France; The second supplier of weapons to the Iraqi Baath regime

Mehr News Agency, International Group, Elnaz Rahmatnejad: Iran War And Iraq is considered one of the biggest and longest wars of the 20th century, which started with the instigation of the West and the action of the Iraqi government, and ended with the direct and indirect entry of big and small powers from both the Western and Eastern blocs.

The mentioned war, which took place in the bipolar structure of the international system, regional and extra-regional global powers played a role. France was among the trans-regional powers that played an active and aggressive interventionist role in this war, like America, England and Germany. With the start of Iraq’s imposed war against Iran, France was in a dilemma. This confrontation was summed up in how France can maintain its arms sales and industrial cooperation with Iraq, without losing Iran? It was difficult for Paris to give up Baghdad because it had important economic and industrial interests there. However, the French authorities were worried that their all-round and clear support for Iraq would oblige Iran to react violently against them.

At the same time as the 44th anniversary of Holy Defense Week, by opening the file “The Role of the West in the Imposed War”, we investigated and reviewed the role of Western countries in the prolongation of Iraq’s imposed war against Iran. The first and second parts of the report of this case are devoted to the investigation and review of the active and aggressive interventionist role of America and England, which can be read and reviewed from the following link:

«America did for Saddam Hussein what it didn’t do for its allies»

«England’s prominent role in equipping the Baathist army with chemical weapons»

«The Germans were happy to give “mustard gas” to “Saddam” / Berlin supplies Iraqi missile technology”

In the fourth and final part of the mentioned case, the active and aggressive interventionist role of France has been investigated, which is detailed in the rest of this report;

Establishing the headquarters of the Monafekin in France and sending its members to Iraq

At the same time as the early years of the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the beginning of the imposed war, France sheltered the hypocrites who had no legitimacy and acceptance in Iran; In fact, France considered a base for the organization of the hypocrites and provided the possibility of their transfer to Iraq. The headquarters of Munafekin in France transferred the members of this organization from all over the world to Iraq to organize there.

The hypocrites, during the eight years of holy defense, were in various operations under the cover of the Iraqi forces against the Iranian warriors, and at the end of the war, in a significant way, in the form of operations such as Chihlcharagh and Forough Javidan to Iran. They attacked.

France; The second category of “weapons sellers” to Iraq’s Baath regime

Due to the high volume of military aid and equipment sales to Iraq during the country’s imposed war against Iran, France became the second largest arms seller to Iraq after the Soviet Union.

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France signed a contract for the sale of 133 Mirage F1 aircraft between 1978 and 1987 with Iraq, and at the end of the war, several super standard warplanes with missiles The exhaust was equipped to Iraq, which was effective for the Iraqis in the oil tanker war, because the handing over of these French planes greatly increased the range and operational precision of the Baathist air force in the Persian Gulf.

French military experts were sent to this country to help the Iraqi military during the war imposed by Iraq against Iran, which could include 47 pilots and technical crews. The plane indicated to train the Baathists.

The French Embassy in Tehran spying for Saddam

Dr. Al-Janabi, one of the researchers and historians of Iraq, referring to the documents obtained from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defense and Military Industries, Intelligence and the Prime Minister’s Office of the late Saddam regime, said: “The French were spying for Saddam through their embassy in Tehran. In this connection, they also cooperated with the criminal elements of Masoud Rajavi’s terrorist group, and sometimes they used some European and African diplomats living in Tehran in a limited way in these actions.

According to Dr. Al-Janabi, in the reports that were sent from Tehran to the Iraqis, about how to provide aid to the fronts, sending troops, the psychological atmosphere of the cities under Iranian fire, and even the medical and relief conditions of Iran’s hospitals. It was mentioned. In one of the reports related to the bombing of the Isfahan refinery in late November 1365, it is stated: “The early morning attack by Iraqi planes on the refinery that kills the Abadan refinery to supply fuel to Iran has been very successful, even the balloons diverting the aircraft’s navigation system have not been able to disrupt it. The lightning strikes of the Iraqi planes severely damaged the steam water tank of the refinery, and some other parts of the refinery, where smoke could be seen from a distance for several hours, were seriously damaged.”

The French embassy has written in other reports about the ground wars in the south of the Iran-Iraq conflict: “Although the Iranians act slowly and are limited in their weapons and military tactics due to structural problems, but Creating a foothold by capturing Faw and the strategic islands of Majnoon has made them hope to bring the battles closer to the gates of Basra and Al-Amara.”

French intelligence assistance to the Saddam regime

Saddam due to his deep friendship with “Jacques Chirac” and special relations with French arms companies, especially “Das Berghe” and also paying bribes to members of the Mitterrand government and some senior French military and The arms dealers of this country had the opportunity to use the espionage facilities of this country’s embassy in Tehran, in addition to access to the ultra-modern weapons of France.

