is more or less clear: she has to keep herself on two chairs
simultaneously, a position very few countries can maintain long. As
for Russia, she needs to finally bury the Nabucco project, and, to
achieve her goal, she is practically ready to do anything, even voting
against her partner. As usual, every country is trying to derive
maximum benefit from the current situation. However, one thing is
clear: no matter how hard the West opposes, Iran has so far stood her
ground. It is not the country to implement resolutions of purely
advisory character…

Karine Ter-Sahakyan