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Military strike ‘grave’ threat to stability
Ardeshir Amir-Arjomand, a leading figure in Iran’s opposition Green Movement, has called for a nuclear-free Middle East.
Amir-Arjomand is the spokesperson for the Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope, the Green Movement’s highest decision-making body. In a statement following an anti-war conference held in the US in April, he said the pro-democracy movement favoured less tension in Iran’s international relations, “a rational and honourable foreign policy for Iran based on constructive cooperation with the international community, rejection of adventurist diplomacy, and promotion of global respect” for the country.
The statement stressed that any foreign intervention in the country over its nuclear programme would pose a “grave anger” to international peace and stability, and could “only intensify the pressures on the people of Iran and their freedom movement.”
“The Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope believes that international disputes must be settled by peaceful means, based on respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty of all nations, refraining from the use of force in international relations, non-interference in the internal affairs of countries, and a fair and balanced implementation of international law.”
He maintained that declaring the Middle East a nuclear-free zone could help reduce tension in the region.
The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and six major powers (US, UK, France, Germany, Russia and China) are scheduled to be held in Baghdad next Wednesday. The last round of talks, described as “positive”, were held in Istanbul on 14 April.
The full text of the statement:
In the Name of God
The Green Movement of the People of Iran is a peaceful and civil movement that struggles for the realization of the Iranian people’s historical demands for freedom, justice, independence, development, peace and morality. As the detained leaders of the Green Movement, Mr. Mousavi and Mr. Karroubi, have emphasized in the Charter of the Green Movement, this movement calls for the elimination of tensions in international relations, a rational and honourable foreign policy for Iran based on constructive cooperation with the international community, rejection of adventurist diplomacy, and promotion of global respect for this great, historical nation.
The Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope, while expressing its deep concern about the increasing international tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, stresses that any form, or threat, of military attack on Iran constitutes a grave danger to international peace and security. It can only intensify the pressures on the people of Iran and their freedom movement.
The Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope believes that international disputes must be settled by peaceful means, based on respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty of all nations, refraining from the use of force in international relations, non-interference in the internal affairs of countries, and a fair and balanced implementation of international law.
Given that the use of nuclear weapons is contrary to the principles of human rights and international humanitarian law, against the environment, and that their proliferation is in violation of international law, declaring the Middle East a Nuclear-Free Zone, removing all nuclear weapons from the region, and a comprehensive and fair implementation of the international non-nuclear proliferation treaties can play a determining role in reducing tensions in the Middle East and strengthening cooperation, peace and security around the world.
Ardeshir Amirarjomand, Spokesperson
The Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope
April 11, 2012
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