Continuing his virtually non-stop appearances on major American media, former Iranian Ambassador to Germany and active International Peace Coalition contributor Seyed Hossein Mousavian spoke with CNN superstar reporter Christiane Amanpour on the current crisis. Mousavian told Amanpour that, despite an eight-year war after the invasion by Iraq which was supported by the U.S., the Soviet Union and Arab countries, Iran did not give a millimeter of its land. “And Saddam is gone and the Islamic Republic is there.”
Amanpour followed up by asking if Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would have to accede to Trump’s demand to surrender, which Mousavian used as an opportunity to make the point that Iran’s nuclear facilities are a mere pretext for the Israeli intention to effect regime change and the disintegration of Iran. The critical question, Mousavian continued, is what are Trump’s objectives; if it is regime change, “then you can think about a further escalation, regional war, transregional war, and a total disaster.” If, however Mousavian points out, Trump’s concerns are with the nuclear facility, the conflict can be solved by returning to the terms already negotiated and removing the necessity that Iran develop a bomb as a “bargaining chip.”
