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By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich/ We must defend justice with our liveslest we need justice to defend our lives
As I watched Iran being hauled in front of the United
Nations ‘Security’ Council, a vivid picture conjured up in my mind â€"
my native country Iran, a vulnerable and defenseless beauty being
prepared for violation by brutal savages. As she struggles to defend
her honor, no one is prepared to come to her aid, save a few. Even
her own children, those raised on her soil hope she will be brutally
raped. With lust-filled eyes, they hope to fulfill their ambitions on
her ravaged ruins, her broken pride.
Who are these beasts, and what has transformed this United body to
such a menace?
The most uninformed among us knows that the United States is
dictating the rules at the ‘Security’ Council. The driving force
behind the American policy makers’ actions is Israel represented by
AIPAC and other Israeli representatives in the United States.
However, while Zionism gives motivation to the neo-conservatives in
Washington to rape and ravage the Middle-East, Washington stands to
benefit from AIPAC’s/Israel’s commands.
Theodor Herzl, witnessing discrimination against Jews in Europe, was
convinced that sovereign control over territory would guarantee Jews
against discrimination. The location was not important. He sought the
support of Europe’s wealthiest Jews to colonize territory. Max
Nordau, a close friend of Herzl’s, stated that “we are going to
Palestine to extend the moral boundaries of Europe as far as the
Euphrates�. Chaim Weizmann’s analogy for the comparison of Arab to
Jew was “the desert against civilization�. The attraction of
Palestine was its appeal to the colonial powers, specifically Great
Britain and the imposition of imperial control such as the British
and Dutch East India Companies.
Today, the United States is the colonial power and the major investor
in the region. Furthermore, as The Center for Public Integrity has
demonstrated, The Carlyle Group profits from government and
conflict ; a company that employed some of Washington’s most powerful
figures, including former Secretary of State James Baker, former
President George H.W. Bush, former Secretary of Defense Frank
Carlucci and former FCC Chairman William Kennard, as well as former
British Prime Minister John Major â€" not foregoing the Ladin and Saudi
ties. Israel is no longer a nascent state, but en par with the
world’s only super power â€" for not only does it have an arsenal of
illegal nuclear warheads and one of the strongest conventional
armies, but it has influence over US Congress, and many believe, the
White House. Both Israel and the US need stretching room for
expansion and more profit. Iran is key, it would appear.
One must surely question why Iran would be shunned by all
the ‘Security’ council members. India’s case has demonstrated that
non-permanent members are subject to coercion, but what of the
permanent members?
France - If Iran’s legitimate rights are recognized, Iran would have
to have her wealth returned to her; to the dismay of the Europeans.
In 1973 France, Belgium, Spain, and Sweden, formed the joint stock
company EURODIF. Sweden withdrew from the project in 1974. In 1975
Sweden’s 10 per cent share in EURODIF went to Iran as a result of an
arrangement between France and Iran. The French government subsidiary
company Cogema and the Iranian Government established the Sofidif
(Société francoâ€"iranienne pour l’enrichissement de l’uranium par
diffusion gazeuse) enterprise with 60 per cent and 40 per cent
shares, respectively. In turn, Sofidif acquired a 25 per cent share
in EURODIF, which gave Iran its 10 per cent share of EURODIFI. In
1974, the Shah lent 1 billion dollars (and another 180 million
dollars in 1977) for the construction of the factory, to have the
right to buy 10% of the production. Iran remains a shareholder of
Eurodif via Sofidif, a Franco-Iranian consortium shareholder which
owns 25 % of Eurodif. According to The Wall Street Journal of Dec. 5,
2006, the price of enriched uranium has increased by 800 percent
since 2001, and given the recent growing interest in nuclear fuel,
and the commitment of suppliers, Eurodif would likely prefer to have
Iran sanctioned than recognize her legitimate right. Especially if as
before, they are not the ones who have to send soldiers to
battlefields.
Bulletin 26 â€" Dual Use: Avoiding The Nuclear Precipice of the
International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against
Proliferation not only confirms Iran’s share in Eurodif, but lends
legitimacy to her wishes to exercise her inalienable right under
Article IV of the NPT to enrich uranium indigenously versus the
Russian import due to her past experience with foreign dealings [ ].
