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Are We Nuclear Yet?

One of the most clever ways a regressive fundamentalist theocracy has been able to remain in power in an otherwise discerning country like Iran, is how this government has always managed to control the pace and direction of the political dialogue internally as well as abroad. This has enabled them to divert discussions and even demands of the opposition towards an objective that suits their needs first and above all else.

Just look at the current arguments regarding nuclear power. By erecting yet another paper monster in the atmosphere of political discourse, they have managed to sidetrack any demands on more fundamental questions of human rights violations, democratic reform and essential civil liberties such as equality of women and more evenhanded distribution of wealth, while all the discussions seem to go around only one real or imagined trepidation.

Search the latest news on Iran and you are almost guaranteed to discover an overwhelming percentage of your findings will include the term "nuclear program". Even as EU discusses their concerns with Iran, the direction of talks is not towards guaranteeing more freedom for Iranian people (as presumably there is no objections about a "democracy" having nuclear capabilities), but more along the lines of how big of a reward they'd like in order to slow down their progress.

At the end, and once again, the final result of these discussions and the presumed pressure inflicted by the current U.S. administration is allowing this backwards establishment to solidify their position even more strongly, while people of Iran continue to suffer with some of their basic rights being denied.

It's funny how their opposition used to think the regime in Iran is so foolish and idiotic.

Posted by Pedram at October 28, 2004 12:21 AM