TEHRAN - Western media and experts like to have their own interpretations of events.
Theres absolutely nothing incorrect with that! As long as these interpretations are not completely inconsistent to truth.
Among these occasions is the dispute between Iran and the United States.
U.S.
presidents, whether Democrat or Republican, disagree on many concerns, but Iran is perhaps the only subject on which they have little disagreement.Imagine a group of individuals planning to take someones life.
Individual A says they must be shot; B believes eliminating them with a knife is quieter and much better; C recommends strangling them with a rope; and D thinks they should be slowly deteriorated and lowered.
The difference in the point of views of U.S.
presidents toward the Islamic Republic of Iran is basically of this nature.However, a lot of Western analysts prefer to disregard to this truth and accuse Irans Leader of having a purely ideological method in this regard, claiming that Ayatollah Khameneis opposition comes from such a mindset.
Limiting the cause of this opposition to ideology is a distortion of truth.
The truth is that, first of all, the Islamic Republic of Iran has actually negotiated with the United States on various problems multiple times over the previous two decades.
If the issue were ideological, such negotiations would not have actually taken place at all.Secondly, as Ayatollah Khamenei has actually plainly specified, the primary reason for Irans opposition to negotiations originates from the experience of the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).
Iran revealed optimum versatility in the JCPOA negotiations and did not fail to meet any regards to the contract reached in 2015.
The other side refused to meet its commitments under various pretexts, and eventually Trump unilaterally withdrew from the agreement on May 8, 2018.
Even after the U.S.
withdrawal, Iran totally followed its dedications for a year, and just then did it slowly suspend some of its commitments under the JCPOA.What Trump signed a couple of days earlier as a presidential memorandum shows that what Trump states and what he wants are basically various.
Trump states he wants to negotiate with Iran and only wishes to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, however what he wants goes far beyond a nuclear contract.
The list of these needs is so comprehensive that it even consists of Irans conventional weapons, effectively seeking to strip Iran of even its protective and traditional weapons in a region where human lives have the least value.Sitting at the negotiating table with the United States would amount endorsing the impression of a weak Iran and would have severe consequences for Tehran.
In any case, the ball remains in Washingtons court.
If Trump really seeks a contract with Iran, he needs to distance himself from the temptations of Israel and those who imagine Irans destruction and take a reasonable path.
Such rationality appears not likely from someone who dreams of getting Greenland, Canada, and Gaza.Ayatollah Khamenei, in his speech on April 9, 2015, clearly mentioned that if the Americans act relatively and sensibly in nuclear settlements, this might be an experience for Iran, and negotiations with them on other problems might likewise be possible.
This position reveals that Irans Leader thinks and chooses realistically, carefully, and in line with national interests concerning settlements with the United States.
If he is now opposed to settlements with the U.S., it is because of the behavior of the Americans themselves.