World history is replete with regimes and rulers who lived by ideas of colonial domination. For centuries, expansionist ideology has marked the world during the different colonial eras.
The world only experienced calm and stability when these eras came to an end, as decolonization opened new pages in human history around cooperation, understanding and good neighbourliness, according to laws, charters and principles that preserve the sovereignty and independence of states. Members of the UN, by virtue of their membership of the organization, are expected to commit themselves to the principles, foundations and rules on which the organization is founded.
However, some countries still pursue political, security and military practices that run quite counter to the UN’s principles, charters and norms. Chief among these is mullahs’ Iran.
The mullahs regime deliberately violates the UN Charter with its declaration to occupy capitals of some sovereign Arab states that are UN members. What’s more, they are seeking to establish themselves as the guardian of their regional neighbours. Their regime becomes angry when a neighbouring state, exercising its sovereign rights, makes a decision to enter into strategic cooperation in the health, economic and other sectors with another state.
Hegemony is palpable in the reactions of Iranian leaders and officials. It lives in the minds and shows in the words of the mullahs, which explains their strange attitude towards the UAE’s decision to settle relations with Israel.
Some of their leaders see it as a “big mistake,” others as an “unforgivable” sin and still others as a “great betrayal. ” The same language that has been addressed to other Arab states and parties, which had decided to pursue the path of cooperation as an alternative to conflict and confrontation, is ludicrously rehearsed.
The game of Iranian puppet control begins when the mullahs move from criticism to threats. Major General Ali Fadavi, deputy commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, considers that his country will not allow giving “Israel a foothold in the region” through some of its countries. These countries, he added, will not be immune to the repercussions of normalization. “The glass palaces of their leaders will not protect them from the power of the Islamic revolution, and will not withstand the stones from the children of Palestine,” he said.
Such statements run diametrically counter to the principles of good neighbourliness and mutual respect that are supposed to govern international relations. They show the hegemonic ideas that the Iranian mullahs have in spades. They are convinced that the Arab region is an open arena for their odious sectarian colonial ways and projects.
They use their weapons, their collaborators and their money, with their credulous souls, their pens and their media puppets that promote this odious ideology under various pretenses and slogans.
What is remarkable is that the mullahs who have quietly infiltrated various Arab countries are refusing to allow an Arab state to exercise its sovereignty and legitimate rights to build bilateral ties with world countries. This, despite the fact that the UAE has more than once officially said that the agreement with Israel is not aimed at Iran or other countries.
The issue is bigger and broader than the fuzzy notions of security that are rife in the mullahs’ ideology. It is about the future of our region and our nations. It is in the interests of millions of people who aspire to enjoy scientific development and progress through opening bridges of cooperation and sharing their experiences and knowledge with other nations.
The mullahs are well aware that in order to monitor and spy on their secret military nuclear projects, one does not need geographical proximity or an Israeli physical presence across the Gulf.
It is not a matter of Israel seeking to gain a foothold in the Gulf. All this is military and strategy 101 and the mullahs know it. They also know that the Emirates are only interested in building a better future for their people and the rest of Arab and Muslim communities.
The UAE looks to be at the forefront of global competitiveness on development. The country is not concerned with pointless wars or conflicts that drain the mullahs’ resources and their people’s money. But the mullahs are good at clouding the waters and hoodwinking simpletons with hollow slogans.
