29.03.2012BAKU SUMMONS POPULATION OF IRAN FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
The Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan has stated recently about arrest of a group of terrorists who were allegedly planning assassination of foreign diplomats in Baku. The press release of the MSS of Azerbaijan reads the connection of the members of the terrorist group with the special services of Iran. It is stated that three arrested citizens of Azerbaijan planned attacks on Jewish objects. In its turn Israeli information agency MIGnews stated, referring to the Israeli sources that «the members of the terrorist cell planned assault at the Israeli embassy in Baku and Ambassador Michael Lotem”. The MSS of Azerbaijan also stated that the arrested people were also suspected of assassination plot of rabbi and teacher of the Jewish school KHABAD “Or Avner” in Baku. Iran, allegedly, planned those assassinations as a revenge for a recent killing of nuclear scientist in Tehran.
One rather interesting nuance – for recent year and a half at least five leading scientists dealing with nuclear issues have been killed in Iran. The last case happened in January 11, 2012 when Professor Mostafa Akhmadi Roshan was killed in Tehran. This is a case to which the MSS of Azerbaijan refers the “revenge” of Iran, which “sent a group of terrorists to Baku”. But judging by a long story told by the MSS of Azerbaijan, people arrested had visited Iran for many times, they brought weapons, money, then they exchanged their weapons to new ones etc. Carrying out such long preparation works does not fit to the terms which fall within January 11th and January 19th when a statement of MSS of Azerbaijan was made.
Meanwhile, information that the “Iranian terrorists” Rasim Aliyev and Ali Guseynov were arrested in October 2011 appeared in press in October and their linkage to the scientist killed in Tehran on January 11 is of artificial or it would be better to say propagandistic character. Azerbaijan obviously fills a necessity to report back to Israel and US to their “efficient anti-terrorist activity directed against Iran”. By the way, Ilham Aliyev, during his visit to Swiss Davos, was honored with encouraging back-slapping by the president of Israel Shimon Peres. According to the Israeli and Azerbaijani media, Sh. Peres thanked president Aliyev “for prevention of terrorist act in Baku directed against Jewish figures”. Aliyev, of course, could not prevent from playing up to: “Azerbaijan proved its ability to protect itself and its citizens despite their ethnic and religious identity”.
It is remarkable that on October 11 it was stated in Washington about charging two Iranians of preparation of terrorist act and assassination of the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the US Adel Al Jubeir. In fact, on those very days the “Iranian terrorists” were arrested in Azerbaijan either. But the US has not managed to present any distinct proves of complicity of Iran in attempt on Saudi ambassador’s life; there are no proves of such an attempt being prepared at all either.
Synchronizm of charging Tehran of terrorism by Washington and Baku attracts attention. Azerbaijan – it can be seen with the unaided eye – plays up to the US in its aspiration to isolate Iran. And though in Azerbaijan they always treated Iran with undisguised hostility, a stream of insults and even curses in address of Iran, which can be heard from different officials in Baku, has intensified recently. Now they are accusing them of terrorism.
It is symptomatic that Tehran is accused of terrorism by a state, on the territory of which leaders of terrorist organizations working against Iran – “Monafegin” and “Mojahedin e Khalk” – freely live. Moreover, they are even offered air time on Azerbaijani TV channels. For many years American radars directed against Iran are deployed on the territory of Azerbaijan. There is no doubt that a friendship of Baku and Washington directed against Iran attaches Azerbaijani politicians confidence of their impunity.
On January 30 a panel session of Party of People’s Front of United Azerbaijan (PPFUA) was held; unprecedented decision was taken at the session. Party applied to the Turkic speaking population of Iran and called them to oppose to the policy of the Iranian authorities directed to the friendship with Armenia. The PPFUA also summoned “Azerbaijanis” of Iran to oppose to building oil pipeline going from Iran to Armenia. Accusing Iran of “anti-Azerbaijani” and “anti-Muslim” (! – L. M.-Sh) policy, the PPFUA explains it saying that the purpose of Iran is “to dishearten Azerbaijani people and to shake its unity”.
There are many examples of direct interference of Azerbaijan into domestic affairs of Iran. There are even more publications in the Azerbaijani press where Iran is represented as a universal evil. Here a question arises: Is there only an aspiration to please the US and Israel behind radical anti-Iranian stance of Baku or there are some interests of Azerbaijani Republic hidden behind it?
In Azerbaijan territorial claims to Iran are sounded on all levels – from common journalists to the state officials from president’s apparatus and members of the parliament. In its turn, the president of Azerbaijan, being afraid of laying undisguised claims to his mighty neighbor, as well as refraining from the support of anti-Iranian militaristic statements by Israel and US, in fact furthers the policy of isolation of Tehran and promotes stimulation of civil confrontation in this country.
Undoubtedly, Azerbaijan is afraid of large-scale military actions in the region and their consequences, but it is not avers to surgical air and missile strikes on Iran, which can, in the opinion of Baku, break up the whole country. And as a prize for an exemplary conduct Baku hopes to grab vast territories of Iran. In the opinion of Baku those hopes are substantiated as they coincide with the plans on building New Big Middle East issued by Washington. In its turn, Tehran has stated for many times that in case of aggression directed against Iran all the states which helped the aggressors would suffer. And this seems to be the only circumstance which makes Azerbaijan not show off its support to the forming anti-Iranian coalition. But it does not want to stop it either.
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