Censuring Iran
But hardly unexpected. There are those intelligence experts who long ago warned that Iran's game was to create the impression that those high-profile meetings that started in January with the IAEA whose intention it was to reach an agreement on a "structured approach" on how best to carry out its enquiry, would reach a useful conclusion, agreeable to everyone concerned."Iran has not engaged seriously and without preconditions in talks aimed at restoring international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program.""Iran's procrastination is unacceptable."European Union
When, in fact, it was simply meant as a delaying tactic, and a useful one.
The time that went by as one meeting melted into another frustratingly-inconclusive one, gave Iran the additional time it planned for, to advance its nuclear program. The IAEA itself was well aware of this, but diplomatic niceties are sacrosanct. A day ago the 35-nation board of the IAEA officially sanctioned the Islamic Republic of Iran yet again for its defiance of international demands that it halt its nuclear enrichment program.
Even China and Russia became signatories to the U.S.-led resolution. Cuba distinguished itself by becoming the sole country on the board of the IAEA that chose to vote against the resolution. While three countries, including Egypt, decided to abstain from committing themselves to any position; their abstention clearly placing them closer to Cuba than to the remainder of the IAEA board members in their condemnation of Iran.
In its inimitable way of hauteur and disdain, Iran's IAEA envoy, Ali Asghar Soltanieh characterized the resolution as being counterproductive. Predecessor resolutions similarly worded, had little effect in persuading Iran that the world was concerned over its ambitions and plans. The economic sanctions that have been imposed on Iran have created some difficulties, but none to date that the Republic hasn't been able to transcend.
South Africa has proven to be a stalwart assist to Iran; as co-members of the Non-Allied Movement of developing countries, South Africa had insisted that the language of the resolution should be a trifle more muted, less harsh and demanding. An amendment was finally agreed upon, altering the original text but not to the more significant measure that South Africa insisted upon.
In the final analysis, nothing of any note has been achieved. Iran, as satellite imagery revealed, cleaned up its Parchin military site to remove traces of evidence of nuclear activity, tearing apart incriminating buildings, removing soil. "Iran has been taking measures that appear consistent with an effort to remove evidence of its past activities at Parchin", the U.S. delegate informed the governing board.
Come now, was anything else really expected?
Labels: Conflict, Diplomacy, Iran, Islamism, Nuclear Technology, Societal Failures, United Nations
posted by Pieface @ Friday, September 14, 2012
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