Editorial

The IAEA Resolution Against Iran –

A Mockery of Justice

Any impartial observer of the Iran nuclear issue would have to conclude that it is irrational and illogical that countries which possess the largest arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, that are the biggest manufacturers and sellers of these weapons, and which are actually guilty of using these weapons countless times, guilty of violating international law countless times, and guilty of committing aggression, should be allowed to sit in judgement of other countries on issues of international peace and security.

Yet this is what happened at the special meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on February 4, and this is what happens every day in the meetings of the UN Security Council. This arrangement of the world needs changing by the combined efforts of the working class and enlightened people of all countries if we are to have international peace and security based on justice and equality for all nations and peoples.

The IAEA resolution put together by the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China speculates on the ambitions and intentions of Iran. When Iran states that its nuclear research is for peaceful applications only, this is not good enough for these big powers. In fact, nothing that Iran says or does will ever satisfy these big powers short of Iran giving up their national rights.

This is really the issue: the right of countries to pursue their own economic, political and social development, independent of the wishes of the imperialist powers. The nuclear issue raised by the U.S. and EU-3 (Britain, France and Germany) is merely a cover for their own ambitions to once again dominate Iran and decide on its destiny. They want to reverse the Iranian revolution of 1979 and once again install a puppet regime to do their bidding.

The big powers are only interested in their empires – in preserving and expanding them. Their method of diversion and provocation is well described in a document from Iran’s Permanent Mission to the IAEA, published a few days before the IAEA meeting. It pointed out that: “It is of great concern and disappointment that the more Iran did cooperate and took additional steps, transparency measures, beyond its legal obligations, the more stringent safeguards were applied; the more outstanding questions were resolved, the language of the proposed resolutions by the U.S. and EU-3 became tougher.”

The resolution of the IAEA against Iran is itself illegal. There is nothing in the statutes of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the IAEA that makes it obligatory for Iran to implement any of the measures outlined in the resolution. Every country has a right under the NPT and IAEA to pursue nuclear research and development, to build research reactors, to accept or reject short-notice inspections of its facilities and to voluntarily accept or reject the Additional Protocol.

The resolution puts the IAEA into further disrepute and further undermines its credibility as an organization dedicated to international peace and security. The IAEA is a creature created by the nuclear powers to defend their monopoly of nuclear weapons through which they seek to maintain their domination of the world. In order to have any credibility as an organization dedicated to international peace and security, the statutes of the IAEA also state that it is committed to the disarmament of the nuclear powers.

Instead of disarmament of the nuclear powers and a regime of non-proliferation among the non-nuclear powers, the statutes of the IAEA are applied selectively. The existing nuclear powers are permitted to perfect and expand their nuclear weapons and to sell these weapons and technology to their allies such as Israel, India, Pakistan and the Republic of Korea. Another set of rules is applied when it comes to Iran which the IAEA resolution even calls a “special case”.

We call upon all progressive, democratic and enlightened people to condemn the IAEA resolution for what it is – a mockery of justice!

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