Alireza
Jafarzadeh:
Fox News Live
Atomic Anxiety over
Bob Sellers:
US is lobbying to have Iran taken before the UN Security Council and possibly
have sanctions as a result of that, and the head of UN’s nuclear watchdog group
has met with Iranian leaders in the past. What makes the
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Thank you Bob.
Bob Sellers: First of all, who is in charge of the
nuclear program there? You know we always
hear like there is always something going on there. You have the Islamic right, which has power,
then you have a government that is not Islamic, but it is kind of run by the Islamists,
who’s in charge?
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Bob, who is in charge? It is the
supreme leader of the Iranian regime Ali Khamene’i, but that does not mean the
other sectors of the regime meaning the government, Khatami, the president, and
the Revolutionary Guards are not involved.
In fact they are both part of this program. It’s Khamene’i who calls the shots, but he’s
using the Revolutionary Guards and the president to pursue his nuclear
objectives.
Bob Sellers: OK, apparently they don’t feel very
threatened by this action. Correct?
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Absolutely right. The way Iran is responding to the offer that
the EU-Three is making clearly shows that Iran feels they still have room to
maneuver; and they want to push the
envelope as far as they can to see how much they can get out of it. The reason for it, I think, is that first of
all this offer by the Europeans is too vague, too broad, has no teeth, so they
don’t feel threatened. They want to keep
this whole cycle of negotiations and talks going on.
Bob Sellers: What are they trying to get?
Alireza Jafarzadeh: What they want to get, is they
want to buy time, Bob, because all they need, you heard the report earlier; we’re
talking about months, at most about a year. If they continue dragging their
feet in dealing with the international community, if they buy enough time to
complete their nuclear weapons program, then you have a whole new ballgame, a
whole new strategic situation...
Bob Sellers: OK, what do they think they would have
if they have nuclear power? We all know
they have oil, so the argument that they need it for fuel doesn’t really carry
anything.
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Absolutely not, Bob.
Bob Sellers: So, if they have nuclear power, what
does that do for them? It may sound like a simplistic question.
Alireza Jafarzadeh: No, this is the key question, Bob. Because the reason
Bob Sellers: And they’re after
Alireza Jafarzadeh: They’re heavily involved in
Bob Sellers: So they see a large region in which they
could have more power politically and have a nuclear weapon, have that power,
as well. How do we deal with that?
Alireza Jafarzadeh: That is the key question, Bob. Let
me put it this way.
Bob Sellers: It has to be all of them.
Alireza Jafarzadeh: You have to target all of them.
Bob Sellers: What does the
Alireza Jafarzadeh: The
Bob Sellers: All right, Alireza Jafarzadeh. Thank you
very much sir.
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Thank you Bob; Always a pleasure.
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