giovedì 22 marzo 2012

Dichiarazione dell’On. Fiamma Nirenstein, Vice Presidente della Commissione Affari Esteri:

A nome dell'Associazione rifugiati politici iraniani desidero ringraziare gli onorevoli Fiamma Nirenstein, Ferdinando Adornato, Margherita Boniver, Paolo Corsini e Gianni Vernetti che hanno sottoscritto questa interrogazione che è ed resterà  una pagina onorevole nelle relazioni tra il popolo iraniano e il parlamento italiano. grazie ancora
davood karimi, presidente dell'associazione rifugiati politici iraniani residenti in Itaalia


“Ieri alla riunione della Commissione Esteri il sottosegretario Marta Dassù ha risposto all’interrogazione sulle sanzioni dell’UE relative al piano nucleare iraniano che ho presentato con i colleghi Francesco Adornato (Udc), Margherita Boniver (Pdl), Paolo Corsini (Pd) e Gianni Vernetti (Api). Allego l’interrogazione scritta con l’idea che sia particolarmente importante che anche i parlamentari spingano con il loro impegno le sanzioni stabilite dall’Unione Europea. L’impegno del governo è stato confermato dalla dr.ssa Dassù.
Abbiamo chiesto al governo come intenda ottemperare alla risoluzione europea che ha deciso a febbraio la cessazione di ogni commercio di prodotti petroliferi a partire dal prossimo luglio, se siamo pronti, se c’è una volontà politica determinata. Mi è sembrato che questa volontà politica sia stata confermata anche dal fatto che l’Italia è tra “gli undici stati che - come ha dichiarato il Segretario di Stato Americano Hillary Clinton - hanno più sensibilmente ridotto il loro volume di acquisti di greggio dall’Iran” nell’intento di indurlo a rivedere la sua politica atomica.
Ritengo che la risposta a questa interrogazione provi l’impegno italiano contro un Iran nucleare che costituirebbe un pericolo per l’Europa, per Israele e per il mondo intero.”
Roma, 21 marzo 2012
In allegato il testo dell'interrogazione
Per informazionie si prega di contattare la segreteria dell'On. Fiamma Nirenstein: Raffaella tel. 06 6760 6805 cell. 393 805 8906 mail: raffaella.delsanto@camera.it


Interrogazione a risposta immediata in Commissione Esteri


Al Ministro degli Affari Esteri


Premesso che:

nella seduta dello scorso 23 gennaio il Consiglio dell’Unione Europea ha deciso di imporre sanzioni contro l’Iran per il suo controverso piano nucleare. Le sanzioni diventeranno effettive gradualmente: la proibizione per i prodotti petrolchimici scatterà dal 1° maggio, mentre per i contratti petroliferi firmati prima del 23 gennaio 2012, le sanzioni avranno decorrenza dal 1° luglio 2012;
le disposizioni dell’UE, simili a quelle statunitensi, hanno l’obbiettivo di congelare i beni della Banca centrale iraniana e di proibire gli acquisti di prodotti petrolchimici o derivanti dal petrolio, le vendite di tecnologie e macchinari utilizzati nei settori petrolchimico, del petrolio e del gas naturale. Oltre a ciò, le suddette disposizioni puntano a sanzionare anche i servizi finanziari necessari per assicurare il trasporto di questi prodotti (come linee di credito e le coperture assicurative di navi ed altri mezzi di trasporto), e a bloccare i nuovi investimenti esteri, il commercio e il brokering di oro, di materiali preziosi e di diamanti;
secondo i dati forniti dall'Energy Information Administration (EIA), l'Iran vende all'Europa il 22% del totale delle sue esportazioni che ammontano a 2 milioni e 583mila barili di greggio al giorno. Teheran esporta complessivamente verso l'Ue circa 700mila barili di greggio al giorno, 180mila dei quali diretti verso l'Italia;
l’indisponibilità fino ad ora dimostrata dalle autorità iraniane a concordare una soluzione in materia di energia nucleare, secondo quanto prescritto dal Trattato di non proliferazione del quale Teheran è firmataria, sta mettendo in seria discussione le relazioni tra l’Unione europea e l’Iran;

