US policy on Iran nuclear program untrustworthy
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, April 15, IRNA
Iran-Nuclear-US
The United States has escalated its political hue and cry and psychological war against Iran's peaceful nuclear activities.
To Western pundits and reputable foreign media, Washington is just craving to confront Iran.
Of the world countries, the US and its nuclear ally Israel claim that Iran's nuclear activities are not trustworthy and that Tehran is moving in the wrong direction. They have waged a psychological war to improve their international status.
However Iran's transparent cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has caused the world to become suspicious of the US and Israeli behavior. Even their traditional allies are now suspicious about these political moves.
The psychological war against development of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq was a ploy Washington resorted to and Israel fully backed. Now the US by making false claims is trying the same method to confront Iran.
Today the public opinion in different countries particularly in the US's traditional allies rarely agree with Washington's policies and the White House performance. The world now knows very well that the US is not honest about its words and policies and is just striving to colonize other states and establish its own version of democracy.
Ted Galen Carpenter, the US vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at Cato Institute, says Washington is willing to lead an anti-Iran move but that other countries have no desire to help it.
He argues that the row between the US and Europe on the behavior toward Iran is among reasons behind this opposition.
Capenter says the US Administration has little confidence in its traditional allies and international bodies.
Sam Brown Back, a US Republican Senator, believes military action against Iran due to the current US position in the "war against terrorism" is not politically possible.
Under the current circumstances, the US prefers to support a diplomatic solution, he opines.
In its anti-Iran move, the US has a tough task for finding allies and stepping up diplomatic pressure on Iran, noted the Senator justifying that China, Russia, and France have made huge investments in that country.
Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, has called on all parties to refuse to make statements that would mount tensions. He has also called for a diplomatic solution.
He expressed hope that Iran will return to the negotiating table and settle the case through talks.
The British news agency Reuters Friday quoted the US State Department as reporting that the two veto-wielding member states of the UN Security Council, China and Russia, have strongly opposed the use of force against Iran.
Other UNSC member states, including Britain, do not agree with military option, either.
According to the BBC, new diplomatic efforts to settle Iran's nuclear case have started.
China and Russia with strong trade ties with Iran, are against the expanded influence of the West, in particular the US, in the region, said the BBC.
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