AHMADINEJAD’S NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY
CRITICIZED IN IRAN
The President Ahmadinejad’s foreign policy
and the attitude of about nuclear energy are criticized not
only by the reformists and also by the conservative wing.
While the hope among the political circles and public for
that the Iran-US tension can be solved through diplomatic
ways has lost, it is stated that Iran has set off an
irreversible process. The received information indicates
that the US administration has started talks about the
sanctions with Britain, France, Germany, China and the
Russian Federation. It is stated that the issues, such as
“the prevention of the activities of some Iranian firms,
warning the countries that cooperates with Iran in defense
industry field, conditioning Iran-related commercial
activities according to the potential resolutions of the
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the restriction
and the control of the contacts of the Iranian officials who
involve in the activities related to the nuclear program”
are being discussed.
According to the information received from
the official news agency, IRNA, it is expressed that the
Secretary General of the Iranian Supreme National Security
Council, Ali Larijani stated, Iran is ready to study an
official request to come from Washington with a positive
outlook, but he refused the suspension, as a precondition,
of the uranium enrichment program. While the USA wants the
Iranian enrichment program to be suspended before any
negotiations, Iran insistently emphasize that it will not
give up this program. Subsequent statements come from both
the conservative and the reformist wings. While the
Secretary of the Islamic Revolution Mujahedin, Mohsen Armin,
criticizes Ahmadinejad’s initiatives to improve the
relations with the anti-American countries, especially the
Latin American countries such as Venezuela, Islamic
Revolution Mujahedin emphasizes that the regime’s policy of
the nuclear energy program will harm the country and drew
the attention to the fact that acting without considering
the international conditions and against the world public
opinion will only wear down the Iranian people.
Meanwhile, the reformists who constitute the
minority group in the Iranian Majlese Shuraye aslami stated
that they were ready for the negotiations on the nuclear
energy program with the members of the US Congress. The
spokesman of the minority group, Nureddin Pirmuezen, an
Ardabil Deputy, stated that Iran had come to the edge of a
crisis in the international relations and establishing a
dialogue at the level of parliamentarians between the USA
and Iran would contribute to the crises to be overcome. On
the other hand, it is expressed that former Presidents,
Hashimi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatemi, made statements
suggesting, establishing a global alliance against Iran
should be prevented, and having common sense in the foreign
policy is needed.
On the other hand, disputes on the nuclear
policy have led to the split within the conservatives in the
Iranian Majlese Shuraye aslami. A group who are critical of
Ahmadinejad separated from the conservatives and came
together under Creative Conservatives on January 22, 2007. A
member of the mentioned group and also the Chairman of the
Cultural Commission in the Iranian Majlese Shuraye aslami ,
Amad Afrugh, stated, By separating from the conservatives,
we managed to draw the attention of the regime and the
public opinion.
It is voiced in the political circles that
the splits in the conservative wing carry a serious message
against the Ahmadinejad rule, and that there is not a leader
to prevent these splits. Thus, the received information
indicates the search for a new leader within the
conservative wing. Meanwhile, the group most positively
affected with the developments is definitely the reformists.
The Secretary General of the reformist Cephe-ye Mosharekate
Irane Aslami (Iranian Islamic Participation Committee),
Mohsen Mirdamadi, said in his statement in February 2007,
the Presidents Ahmadinejad’s domestic and foreign policy
contributes the unification of the reformists. Meanwhile,
Ahmadinejad is expected to give up his uncompromising
attitude regarding the nuclear program and display a
moderate approach due to Hashimi Rafsanjani and Mohammad
Khatemi’s rhetoric supporting Ahmadinejad, and the serious
problems that potential sanctions against Iran may raise.
