This stupid pride is the reason why you're halfway down North Korea's lane being everyone's reject except people here on PDF throwing flowers at you. You are surviving on your own not because of your own miracles and the bravery of your leaders but because you have oil in massive quantity.
There is no pride here, the point here is that no one can tell us what to do or not. Put yourself in our shoes, we have been around for more then 5000 years as a unified nation with a strong powerful central government. Then in the 21th century you have USA which existence is not more then 400 years old coming telling Iran what to do or not ? We Iranians will not swallow this, others might swallow though. Rights of a nation is undeniable.
Otherwise your leaders would have been Kim Jong's duplicates in ruling. US sanctioned us for nukes as well. We still got the nukes AND still got along with US.
Yes, Iran is a dictatorship, but that is Iranian peoples concern and not anyone else, when the time arrives we will handle it ourself
Don't compare India to Iran, 2 different countries with 2 different political and strategical ambitions.
Heck, we nearly came to blows with US at one time! You call this taking it up when your Shah was taking it from all over? And guess what? Your country was far better, far more peaceful
Yes, the truth must be told, the Shah bend over and took it also. This is a disgrace as a nation with so much civilization must getting dictated by a ''country'' like the US.
more peaceful ? wait a minute, is Iran at war now ? do bombs go daily off ? US sponsored terrorists might cause some trouble for us at the borders just 1,2 times per year. Iran is a peaceful country despite being in the middle of 2 war torn nations.
far more open and had a wonderful image at that time
Such as controlling our oil and gas assets ? i love that opening. Well the problem of the image is the sheep people who watch American propaganda channel rubbish about Iran, not our problem, we dont care.
Countries are just mass representations of people that need other people and countries at large if not for trade alone but also as exchange. Otherwise pride goes nowhere other than dustbin.
Life without pride is meaningless, then what is the difference between a animal and a human being ? we are here on earth to do something meaningful, TO DEFEND OUR RIGHTS, to defend justice and so on. I would rather die standing then dying on my knees.
So what's so different in your case? I will tell you. Your loose cannon of a president is the reason why Iranian regime shot on its foot when dealing with two big allies a few months back--- Russia and China.
You just proofed you know nothing about the Iranian politics and its structure. The president of Iran holds no official power. All the official stances are being made by the supreme leader, the president just implements them and represents Iran abroad. China however is playing a smart game, we are making money with them and at the other hand they support US. Russian ignorance towards Iran is because of Medvedev and his pro western cronies, but as time passes you will see that Russia will support Iran again when Putin wins the elections.
What you're talking about USA alone when you cannot even manage to keep your relations up with these two anti-US powers?
Russia and China anti US ? LOL
Isolating oneself is not bravery-- it is false pride that one needs to come out of.
I already explained this for you, look it up. I will put/ask this in a simple way for you. Your country, India opposes Zionist occupation of Palestine, the zionists pressure US into putting sanctions against India. And at the same time you are doing nuclear research, the US puts more sanctions on you because they want you to bend over and give up. Will you give up? Would you die kneeling to your master or standing tall on your feet ?
No one is worried about Iran. True nuclear energy is your right. NO denying. But why are your leaders averse to showing civil nuke plants to IAEA?
This story is getting so old now, till now IAEA has no proof that Iran is building a nuclear weapon,and the IAEA is monitoring 24 hours Iranian nuclear facilities through their installed cameras in the nuclear facilities, till now they found nothing that PROOFS that Iran is building a nuclear weapon. So here is your answer.
IAEA is a body that monitors everything civil and nuclear. Your leaders and you agree that you want nuke energy for development and rising demands of Iran isn't it?
LOL, first of all IAEA is a US controlled organization to controll other countries nuclear activities. Second, all our facilities are open to IAEA inspecors who happen to be sometimes covert CIA agent, but however we agree with the inspections, our foreign minister has confirmed this.
All Iranian nuclear sites open to inspections - minister: Voice of Russia
So why so averse to inspection by IAEA and then get clearance from them to conduct nuke trade?
