Nuclear Agreement: President Rouhani not the Major Problem

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/iran-lawmakers-pass-bill-to-protect-nuclear-programme-115062301296_1.html

The Iranian Parliament has just passed a bill to continue its nuclear programme.  The legislation completes disregards the international nuclear talks that are occurring between international leaders with President Rouhani.  I agree with Iranian Vice-President Majid Ansari that the Iranian Parliament should not be creating legislation that has nothing to do with them.  The nuclear issue is one that President Rouhani should deal with rather than parliament.  President Rouhani is looking out for his people and his state by working towards an agreement with international leaders because he wants Iran to be able to trade with other nations to boost their economy.  The conservative hardliners do not care about the economic well-being of the nation and the people.  Instead they care about making a religious and political point.  They do not want to associate with west nor let the west have  a say in their military and nuclear developments.  

However, those hardliners do not understand that they will not have a country to govern if the economy fails, there is war, or the people revolting.  So they need to consider what is best for themselves as welll, which an international agreement is better.  

The international agreement is better because this will lift the sanctions against Iran.  Iran will be allowed to build capital through trade, which will improve their economy.  On the other hand, if a nuclear agreement is prevented then the people will have increased economic hardship, which will increase the protesting and may cause an outright revolt.  Furthermore, if they are actually developing nuclear weapons, then there may be an agreement to invade Iran and put an end to their program forcefully.  Which will still result in Iran going into turmoil  therefore the conservatives will not have a people to control.

Iran Negotiations

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/ayatollah-ali-khamenei-iran-nuclear-deal-116799.html

Hello, I definitely have not posted on here for awhile, which is largely due to school.  A few days ago I found an interesting article on Politico about negotiations with Iran.  As some of you may know Iran, United States, and other countries are having negotiations with Iran so that Iran has relief from sanctions and the international community to inspect and control nuclear sites and materials.  However, there is a current problem in regards to the negotiations, it seems that they are at odds once again with each other.  In addition, Ayatollah Khamenei is blaming the United States again for being deceptive.  He acts as if the politicians in Iran are not attempting to be deceptive nor is he attempting to be deceptive towards the others involved in the negotiations.  Iran can also be deceptive towards negotiating countries.  Ayatollah Khamenei acts like they are a perfect and righteous country and that there politicians are completely honest. 

Politics is a gray field and in the end politicians are going to look for the best deal for their own countries.  Iran has no right to claim that the United States are the only ones being deceptive when they are too.  Iran really need to get over themselves.

The Reasons I focus on Iran

Hello, bloggers or viewers.  I know that I might not have anyone who reads this blog.  However, when I look into my audiences I do see that some people do read it.

I want to tell you why I focus on Iran. The reason I am so into the country is because they are a fascinating country. Many Americans do not care about the country much less Americans just do not care about the world.  Unless, there is a popular movement going on and that is the only time you see Americans caring about the outside world.  Furthermore, the majority of the people are not conservative like the government.  The majority are moderates and they support having more freedoms of individuals like the ability to let their voices be heard without fearing arrest or being disappeared by the government.  

Also majority of these people try to access western concepts, ideas, materials, and all sorts of stuff.  The government is opposed because they believe it will dilute the culture, the religion, and the power of the government.  I can see his point, but it does not mean that it is right. Ayatollah Khamenei fears globalization affecting Iran and causing the people to divert from Islam.  However, they are eventually going to have to learn to accept modernization while keeping their old ways.

Lastly, I believe that I am the voice of the people for the Iranians.  I want to educate Americans that not all Iranians are conservative and they are a very interesting group  of people with amazing morals and culture values.

Iranians yearn to be heard by the government and the world.  They want more freedoms that are denied to them by the government.  

If America Attacks Syria, Iran will Attack Israel

Hello how are you all?  If I have any readers, we have a new story on Iran.  Once again lovely Iran is trying to invoke war with Israel.  Is that really a shock?  I guess they are trying to find any reason to get some Israeli blood.  President Hassan Rouhani and Ayatollah Khamenei are making threats to issue a retaliatory attack on Israel if the U.S. or European countries go into Syria.  However, I do not think that is going to have an influence on President Obama because we all know that Israel can fend for itself.  They got the military might and tools to sustain itself in war. 

Iran is just looking for a reason to fight Israel.  Technically, they have been fighting with Israel through proxy war because they supply and train Hezbollah.  Whenever they attack, it could be seen as an act of war.  