In a report that the hypocrites also confirm, the French inform the Iraqi authorities at the end of the Iraq war against Iran that the level of training of Iran’s military forces has decreased. The French also cite reasons for this claim and also emphasize that the closer we get to the end of the war, the power of the Iranian Air Force will weaken against the Iraqi Air Force. So that the novice Iraqi pilots also find the opportunity of the Golan in the depth of Iranian soil.

The French embassy used to give Iraqis the statistics of funerals and burials of Iranian soldiers and determined it as a measure of their losses in the war with Iraq. While the French could not hide their happiness over Iran’s defeat in the “Karbala 4” operation, the sudden start of the “Karbala 5” operation and the break of the Baathist enemy against the Iranian fighters in Shalamcheh and east of Basra shocked them.

The French believe that Iran’s military movement in the east of Basra is more than a military tactic and strategy. While the Iraqis were confident of the fortification of their defense lines, they have been attacked by surprise, and despite the use of prohibited weapons by the Saddam regime, the fighting is going on in favor of the Iranians.

The French Embassy in Baghdad, in its reports and visits in Baghdad, reports on “Karbala 5” as follows: “In Iraq, with the start of the new Iranian operation (Karbala 5), ​​the situation is different. . Saddam and his people are terrified. He has personally gone to the Sheraton Hotel in Basra and his generals have gathered around him. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Hussein of Jordan are ready to go to Iraq in solidarity with Saddam, an extraordinary Arab summit is also scheduled to be held in Maghreb to support Saddam and prevent Saddam’s fall.

Saddam has sent special couriers to some Arab countries. He has asked the Arab countries for money, ammunition and even forces, and he has asked the political organizations of all the Arab countries to increase the pressure on Iran in international forums. Saddam emphasized to them that the Iraqi soldiers are the shield of the Arab nation and he can no longer kill all the Arabs against the attacks of Iran and the Islamic Revolution. Saddam had clearly told them that if the process of Iranian attacks on the fall of Iraq’s oil sensitive areas in the south of this country with a unified Shiite population, consider the work done for Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. He has gained important points by scaring the Kuwaitis and Saudis. Kuwait has paid the advance payment for T-72 tanks immediately.”

The darkness of relations between France and Iran; Anti-revolution gathering in France and supporting Saddam

Examining the various aspects of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, the reasons for its occurrence and the positions of the western countries towards this war are very important. Examining the factors and positions of governments, especially the great powers, can be effective in determining the direction of our country’s foreign policy in the future.

The most serious and important periods of Iran-France relations date back to the Islamic Revolution. The presence of Imam Khomeini (RA) in Nofl Loshato and the style of freedom fundamentalism of the French government caused that country to become the platform of guidance and leadership of the Iranian revolution. Within a few months, Imam Rahel’s residence became an important news and political center in the world. Also, the French government, which predicted the fall of the Shah’s regime, did not prevent the activities of the opponents of the Shah’s regime in this country. After participating in the “Guadeloupe” conference on January 5, 1979, Giscardsten announced: “There is no hope for the survival of the Pahlavi regime, and the Shah must submit to the opinions of the leaders of the revolution.” For this reason, the position of France in the opinion The public opinion of the Iranian people increased and the international credibility of that country was also strengthened, and on the other hand, a kind of moral relationship between the two nations of Iran and France was created.

After the victory of the Islamic Revolution, political relations between the two countries were established at the embassy level, and the Islamic Republic of Iran sent its first ambassador named “Shamsuddin Amiralaei” to France.

France’s support of the counter-revolutionary elements in this country caused the relations between the two countries to decline to a diplomatic level in July 1359. On the other hand, the decision of the Revolutionary Council to nationalize a major part of the industries, which were sometimes established with foreign capital, provoked the opposition and reaction of the French economic circles. Iran’s government unilaterally canceled many contracts in the fields of nuclear equipment, heavy industry, passenger cars and agricultural exchanges with France, and some French companies that were affected by this action filed complaints to the courts of this country.

The positions of the French government towards our country after being aware of the new revolutionary foreign policy of the Islamic Republic regarding the complete and unconditional rejection of the dominance of America and its allies over the country, relying on the slogan of neither East nor West, supporting Islamic and liberating movements. Nations and friendship with oppressed nations underwent changes. Although France’s short hosting of the Imam (RA) in the final months of the Pahlavi regime could have been the foundation for friendly and different relations between Iran and other western countries, but France’s policy during the imposed war and the country’s support for Saddam from the beginning of the war and The gathering of anti-revolutionary forces in France made the relations between the two countries tense and on a different path.