Iran-US-Ahmar
Thursday, January 18, 2007
A Pakistani academic said on Wednesday that the US forces' assault
on Iranian consulate in Iraqi city of Erbil was a plot to sever
Tehran-Baghdad ties.
"The approach by Americans, which is contrary to all the
international regulations, is a new conspiracy against stronger
ties between the two neighbors," said professor of International
Relations at Pakistani University of Karachi Mounes Ahmar in an
interview with IRNA here on Wednesday.
Ahmar said Americans accuse others of launching acts of terror,
while their gesture in Erbil is terrorism in nature.
He stressed that the Iraqi government is mainly responsible for
non-diplomatic behaviors, and it has the obligation to follow
up the case based on the procedures.
He said the Americans had not been in the position to launch
the invasion.
"Iran's consular activities in Erbil followed diplomatic
and legal norms," he added.
He went on to say that Iran should alike the past lodge complaint
at an international tribunal against the assault and hostage taking.
He said Shiites are not alone in opposing military presence of
the US and its allies in Iraq and all the religious and political
groups are against it.
The Karachi University lecturer said western media had been coordinately
piling up pressure on Iran. "Adverse propaganda, false dissemination
of new and hues and cry have been on the rise in a matter of few
days," he added.
Elsewhere in the interview, Ahmar said it seems that by expedition
of 20,000 more troops to Iraq, Washington tries to turn he country
into a military garrison against Iran.
He said Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki should deal with
the case seriously so as to prove non-dependence of Iraqi government
to Americans and to foil the plot to promote bilateral ties.
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