lo scorso 15 febbraio il Presidente iraniano Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ha annunciato l’inaugurazione di 3000 nuove centrifughe per l’arricchimento dell’uranio al 20%, che vanno ad aggiungersi alle 6000 già attive; questa attività si svolge nell’impianto sotterraneo di Fordo, la cui esistenza è stata rivelata dalle autorità iraniane solamente nel settembre 2009, dopo essere stata tenuta segreta di fronte agli osservatori dell’Agenzia Internazionale per l’Energia Atomica (AIEA) ai quali lo scorso gennaio è stato impedito di accedere alla base militare di Parchin, a sud-est di Teheran, dove si crede l’Iran stia portando avanti la fase di sperimentazione di armi nucleari;

la condotta della Repubblica islamica iraniana nei confronti della comunità internazionale ha indotto gli ispettori dell'agenzia Onu a intraprendere una seconda missione nei giorni 20 e 21 febbraio, appena tre settimane dopo l’ultima ispezione avvenuta nel mese di gennaio, al fine di chiarire la natura del programma nucleare iraniano;

l’Italia, ha sostenuto le sanzioni imposte il 23 gennaio scorso dal Consiglio dell’Unione Europea, nonostante le possibili ripercussioni sugli approvvigionamenti energetici del nostro Paese, come già è accaduto ai governi di Francia e Inghilterra. La scelta compiuta dall’Italia, infatti, è vitale per l’affermazione di una posizione europea unitaria;

tale coesione è necessaria in seno all’intera comunità internazionale per spingere le autorità iraniane a modificare le scelte compiute fino ad oggi, sia sul piano del nucleare che su quello del rispetto dei diritti fondamentali riconosciuti dalle convenzioni di carattere internazionale già firmate e ratificate, come l’inadempienza alla Convenzione Internazionale sul Genocidio del 1948 che vieta esplicitamente ogni forma di “incitamento al genocidio” laddove il governo iraniano persevera nella reiterata e aggressiva minaccia all’esistenza dello Stato di Israele, attraverso incessanti appelli alla sua distruzione da parte dei massimi dirigenti iraniani responsabili anche della sistematica violazione dei diritti umani, del ricorso alla tortura, della violenta repressione del dissenso, delle carcerazioni preventive, grazie all’esplicito uso politico e strumentale degli apparati di polizia, delle formazioni paramilitari, della magistratura, della giustizia del regime persiano;

in vista delle prossime elezioni parlamentari, previste per il 2 marzo, il regime iraniano ha adottato una serie di misure restrittive della libertà di espressione e di assemblea, compreso l’inasprimento della censura di internet che ha portato all’oscuramento di social network e provider e-mail come Google e Yahoo;


Per sapere:
·        come l’Italia si prepari a rispettare le scadenze così come previste dalla programmazione del Consiglio dell’Unione Europea per l’entrata in vigore delle sanzioni.
·        se il Governo ritenga che l’Unione Europea si presenterà all’appuntamento di giugno con un atteggiamento unitario e conforme alla decisione del Consiglio e se sia stato previsto un meccanismo di reciproco sostegno agli Stati membri;
·        quali altri provvedimenti intenda proporre l’Italia per continuare ad esprimere viva riprovazione per le gravi violazioni dei diritti umani nella Repubblica islamica;
·        quali azioni intenda assumere il Governo per far sì che l’Iran sia indotto a una maggiore e intensa collaborazione al fine di risolvere i contenziosi attualmente in essere con il resto della comunità internazionale con particolare attenzione alla questione del nucleare.

