If we allow Iran to be illegally prevented from developing a peaceful nuclear program they are entitled to, the NPT will be dead letter, and we may be subject to the same treatment in the future.Thei llegal attack against Iran's rights and the preparation of another illegal military intervention against a sovereign country under false pretenses obviously needs to be stopped now,while it is still possible.Brazil has adutyto defend the rights of Iranians today, lest we endanger our own rights in the future.Our status as a power with growing global brought about by the stage of development in which we are now and the very continuity of this development depend on our unconditional support the right of the Iranian people to develop a peaceful nuclear program without interference, threats and attacks.
Russia and China have their own motives (most of them venal and none related to Iran's nuclear program) to support the attempt to push Iran into a corner.The U.S., Britain and France have a very long track record of meddling in the affairs of Middle Eastern countries, and it is no surprise that they now may want to add yet another country to the list of those they have invaded in the region since the eighteenth century - all except Iran and modern, post-Ottoman Turkey. The other seven countries (including two - Bosnia-Herzegovina and Uganda, whose GDPs are equivalent to the budget of Brazil's Bolsa Familia income-transfer program, and another - Togo - with a GDP lower than the budget for education in the Brazilian state of Bahia) yielded to the formidable power of pressure and blackmail of the United States and the two former colonial powers that have caused more misery in the Middle East over the past two centuries. This pressure power the meddling trio has was even tested up against us and almost succeeded against Turkey on the eve of the BIT agreement - which came out only at the insistence of the Brazilian president.
Countries that were not subjected to these pressures, such as Indonesia, India, Central Asia nations, Pakistan, South Africa and most African countries who voiced their views on the subject, Portugal, Norway (both part of the EU, officially pro-sanctions), all of South America except Colombia and Chile, all of Central America except for Panama, the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Conference and the 116 countries of the Egypt-led Non-Aligned Movement declared themselves against the imposition of new sanctions.And every country in the world, including France and with the exception of the few who were quiet about it, plus the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK, hailed the Tehran Declaration.
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