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AIC
UPDATE - January
2006 | Vol. 3 | No. 39
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Nuclear Crisis Calls for US-Iran Dialogue
within a Collective 6+1 Framework
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Hooshang
Amirahmadi
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Getting to know AIC Board Members
Ambassador
Thomas R.
Pickering
AIC Update Reader’s Feedbacks
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AIC Update is an information resource for US-Iran
relations and the efforts of the American Iranian
Council to promote dialogue and understanding
between the United States and Iran.
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| Nuclear Crisis Calls for US-Iran Dialogue within a Collective 6+1 Framework |
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Following the meeting with the US, Russia and China
in London on 16 January, Britain, France and
Germany, the so-called EU Trio, have drafted a
resolution that asks Mohammad ElBaradei, director-
general of the International Atomic Agency (IAEA),
to call for an emergency meeting of the IAEA Board
on February 2-3 in Vienna to formally refer Iran to
the UN Security Council. The US has said that it fully
supports the move and wishes to see Iran “quickly”
sent to the Council for “censure and sanctions” now
that negotiations with the EU have failed to convince
Iran to halt nuclear enrichment.
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| Persian Translation of “Iran’s President on Israel and the Holocaust” |
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The following article is the Persian translation
of “Iran’s President on Israel and the Holocaust”
originally published in the AIC Update, Vol. 3, No. 38,
January 2006.
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article...
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| Getting to know AIC Board Members - Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering |
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Tom Pickering
is Senior Vice President for
International Relations for Boeing. He joined the
company and assumed this position in January 2001
upon his retirement as U.S. Under Secretary of State
for Political Affairs. In this newly created position,
Pickering oversees the company's international
affairs, including those with foreign governments. He
is a member of the company's Executive Council and
reports to the Office of the Chairman.
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“It was always fascinating to me, as the American
Ambassador to Israel between 1985 and 1988, that
when I talked about the issue [of US-Iran relations]
with people like Yitzhak Rabin, he would always tell
me that the United States has to find a way to
develop closer relationships with Iran. He said Iran is
an important country, and we can’t neglect Iran.”
Amb. Pickering
“...it was clear, obvious, and self-evident that we
wouldn’t have undertaken those kinds of imitatives
[Secretary Albright’s speech at AIC’s March 2000
conference] if the objective wasn’t to improve
relations with Iran, and it’s perfectly reasonable to
assume that full moralization would have been a
goal.” Amb. Pickering
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My comments regarding the Iranian-Western conflict
on uranium
enrichment:
The world fossil fuel supply will last for about 70
years. The use of nuclear, solar, wind, and biomass
energy will increase by necessity.
Iran has a large uranium supply and with enrichment
technology will make it a strong economic competitor
to the west in providing nuclear reactors to other
nations. This will put Iran on the road to
industrialization which further reduces the economic
advantage of the West.
If the goal of I.A.E.A. is to prevent the development
of nuclear bombs by Iran, it can accomplish this by
sending inspectors to all Iranian U-enrichment
facilities.
We should be vigilant to prevent the West from
destroying Iran in the same way that it destroyed
Iraq, which was on its way to industrialization, by
criminal policies of putting Saddam Hussein in charge
and encouraging him to attack Iran and then Kuwait
in order to give USA and its allies an excuse to
destroy Iraq in two wars, with G.H. Bush and G.W.
Bush as commanders-in-chief.
P.S.Please read "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"
by John Perkins to discover the hidden part of US
foreign and economic policies.
Most interesting bits and pieces of news put
together. It takes a lot of work and effort and I
congratulate the group.
The bottomline is that Ahmadinejad is not only
ignorant, but a puppet of the Mullahs
(unfortunately 'az-bikh-arabs'). Does anyone
honestly believe that he was legally elected...and if
he was, that Iran deserves what it gets. If the
people in Iran are unhappy, they should do something
or at least create a powerful and a partriotic leader
within the country (if he is not killed) and follow him.
Pour carnations and roses in the barrels of the
pasdars
or whoever and overthrow the current az-bikh-arabs.
Either that, or everybody should stop working at all
fronts (including oil) and create a dilema and
chaos.
There will be a lot of sacrifices made, but the
outcome and the future will be good.
Corruption and burglary will be more rampant, but
here is where the strong leader will come in handy.
The ignorant 'pasdars' and 'basighies' never had it so
good and will fight to the end, unless ofcourse the
money used for war purposes is used for
them.
All said and done...inciting people and letting them
know how bad things are in Iran won't have any
effect on what's happening in Iran and is not a
solution.
Two solutions: Create a strong leader who the
people will follow at the risk of their own lives or let
an outside force act now as it did when they brought
this regime in. Mr. Carter's view was short sighted
and now millions of Iranians are paying for his dumb
action. The danger is: Iranians will unite when
threatened by an outside force (ex. Iran-Iraq war). If
that war had not taken place, this regime would have
been outsted years ago. The Iranians must be
prepared not to have a repeat performance, and the
leader has to impress upon the people the idea of
Freedom of Speech, Choice, Will and a just society
to live and be happy in. The Iranians need to proudly
raise their National Iranian Flag and let the world
know that they are proud to be Iranians and had a
civilized culture that goes several thousand years
Before the Common Era (BCE)
and will regain their once proud heritage.
That is my personal view and is not intended to
offend anybody.
cheers
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