Roma, 28 febbraio 2012
On. Fiamma Nirenstein
On. Ferdinando Adornato
On. Margherita Boniver
On. Paolo Corsini
On.  Gianni Vernetti





lunedì 12 marzo 2012

Maryam Rajavi: Pivotal role of women in the Iranian Resistance is the result of waging a complex and enduring struggle against the world’s most vicious tyranny Sunday, 11 March 2012 22:23 NCRI - In an unprecedented conference in Paris on 10 March, 2012, women who had gathered from several continents called for support for women who have risen in the Arab world to struggle against tyranny and fundamentalism and also for women of Iranian Resistance in camps Ashraf and Liberty in Iraq who are facing serious threats. This conference was convened at a time that the second group of 400 Ashraf residents has moved to Camp Liberty in Iraq. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi speech - international woman's day - Paris  Dear Friends, My dear sisters, I am delighted to join you here at this conference on International Women’s Day and see such a distinguished gathering of elected representatives of different nations, thinkers, advocates of the equality movement and defenders of human rights. The presence of my sisters from Afghanistan, Jordan, Palestine, Morocco, Syria, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and France makes this conference more fruitful. International Women’s Days brings to mind women’s struggle and perseverance. Thus, before all, we must congratulate women who today and at this very hour are engaged in the struggle. So, I congratulate my dear sisters in the blood-soaked epicenters of the uprisings by the people of Syria, in Homs and Baba Omar, Rastan and Der’a, the astounding scenes of a heroic resistance in the face of “crime against humanity.” This year, the United Nations has appropriately named International Women’s Day as the Day for Syrian women. So, let us all rise and applaud for one minute as a show of solidarity and to commend the sacrifice of women in Syria. We also hail the courageous women in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. And hail to the women in Ashraf, who defeated the onslaught of Iraqi Humvees and armored carries with empty hands on April 8, 2011. Let us honor Saba, Asiyeh, Shahnaz, Marzieh, Fatemeh, Fa’ezeh, Mahdiyeh and Nastaran, who were murdered in cold blood by the invading Iraqi forces. And hail to the arisen women who are resisting in prisons of Khamenei in Iran, in Evin, Gohardasht, Vakil Abad, Sanandaj, and Orumiyeh. And hail to my young daughters across Iran who are laying the groundwork for the uprising for freedom. Dear Friends, In the past 11 months, according to international sources, at least 300 brave Syrian women and more than 500 children have been murdered by the Assad dictatorship. Women, men and children in Syria have been fighting with tooth and nail against the alliance of evil and darkness. The axis of this sinister union is the religious dictatorship ruling Iran, which is terrified of expanding revolutions, especially by the people of Syria who are fighting to gain their freedom. This is so because the fall of Assad would shatter the mullahs’ regional alliance. It would also disrupt the balance of power within the Iranian regime to Khamenei’s detriment. And similar to February 14 uprising last year in Iran, it prepares a suitable basis for the eruption of uprisings in Tehran and other cities. This is particularly so because the fall of the Syrian regime will create a schism that will extend to Khamenei’s regime. Dear Friends, The springs of the Middle East and North African signal the desire of the nations of these regions for freedom and equality. These movements have grown out of a fundamental conflict. In reality, for advancement and evolution, societies in that part of the world require a set of relationships based on freedom and democracy. Yet, the faltering dictatorships, which cannot rule without repression and terror, have blocked their path. As the Iranian Resistance’s Leader Massoud Rajavi has said, “The path to industrial growth and capitalism in these countries, without political freedoms – indispensable to the path of economic and social development – has reached a dead end. The pre-capitalist fundamentalist regime in Iran faces this impasse far more than others, for which reason the alarms over its overthrow have began to sound.” I must emphasize that these movements, by their nature and in their essence, are antifundamentalist. Nevertheless, with the overthrow of tyrannies, they face the risk of being derailed by the fundamentalists. To destroy the Arab spring, the mullahs are waiting in the wings with the sinister motto of “Islamic awakening.” This is all the more case because inside Iran the mullahs have reached an impasse and in order to maintain power they need to take hostage the fate of the Arab Spring. For this reason, many warily asked will these revolutions culminate in the ascension to power of the fundamentalists as it happened in Iran 33 years ago. And will the women who have so courageously taken part in the uprisings not become its biggest losers? Is the ultimate fate of our nations anything other than dictatorships or theocracies? Have the struggle for change and the movement for