Friday, June 26, 2009

Whereas the fact is that it is we who can bring peace in this region, not the West

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Diplomacy - Iran is still being hounded

Consider also that our critics are silent about the nuclear weapons programmes of certain other countries. Only Iran is being targetted. This is most unfair. How can there be one rule for others, and another for Iran?

After the Iranian revolution the US lost its last chance of extracting political and economic benefits from Iran; why it never stops hounding us. It’s all to do with the power equations in Asia. Iran is a neighbour of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and we have a good presence in many other Asian countries as well. We have lots of documents to prove that the Iraq-Iran war had US support; and that they are answerable. We have been challenging each other for over 20 years, but just now we want change. We want peace. Only, thanks to American doublespeak this never comes to pass. The US says it wants peace with us, and then quite strangely proceeds to impose economic sanctions against us. And it uses all manner of propaganda to achieve this.

There is so much violence in the region – especially in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan – and it is our firm belief that it is we who have the solution, not the western powers. India knows this well and in various ways endorses our stand. When I first came to India two years ago, the bilateral trade was about $8 billion, which has increased to $12 billion. We expect it to touch about $15 billion in a few more years. We are just waiting for the UN to permit use of other currencies for international trade and there are talks going on between banks and financial institutions.

The biggest boost for India-Iran relations could be the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project. We are giving half the capacity to Pakistan and half to India. This is really a very big project. Definitely there are some difficulties to be overcome; but just a year ago we had very fruitful talks during which many of the minor glitches were cleared.

All three parties concerned arrived at a perfect understanding. But unfortunately, for a whole year there has been no dialogue. There has been no response from the Indian side on this, but we are continuing the discussions with Pakistan. These got delayed due to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. There were renewed concerns about security. We believe that if the three of us come together the project will further boost our relationship and help bring peace to the region.

I must repeat that we have very good relations with India. We also have deep cultural associations. Iran and India were neighbours even before India’s independence and many Iranian people are settled in India creating a mixed culture. This is a major reason why we can help each other.


As told to Akram Hoque


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