Even if we open up our military compounds/research centers their demands will only get bigger. Nothing can please US, sorry i mean IAEA.
Here is a fact for you, do you know Iran is the only country that got the most visit from IAEI/UN inspectors ?
See, sometimes in international diplomacy, one has to be able to give to some extent as well. We had to say yes to some things in exchange of which we got the apple and were able to eat it as well.
Demanding a coutnry to stop all its nuclear activities just because that particular country is suspicious is not international diplomacy. this is piracy.
This we-won't-give-anything-bit-fight-the-world mentality is not going to get you anywhere in world politics. Trust me on that one. If you're thinking that the Clerics of your country are some shining beacon of "hope" against some insane tyranny, it is all in your head. US wants to be aggressive; I know that. But there are other means to keep them in check rather than saber rattling at everyone who's in US pockets but has done nothing directly to you.
Iran is not clerical anymore, it was in the 80's and 90's but after the fall of Saddamn, everything is now run by sepah pasdaran, the militia force that is controlling all of Iran including its economy. The only cleric that has power is Ali Khamenei.
Well, you know what India should do? not supporting the sanctions on Irans legitimate rights - uranium enrichment -
Iran has pretty good politicians. Look at Iraq, the baath party with its war mongering policies and its ignorance and lack of political understanding got their head of state hanged,their government dissolved by a foreign occupation force and their country occupied. This is what i call political failure. Not Iran, when they are using Arabs as canon fodder for its covert war with Israel. Iran remains safe while both Arabs and Jews smash each others head in. Smart strategy isnt it ? i know.
Iran had no issues historically with Israel until Khomenei came to power along with his clerical brigade
The Shah liked to bend over due to US pressure, so ofcourse we had to ties and support Israel.
trying to become an export factory of Islamic Revolution world over. Israel has no borders with you and has not done anything against you except now when you're on an intentional collision course with them.
Any nation with the right moral values will oppose the Zionists.
At one place, Iran despises Arabs and then on the other hand, suddenly the Islamic unity comes to the mind of clerics of Tehran. Why this two faced attitude?
Because Iran has a different Islam implemented by the Persians and that is the Shia Islam, Iran has its own version of Islam that is different to the other Arab states.
Then how come Israel can't be expected to stay two-faced for its own survival? If you had a border issue with them, some territorial conflict or they attacking you needlessly, I can understand.
Israel doenst need to survive, Israel needs to pack up and go somewhere else. They are a occupying force. We don't negotiate with people who cause death and misery.
But your blind hatred of Jews (they and Israel are the same to them) and this confusing political policy of one side palestine and one side anti-Arab mentality is causing your country to needlessly become isolated.
Stop repeating the old stuff. There is no blind hatred. Blind hatred is massacring more then 1000 palestinians in 1 week. That is blind hatred.
What has Israel done to Iran till now? Nothing. Whose going on the warpath now? Don't want to recognize them, fine, don't. But getting against them on a warpath will get you nowhere.
Since the Iranian revolutionaries came into power in 1979 the Israelis are spreading their hate against Iran and are creating Iranophobia in the world. And all the threats they make about bombing Iranian nuclear facilities (which is a dream that never ever gets realized)
In the world of politics, there is give and take where sometimes pride and ego has to be swallowed with a pinch of salt. It is called pragmatism for greater gain rather than going all bruhaa and then sitting alone in one corner of the world.
Nations with honour will not ignore their own very rights. Iran isnt going to swallow anything. But at the end we will see who is standing tall. Iran or the US and its puppets.
IN WHAT denomination? That's what we've been asking you.
- US$ =no
- EUR = no
- YEN= no
- INR = not possible
- TUM= not possible
There are dozens of options, Iran accepts euros aswel, btw, why not gold ?
Then in what? Apples? Oranges? Vegetables? International trade is based on reserves of a common trade currency like a macro aspect of people of one country having one currency for convenience sakes. Put this example and tell me: IN WHAT FORM do we pay you? You say money, but WHICH money?
The money that you are supposed to put in airplanes on a direct plane to Tehran
