A lengthy report published by the Guardian newspaper said that insistence Iran On having an independent nuclear program, not just a technical or economic issue, it reflects the essence of its national identity and its long history in resisting Western domination and refusing to dependpse in taking sovereign decisions.
The report confirmed that Iran’s adherence to truly Uranium enrichment The most difficult point in its talks with the West has always been, and the main reason was considered Recent attacks I launched Israel AndUS on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The report indicated that Iran is the possession of peaceful nuclear technology as evidence of independence and dignity, especially after Washington withdrawal from The nuclear agreement In 2018, it imposed sanctions that hindered Iran’s ability to trade with Europe.
He explained that the Iranian feeling of betrayal from the West has strengthened the discourse of sovereignty and self -reliance in Iran, especially after moderate figures -such as the former president. Hassan Rouhani And the former Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Jawad Zarif– Its political reputation is at the test to sign the agreement, so that the West will meet that by evaluating and dribbling.
The report saw that Iran is looking with suspicion of Western contradiction, as it is bombed by Nuclear program It is subject to international censorship, while the Israel Program has unconditional financial and political support, although it has not signed Nuclear spreading treaty.
The report, written by Patrick Winten, the diplomatic editor in the newspaper, reviewed the roots of Iran’s nuclear program, and how the nuclear energy turned from a project supported by the West into part of Iran’s identity and independence.
Independence and revolution
The report stated that the principle of independence in Iranian politics is due to Revolution 1979 When he insisted Ayatollah Khomeini The inclusion of “independence” is a third principle in the statement of the revolution, as well as democracy and Islam, rejecting dependency on the West after centuries of colonial intervention.
He added that the Iranian writer, Wali Nasr, in his book “The Great Strategy of Iran”, considered that the principle of independence is the remainder of the values of the revolution after the erosion of democracy and the distortion of political Islam, and that it still constitutes the essence of the identity of the current regime.
The report indicated that Iran was a victim of frequent foreign interference, most notably Coup On the Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadeq 1953 with support from American Intelligence Agency After trying to nationalize oil, which established a conviction that independence requires controlling national resources.
Western support
According to the report, the Iranian nuclear program did not start after the revolution. Rather, it was an American-Britain project during the era of the former Iranian Shah Mohamed Reda Pahlavi As part of the “Corn for Peace” project, it was planned that Iran was planned to build 23 nuclear reactors to export electricity to neighboring countries.
The report stated that Washington agreed to the project at the time, and it did not have fears of nuclear spread, but rather that the US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger He later said that he had not seen a threat to the reactors that were built with German help.
After the victory of the Iranian revolution, the guide of the revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, stopped the nuclear project as an embodiment of “Western influence” and a sign of Iran’s dependence on Western technology.
National transformation
The report pointed out that Iran has started to look at the nuclear project seriously with the increasing demand for electricity and war with Iraq.
The targeting of Iraq contributed a reactor Bushehr during The first Gulf War And the lack of movement of the international community to protect Iran in the crystallization of Iranian “nuclear nationalism”, and a national feeling that the nuclear project is a sovereign and security necessity.
The report indicated that by 1990, Iran announced its intention to build 10 nuclear reactors to produce 20% of its capacity, and called on the former Iranian president. Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Nuclear scientists to return and contribute to the project.
He stressed that the Iranian nuclear program remained for years surrounded by mystery until an opposition group -with the support of MossadOn 2002 secret facilities in Natanz And Kashan, which opened the door to confrontation with International Atomic Energy Agency AndThe international community.
On the other hand, Iran said that it has not started operating the reactors yet, and therefore there is no violation of the Treaty of the Prohibition of Proliferation, and added that the enrichment of uranium does not mean the pursuit of a nuclear weapon, despite the difficulty of explaining the goal of the operation in the absence of effective reactions.
Under international pressure, Iran has temporarily froze all uranium enrichment in 2004 within the “Paris Agreement”, without considering this freezing a legal commitment, but only confidence gesture, according to the report.
Equipment beginnings
The report promised to elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad In 2005, a turning point, as the Iranian president adopted a more challenging speech, and considered that nuclear technology is a “peaceful scientific project” and the right of the people of Iran, and that nuclear energy serves medical and agricultural symptoms, and is an indispensable source of clean energy.
He stated that this escalation in the speech was met by an American insistence on preventing any enrichment of uranium, while sticking to Tehran For them, the European countries remain stuck between the two positions, without the moderate solutions leading to any decisive success or long -term diplomatic breakthrough.
The report quoted Mohammed ElBaradei The former Egyptian vice -president says that Iran does not seek a weapon as much as it seeks to recognize it as a regional power, and that nuclear technology for it represents a symbol of prestige and status, and is not necessarily a tool for destruction.
The writer concluded the report by referring to what was written by the former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani In an article published by the Washington Post, that “having nuclear energy is an expression of Iranian identity and a demand for international respect, and Iran’s insistence on possessing its own nuclear program – despite all the consequences – cannot be understood without understanding the impact of the Iranian identity on the country’s foreign policy.