Islamabad, Nov 26, IRNA
A member of Pakistan's Parliament and also senior defense analyst of the country has said the US may give any twist it wants to appease the Zionist Regime but the Iran-P5+1 nuclear agreement is a clear victory for Iran.
"Why is it a victory for Iran? First, because after all the threats and coercion, including military threats including from Israel; after all the sanctions; the US was compelled to backtrack and come to the dialogue table with Iran - which had been Iran's demand all along: to resolve issues through dialogue directly with the US not through surrogates.", said Shireen Mazari in an article published in daily 'The Nation'.
The analyst said this was a major diplomatic victory for Iran which sustained its principled position because its leadership believed in itself and its nation's cause. "This is the most important lesson for Pakistan today," Mazari said.
"As in any negotiation, there was give and take. But Iran retained the right to enrich uranium to low grades for civil energy needs which was always its stated intent," Mazari also spokesperson of Pakistan's Tehreek- e-Insaf party added.
She said unlike North Korea, Iran had never declared its intent of leaving the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). In fact the Iranian position had always been that it was simply exercising the rights to pursue its civil nuclear energy program as it was entitled to do under Articles IV and V of the NPT.
The MP added that Iran's position has been validated by the nuclear agreement.
"Iranian leaders from Imam Khomeini on have maintained a posture of condemnation of nuclear weapons and a commitment that Iran would not acquire the same, just as they reiterated their commitment to the NPT."
The lawmaker added that the nuclear agreement also isolates Israel in many ways on the nuclear issue.
"Israel's nuclear program cannot remain a taboo subject for the international community especially after this agreement with Iran," she said.
The parliamentarian said beyond the nuclear issue area, Iran has emerged as a serious regional player proving that it stays committed to its course while negotiating tactically with the international community.
She said at the end of the day the fact that the major international players were brought to the dialogue table by Iran's consistency of approach sustained by a belief in itself and the rightness of its cause made Iran a player to be taken seriously on critical regional and global issues.
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