Statement by the Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) on
The Criminal, Inhumane, Warmongering, and Illegal
Sanctions on Iran
On Monday January 23, 2012, the foreign ministers of the
imperialist European Union countries decided in Brussels to extend the economic
sanctions on Iran by putting sanctions on Central Bank of Iran and by freezing
the assets of the Iranian people in Europe. In order to inflict a heavy damage
on the economy of Iran, they decided to place an embargo on the export of the
Iranian oil to Europe.
To impose economic blockades on and to cause hunger in Iran are
acts that are internationally illegal and are crimes against humanity. Imperialists want to impose their sinister,
plundering, and domineering intentions on Iran and on their “axis of evils” by
creating another Iraq and a second Gaza Strip. By punishing Iran, the
imperialist countries want to teach a lesson to Non-Allied countries and to
those who do not submit to their dictates.
In the past, the imperialists try to justify their crimes by
passing illegal resolutions in the UN Security Council. But they imposed
sanctions against Iran today without any UN authorization. The sanctions are plots by a gang of
international plunderer against a UN-member state and are against the UN Charter. The US and EU sanctions against Iran lack any
legal basis on the international arena. The US imposes on countries of the
world the decisions made in the US Congress and pretends that the decisions are
made by the international community. The illegal and bullying actions against
Iran show the hegemonic and despotic nature of the US imperialism.
While the foreign minister of Russia, Sergei Lawrow,
stated that the “unilateral actions are useless”, he added that there was no
reason to make any decision in addition to collective decision by the UN
Security Council. The deputy foreign minister of the racist government of
Israel, Danny Ajalon, claimed in a press interview that “These sanctions have
reduced the threat of war”. Coming out
of the meeting that made warmongering and threatening decisions on Iran, Ms.
Catherine Ashton who is in charge of the EU international relations and the
foreign minister of Sweden Mr. Carl Bidlt claimed that the basis of their work
was to appeal to diplomacy and negotiation!
The imperialist powers clearly lie when they claim that they
recognize the legal and indisputable right of Iran to enrich uranium. The fact
is that they have monopoly in producing nuclear energy. The recognition of Iran’s right to produce
nuclear energy is to break the imperialist monopoly. In a deceptive psychological war, the major
powers warn the world about Iran’s nuclear bomb, but they have not disclosed
any document to show the existence of this bomb. German foreign minister Guido
Weserwelle shamelessly said that “We cannot accept Iran developing nuclear
weapons” and that “This is not a security problem for region only but it will
disrupt the world security”. Wow! The
non-existence Iranian nuclear bomb disrupts the security of the entire globe
but many hundred known or secret warheads in the hands of American, British,
French, and Israeli warmongers are nor dangerous for the world security!
Apparently, there are good and bad atomic bombs! The arguments given by the
representatives of the imperialist powers are fierce, threatening, and
sickening.
The history of economic sanctions shows that the ordinary people of
the countries on which the sanction were imposed suffered the most. In Iran,
the inflation is rapidly rising, shortage of medicine and medical equipments is
already felt, and particularly the patients with heart problems are under
attack because the companies making the equipments are under the US sanctions
and cannot export their products to Iran. This is not a concern for the
imperialist powers. It is not important to the US President Obama and his
Iranian allies if millions of people are slaughtered in the war. Also, the
sanctions on Iran give an excuse to the authority of the Islamic Republic to
increase the suppression of the anti-imperialist and democratic forces in Iran.
The imperialist powers think that if their sanctions cause
widespread hunger in Iran, then the people will rise up and install a Western
puppet regime. This is a miscalculation because the history of the Iran shows
that Iranian people have always rejected submission to any forces allied to
foreign imperialist powers. The Iranian masses have no feeling except disgust
and hate towards sellout, spies, and for those who carry out terrorist
operations in Iran.
The fact is that the imperialists’ actions against Iran are not for
eliminating the Iranian nuclear bomb. Such a bomb does exist. Iran holds a key
geo-political position in the Middle East region and is the center of entangled
world contradictions. To control Iran is to control an entire strategic region
with enormous energy resources that the US desire to plunder for decades.
Strait of Hormuz is a valve for export of oil to four corners of the globe. The
US imperialists wish to have control over this oil valve. The presence of the
US forces in the region is a danger for the world security and is a threat
particularly to the security of the Middle East. The propaganda about Iranian
atomic bomb, the bomb that does not exist, is justification for aggression on
Iran and for domination of the region, and Islamic Republic’s capitulation to
imperialists’ demands will not change the imperialists’ nature of following
their domineering goals.
The Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) believes that the economic
sanctions on Iran act against the masses and are inhumane. We take the
imperialists, particularly the US imperialists, responsible for the suffering
and misery these sanctions will cause. The sanctions on Iran are illegal,
warmongering, and unjustifiable. Our
Party strongly condemns the imperialist sanctions, embargoes, and threats
against the Iranian masses. We believe
that every progressive, human-loving, and patriotic Iranian must take stand
against the sanctions and against the imperialist-Zionist warmongering threats,
and must draw a sharp line to separate enemies from the people.
The regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a reactionary and
Mafia-style capitalist regime. The regime of Iran has lost all its legitimacy,
and the overwhelming majority of the Iranian masses are disgusted by the
regime. The task of overthrowing this criminal regime is on the shoulder of the
Iranian masses. The regime change by the imperialist invading forces will be
for the purpose of colonizing the country and looting the resources of the nation.
The imperialist powers have never supported and will never support the
freedom-loving and democratic forces anywhere in the world. Their talks about
freedom and human rights are nothing but smokescreen for their criminal
actions, and Iraq, Libya, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan … are testimony to this.
Hypocrisy is written on their foreheads.
The Party of
Labour of Iran (Toufan)
January 23, 2012.