The international community seems to be unable to deal with crises around the world. It failed to address terrorist practices carried out by regimes hostile to international security and stability.
The UN institutions, especially the UN Security Council, have long failed to deal with Iranian aggressive practices. This reluctance to confront Iran’s violation of several Arab countries’ security made the mullahs’ regime go too far in its practices. The ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia made it clear that the international leadership is living a state of chaos.
The world has been following Iran’s violations in Syria and Iraq. The international community is only issuing statements that are merely dead letters. There is a conflict of interests among the major powers. Some international powers are responsible for protecting Iranian bullying in the region. Others are standing idly by Tehran’s violations so that not to harm their relations with the mullah’s regime.
Some say that international relations should not depend on the US president’s mood and tweets. But international relations should not depend on the mood of the mullahs, their interests and their loathing as well. The international relations should not depend on militias that have spread in the Middle East like wildfire. Some officials stated that militias fighting in Syria are trading in arms.
Just a few days ago, Mr. Ali Velayati, the aide to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has visited Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. It was as if he were roaming Iranian cities. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani publicly warned of “stronger than imagined” response if US pulls out of the nuclear deal. Iran said Washington will regret this decision.
Iran’s expected response is aimed at activating its nuclear program. Tehran will try to reach a higher level of uranium enrichment than it was before the agreement and to end all its commitments in the agreement. The nuclear deal stipulated limiting the level of nuclear enrichment to no more than 5 percent, stopping building heavy water reactors for 15 years and allowing international inspectors to enter Iran.
Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran’s top nuclear official, stated that his nuclear organization can resume enriching uranium by 20% in 4 days at the Fordow plant if Washington takes a step to sanction Iran. Spokesman of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, Behrouz Kamalvandi, said Iran can reduce the period to only two days. Kamalvandi said it is not an exaggeration. “We have more than 1,600 centrifuge machines and when the time arrives, we can fill the tanks to resume their activities,” he added.
The nuclear deal has changed nothing. The mullah’s regime has long maintained its nuclear capabilities. It is possible that these nuclear capabilities have been operating in the last period. The mullahs’ regime is ambiguous. The IAEA inspectors have long failed to enter and inspect the Iranian nuclear facilities.
Tehran took advantage of the EU’s position. The EU thinks the agreement is going well and there is no need for renegotiate. The EU has been arguing that it is not wise to renegotiate Iran’s nuclear deal given the North Korean nuclear threat. This is not convincing. Iran’s violations are due to world’s silence on North Korea. The mullahs’ regime has been following North Korea’s footsteps. The silence over these violations can only cause more tensions internationally.
The world is not moving to address the Iranian bullying. The Arab states cannot remain silent in the face of the Iranian expansionist project and its attacks against Arab countries. Iran should be punished so that it stops its sectarian plan.
