It seems almost all countries minus Bush’s America have welcomed, both explicitly and implicitly Iran’s recent package of proposals to help resolve some of the world’s political, economic and social ills.
Of course it would not be unexpected that the new approach of major players like Russia and China toward the package be challenged by the US and the White House will start another crusade to undermine the relative calm governing Iran-Europe negotiations.
Signs of the new ploy are evident in the stance adopted by the US media over the past two weeks after word spread about the finalization of the package of proposals.
Sections of America’s establishment media are doing overtime to push Europe and some of its other traditional allies to oppose the rare diplomatic package.
For now Washington’s hasty policy vis-ˆ-vis the package is ’early boycott’ so that European governments do not even assess the need and necessity to realistically study Iran’s vision.
A distinct stratagem of the embattled Bush camp has been to provoke confrontation between Tehran and the so-called Group 5+1. However, given the positions coming out of Berlin and Brussels it seems clear that the Bush-Cheney-Condi move will get little hearing if any.
So far, nothing concrete has been put together in this respect between the UN Security Council members and Germany.
At any rate, by presenting the package, Tehran has offered Europe and other related international parties a new choice.
It has four pivots: economy, security, energy and democracy, and among other things is indicative of Iran’s perceptions of how to make the world a better and safer place.
Iran has again shown that it realizes the logic and wisdom of dialogue.
Furthermore, the package opens new horizons for effective interaction between all sides involved in and related to our nuclear issue. Given the pattern of uncertainties and gloom dominating the western landscape, the package can and will be a big step forward.
Of paramount importance is the point that the proposals cover all issues of concern to the international community and do not overlook any of the overriding global challenges.
The package is also a response to the theories of those who ponder that absence of a framework is the root cause of turbulent relations between Iran and the West. By “framework“ its engineers mean deep and all-out understanding, which can be reached as time passes and through frank negotiations between the two sides.
One important result of finalizing the framework would be that the much needed confidence and trust will emerge between Tehran and the European Union. The framework can also help create a safe realm for bilateral political interaction without unwanted and unhelpful interference.
Iran’s package has opened new horizons for a model of meaningful cooperation on the crowded international arena. It should not be doubted that the first criterion for analyzing Iran’s proposals is realism.
The relevant parties would do their own peoples and the comity of nations a great service if they scrutinize the package far from misplaced accusations that they leveled against Tehran for so long and did not gain much.