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Iran keen to promote peace and stability in Mideast: Larijani (part 2)

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Munich, Feb 11, IRNA
Munich-Iran-Larijani

"Good order per se ensures durability and continuity and last at least for decades or generations. Therefore, a sustainable order cannot entail anything other than inclusive aims. And the less inclusive such aims the less durable will be such order. In our debates on the practical aspects of an international order, we should note that a sustainable security order, par se, rejects the attainment of the interests of one side through intimidation, coercion and violence at the expense of others. In other words, an international and regional security order can be sustainable only if it is underpinned by understanding and concord.

"Mr President,

"A glance at the past history shows that the two models of security order experienced in the past have presented our world with some challenges; First, security order prevailing in the cold war era and second, the security order which is based on the theory of unilateralism.

"In the security order prevailing in the cold war era which was called the "grand rivalry" the two superpowers were engaged in colonizing the smaller states and paid little attention to the underpinnings of a sustainable order that is respect for identity of societies, sustainable development, justice and democracy. Of course, this argument may not apply to all European countries but it is true about most countries of the Middle East region. This situation led the Iranian people to launch a great revolution to change the status quo almost these days on the year 1979 (February 11). A despotic and dictatorial regime was ruling over our country for half a century just with the backing and support of the United States as its ally.

"The United States not only failed to put pressure on this regime for its inhuman behavior and human rights abuses but it also supported it as a gendarme of the region to control other small regional states.

"The disrespect for the well-being, development, freedom, democracy and human rights of the people of Iran at that time were condoned by the United States, and a military coup was launched against the government of Mosaddegh. All these failures proved that what was important for the United States was only the presence of a totally obedient ally in Iran and stability made sense to them only in that context.

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