Anyways, on my other blog I posted about how we should not get involved and I still stand on that issue.  Here is the link to the other post, http://olivesthoughtsandideas.blogspot.com/2013/08/no-military-invasion-of-syria.html  Yes, it was wrong for Syria to use poisonous gas on its people, killing hundreds of civilians.  However, the U.S. should not act unilaterally because we do not want another Iraq War.  On the other hand, U.N. should begin deciding on what they want to do because the war is spilling into other countries.  For example, refugee situations and the occasional rocket on the Turkish border.  China and Russia need to see that it is wrong what the Al-Saad government is using against the people.  

Furthermore, Iran knows exactly what gas is like because it was done to them during the Iraq-Iran war by Saddam Hussein.  They claim that President Al-Saad did not use gas, but there seems to be evidence they he did use gas.  How else do you kill hundreds of people on land at one time.  If there is evidence denoting that it is true then they need to work to get Al-Saad under control.

If Iran does not work with the U.S. and European Powers to get President Al-Saad removed or under control then Syria might have foreign troops enter.  However, U.S. has to be reminded that some of these rebels are not the most humane individuals and I will post the photo again of rebel eating soldiers heart.  On the other hand, I guess it comes down to who is the lesser of two evils like the Iraq-Iran war.

Director of Human Rights in Iran says Law needs Reform

Hello, I know it has been awhile and school has been keeping me busy of late.

However, I have decided to blog about Human Rights in Iran today.  I have tried to post the link, but I believe I have forces working against me because I got the article from Tehran Times.  You can look it up there if you do not believe me.

Director Ahmed Shaheed spoke with a UN reporter and claimed that law, in regards to Human Rights, needs to be reform and that many people do not agree with him at all in Parliament.  I believe that is true because the people who are in office are very conservative especially when it comes to Islam and committing sins.  

Ahmed Shaheed believes that the law needs to be reform in regards to drug trafficking and if you commit that crime you get sentenced to death and 74% of the executions occur over that.  He believes that it is not a serious crime for death and that is true.

However, he does not deny torture being used in prisons nor does it seem that he is going to change the use of torture.  He claims that it is a crime to use torture in the jails yet I do not see any arrests happening.  If it is truly un-Islamic to use torture then they are violating the Qur'an themselves.  

Lastly, they claim that the internet is free and that Iranians can use the internet freely.  However, if you look on the Green Voice of Freedom you will see bloggers and other people using media getting arrested for voicing concerns about the regime in power.  They are not allowed to speak out against their government especially in regards to the injustices in the country.  Director Shaheed says they should have the right to speak out, but we all know that is going to be a longtime before that occurs.  On the other hand , he says the internet is censored to protect Islamic Culture so that they do not see anything or do anything that will force them to commit sin. I guess it is a sin to voice opposition to the government in charge.

Israel v. Hamas

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324556304578120243640089044.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories



Israel and Hamas are getting into it again and it is escalating pretty fast after three days.  I hope that things will simmer down, but that will be unlikely.  

My issue is not what about is going between them, it is really about the background work that provoked this.  So now you probably have an idea as to why I posted this in  my Iran blog instead of my other blog. 

I believe that Iran has something to do with this sudden attack by Hamas.  I think that Iran is funding Hamas and supplying them, we all know that Iranian leaders have threatened to send Hezbollah to attack Israel, but I think that they are using Hamas.  They are using Hamas to distract Israel from its plans to attack Iran and to keep Israel busy for a bit.  Also Hamas picked a ripe time to attack, during Israel's election and Palestine trying to get recognized as a state in the United Nations.  I personally believe Iran is behind this, surprisingly they have not made many comments, I believe that they are up to something.  

I hope that leaders will and intelligence will make a connection because I think that Hamas made a deal with Iran to attack Israel. They would likely have received money and weapons.

Air Defense Drills

Iran is conducting war games to make sure that the quality of the airforce is good and introducing new domestic technology that will enable them to protect themselves against possible threats.  I do not know if we should be concerned, but I have a feeling that they know they will likely be attacked in the near future.  If Israel and Iran would just talk things out, I am pretty sure that war will not occur.  Also Iran will need to prove that they are not building nuclear weapons in order to feel secure.  I do believe that Iran having a nuclear weapons could be a problem because the leaders are the radicals that helped overthrow the Shah in 1979.  They were the ones that did not want society to modernize because they believe that Islam is not compatible with modernization.  I think the US and Israel do have the right to worry and the rest of the middle east is worried too.  

Iran is stepping on thin ice at the moment because they are going to have alliance issues.  China and Russia are not going to save their butts if Israel attacks and Syria is in a civil war. They do have a couple allies, but I do not think that is going to be enough for them to defeat two strong militaries.