It must also be noted that Iran has a stake in the world's biggest
open-pit uranium mine in the African state of Namibia where the
United States buys its uranium for its nuclear power plants . Much
like the 1953 era when the Americans and the British had their eyes
on Iran’s precious resources, it would seem that uranium is one more
incentive for the violation of Iran.
Russia â€" John D. Grace describes Russia as an "ally and opponent" of
OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and the same
for oil consumers -- in other words, it is a "fulcrum." In spite of
Grace’s generous description of Russia, it has raised a few eyebrows
in Europe when it has cut off energy supplies at will and as a
political tool. 6% of the total known oil reserves are in the former
Soviet Union . However, as the world’s biggest supplier of natural
gas and one of the largest suppliers of oil, it will greatly benefit
from high oil prices due to sanctions and unrest in the Persian Gulf.
This money-strapped nation was willing to supply Iran not only with
enriched uranium, but with surface-to-air missiles. It has decided to
halt its cooperation because it understands that conflicts in the
Persian Gulf region will double the price of oil â€" much to its
benefit; while at the same time to other Arab countries, much like
the US is doing. Additionally, it also realizes that a ‘nuclear
accident anywhere is a nuclear accident anywhere’. It could be that
Russia has it on good authority that this irrational Administration
means to bomb Bushehr . Having weighed the danger of contamination
and their surplus profit from an attack on Iran, they opted to vote
for the latter.
China - It would seem that with China’s growing appetite for oil,
their vote would be illogical. However, China has been making
remarkable discoveries of her own. Not only has she found oil
deposits in Bohai Bay near Dalian (source â€" China Newnet), but after
two years of exploration, it was publicly reported on March 24th that
off the coast of Taiwan huge deposits of natural gas, known as
the ‘ice that burns’ and labeled as the energy of the energy source
of the future had been discovered. If Taiwan had been an ‘old war
relic’ in the past, it makes her a prize worth fighting for. Would
this make China sway her vote? Additionally, according to the BBC,
China and Venezuela are working on making oil deals that will be
mutually beneficial.
And finally, Great Britain. She was the instigator in the 1953 coup
against the democratically elected Prime Minister Mossadeq. In a role
reversal, it would seem that today, GB is the one who is helping
incite war. No doubt with her poor economy, as with the Iraq war, she
would be happy with the crumbs off the US table.
What is important to remember is the following:
- It was the United Nations that established the State of Israel in
1948.
- It was the United Nations ‘Security’ Council that stood by idly as
Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran for 3 years in violation of
the Geneva Conventions.
- It was the United Nations ‘Security’ Council that watched Israel
destroy Iraq’s peaceful nuclear technology, passed a resolution, but
remained idle as Isarel continued with its path of destruction.
- It was the United Nations ‘Security’ Council that stood by while
500,000 children in Iraq were subjected to malnutrition and death.
- It was the United Nations ‘Security’ Council that stood by and
watched America illegally invade Iraq without passing a resolution.
- It was the United Nations ‘Security’ Council that watched the
Israelis destroy Lebanon for 33 days with American ammunition. One
man at the UN ‘Security’ Council, John Bolton, ruled over the lives
and deaths of the Lebanese.
- It was the United Nations ‘Security’ Council that watched Israel
raze Palestinian homes over and over again.
- It is the United Nations ‘Security’ Council that is witnessing the
starvation of Palestinians people, women and children alike.
And it is the United Nations ‘Security’ Council that is ordering the
savage and cruel gang rape of Iran. They have passed resolution to
take her defenses away. Under the pretext of her nuclear program, her
inalienable right to enrich uranium for energy â€"Article IV of the
NPT, they have passed a resolution that Iran must not have
conventional weapons to defend herself when they come to attack her â€"
to ravage her, to take all that is hers and her children’s.
Regardless of race, color, or religion, we are all equal under the
law. To repeat a cliché, we are only as strong as the weakest link in
the chain â€" this is humanity’s bond â€" a bind that if broken with
indifference, will cause the demise of civilization as we know it. We
must not remain complacent in the face of the insecurity that is
about to take place â€" the UNSC’s violation of Iran. This is not a
call for justice for Iran, nor for the children of Iran, but a call
to disallow oppression. We must defend justice with our lives, lest
one day we be in need of justice to defend our lives.
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