Ukraine, Iranian missiles and new sanctions; Three reasons for the new game of the West
Mehr News Agency, International Group: In recent days, along with the flow of Western media about Tehran’s role-playing In the interest of Moscow, during the Ukraine war, we have witnessed Western sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
First, on Tuesday (20 September), the three countries of England, France and Germany, known as the European Troika, imposed new sanctions after repeating baseless claims about sending ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia. imposed against Tehran.
In the joint statement of the Troika, a copy of which was published on the website of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is stated: The governments of France, Germany and the United Kingdom strongly condemn the export of Iranian ballistic missiles by Russia. they condemn This action, which is an increase in Iran’s military support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, will cause Iran’s missiles to reach Europe and increase the suffering of the Ukrainian people.
On the same day, the British Foreign Ministry issued a statement announcing the sanctioning of 7 individuals and entities related to the baseless claim of sending ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia in the war against Ukraine. .
Then America also joined this anti-Iranian wave and the Ministry of Treasury of this country, in continuation of the dual policy of diplomacy and pressure, 20 people, institutions and ships including 10 people, 6 It sanctioned Nihad and 4 ships in Iran and Russia under the pretext of sending missiles from Tehran to Moscow to be used in the war against Ukraine.
This wave of sanctions was accompanied by Iran’s reaction, and Nasser Kanani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said: “The exporters of weapons, missiles and bombs prohibited and 2000 pounds to the Zionist regime that attacks urban areas, homes and residential camps of Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the West Bank, how do they give themselves the right to sanction Iran with absurd and baseless claims of selling missiles?!
He previously considered the military cooperation between Iran and Russia to be much older than the start of the war in Ukraine and within the framework of bilateral agreements based on international norms and laws and said: As has been emphasized many times, the Islamic Republic of Iran, while opposing the war, supports a political solution to resolve the differences between Russia and Ukraine and end the military conflicts.
It seems that the Western powers are pursuing specific goals behind the curtain of their new round of accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran centered on the war in Ukraine; Objectives, at least three of which will be mentioned below;
1. Obstacle against Iran’s increasing power
The policy of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic of Iran to prevent Tehran from gaining more power in the region and the world is not a new issue, but it has intensified these days because it coincides with significant nuclear developments. And of course, the development of regional influence of our country, Western powers have felt threatened. They are trying to create favorable grounds for the implementation of hostile policies and actions against our country by making various accusations against Iran.
In fact, they are seeking to create platforms through which they can legitimize their illegal actions against Iran, while at the same time facing wider obstacles. the rise of Iran’s international power.
Of course, the impact of sanctions on people’s lives cannot be denied, and in this regard, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country stated in a media statement on Tuesday night: The European country continues the hostile policy of the West and acts of economic terrorism against the Iranian people, which will be met with a corresponding and proportional action by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
There is no doubt that the West is intensifying the sanctions with the motive that the economic pressure on the people in Iran will create a gap between the people and the officials. As an example, the ban on “Iran Air” and the cancellation of bilateral air services with Iran, as stated in the European Union’s Troika statement, will put more pressure on the people.
2. Deviation of public opinion from crimes in Gaza
While all eyes are on the crimes committed by the Zionist regime under the banner of the West in the Gaza Strip over the past 11 months, which has resulted in the martyrdom of more than 41 thousand people. Innocent, this line has been led, it is concentrated, but the Troika and the United States intend to change this equation.
The countries sanctioning Iran, which are considered the largest exporters to the occupied territories, are trying to draw international attention as much as possible from their criminal actions in complicity with the occupying regime of Al-Quds in killing to mislead the Palestinian people.
England, France, Germany and America are among the countries that provide the largest amount of financial aid and weapons to the Zionist regime, both in the midst of the Gaza war and before it. have presented According to the report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the monitoring of the amount of weapons sent to the occupation regime between 2013 and 2023 shows that the share of America as the first place was 65.6%. Two countries, Germany and Italy, have been in the second and third places of sending weapons to the Zionist regime with 29.7 and 4.7 percent, respectively. Of course, during the crimes in Gaza, which has entered its twelfth month, the volume of American weapons has greatly increased, which is not clear in this graph.
This flood of American and European weapons, which intensified after the Al-Aqsa typhoon, has caused us to witness widespread protests by Western public opinion against their governments; An issue that has shown one of its concrete manifestations in the form of widespread protests by the American academic community against the government of this country and its approaches in relation to the Gaza war.
Therefore, Western political and media currents, by making false accusations against our country, try to divert the attention of the international public opinion from their criminal actions as much as possible. Islamic Republic of Iran and Ukraine crisis.
3. An excuse to justify the intensification of aid to Ukraine
Exactly on the same day (Tuesday, September 20) that Europe and America sanctioned Iran without any valid reason, we saw the Kiev officials fishing out of muddy water. For example, Andriy Yermak, the head of the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, repeated the West’s claims that Iran had sent missiles to Russia, and said that the West should allow Kiev to use long-range missiles to attack Russian territory.
Yermak on the social network “X” (former Twitter) asked Western countries to issue permission to Ukraine to use long-range weapons against Russian soil and wrote: “We need permission to use Western weapons against military targets on Russian soil, to acquire longer-range missiles and to strengthen air defense systems.”
The next day (Wednesday, September 21) “Anthony Blinken” and “David Lemmy” foreign ministers of the United States and England arrived in Kyiv. During this trip, they announced the presentation of a new package of 1 billion 498 million dollars to support Ukraine, of which 717 million dollars is Washington’s share and 781 million dollars is London’s share.
Conclusion
The European countries that always follow Washington in the international sphere, this time also with the United States, are facing this wave of sanctions and pressure against the Islamic Republic of Iran between the people and the authorities. to create a gap in our country in the hope that domestic public opinion will move in a direction that will bring Tehran-Moscow cooperation under its influence.
Moreover, with this action, the West is trying to divert world public opinion from the crimes of the Zionist regime in the West Bank and Gaza towards Iran and the crisis in Ukraine; At the same time, accusing Iran of sending drones, ballistic missiles, etc. to Russia, justifies the huge Western aid to Ukraine, such as the $1.498 billion Troika-US package that was given immediately after the sanctions on Iran during the visit of the US foreign ministers and England was presented to Kiev and became the media.