freedom reached a deadlock? No. It is never that way. Why? Because today we have an answer; an answer which offers a breakthrough for freedom and equality. It is an option which steers society toward genuine progress and development. This answer is women’s assumption of responsibility and their active participation and leadership. Allow me to refer to the experience of the Iranian revolution. While it the revolution was stolen by Khomeini, a magnificent resistance emerged to challenge it. This resistance heralds freedom and democracy for Iran’s future and hinges on women’s leadership role. Fundamentalists begin with the oppression and degradation of women in order to erect the pillars of their power. Nevertheless, fundamentalism will be defeated by the struggle and the uprising involving these very oppressed women. This reality is the essence of what our resistance movement has experienced. This experience testifies to the fact that as the struggle to attain freedom and democracy becomes more difficult and the face-off with religious fundamentalism becomes more profound, gender equality and women’s participation, particularly their leadership role, in the struggle becomes more indispensable. Here, I want to elaborate on what women’s leadership means in practice and what its outcome has been. Does it mean the men are marginalized and that resistance should only be carried out by women? Does it mean that men have to hand over the management of the resistance movement to women? No, not at all? This phenomenon has neither come to eliminate others, nor to compete with the existing status quo. But, it is seeking to build a set of relationships based on freedom, equality and democracy. For this reason, in the resistance movement led by women, men have not been marginalized. To the contrary, they have become more emancipated and responsible and more resolved and enduring in the struggle for freedom. For women’s assumption of responsibility rests on free choice and expression as well as on women’s genuine participation alongside men. Isn’t the most urgent and necessary response to the problem of youths their participation in all aspects of society’s economic and political undertakings? So, an alternative approach is needed which would guarantee women’s genuine participation; a set of relationships based on taking into account and hearing out the people; a set of relationships based on tolerance and lenience. Thus, women are the answer. Indeed, we have stepped into an era where the responsibility to liberate human society from the yoke of oppression, despotism and exploitation rests on the shoulders of women. Women are worthy of this responsibility and are undoubtedly capable of assuming that role. Dear Friends, The pivotal role of women in the Iranian Resistance is the result of waging a complex and enduring struggle against the world’s most vicious tyranny. Iranian women have withstood major challenges and, at the same time, have provided human society with major accomplishments. The most brilliant achievement of our resistance is the decade-long perseverance in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, under the mullahs’ unrelenting pressure aimed at destroying them. The regime has not only benefitted from its client government in Iraq, but has at times enlisted the cooperation of 12 different governments against the resistance movement. Nevertheless, the women in Ashraf overcame two horrific massacres in July 2009 and April 2011. They crushed the mullahs’ major conspiracies to shatter the ranks of the People’s Mojahedin. And they have preserved under a ruthless siege in the past three years. This is the by-product of their commitment to the ideal of freedom and a leader who rejects exploitation. In this way, a new set of relationships based on equality, with women taking responsibility and assuming the leadership has become a possibility. These set of relationships, free of exploitation, enable women to express their human character. These set of relationships are based on self-sacrifice, giving priority to other’s interests over one’s own interests and making up for the weaknesses and shortcomings of others; a set of relationships based on active outreach to others, which elevates human beings to their greatest human asset. Such humanity has enabled the women in the resistance to withstand highest pressures and most difficult circumstances, not to feel despondent and desperate and not to become passive. To the contrary, the greater the difficulties and the harder the conditions became, the greater the effort undertaken by the women in the resistance in opening the way and advancing forward. And this has given women such faith that they do not look to chance, or the will of this or that power. Instead of becoming hopeless and desperate, they rely on their own power and on the power of solidarity with their own people in order to further step up their struggle. Indeed, not surrendering, not giving up, not being content, taking risks, failing time after time, but rising up again, constantly yearning for new ways and ideas, discovering and realizing the slightest human attribute and demonstrating tolerance are what characterize women. These are the sources of what can be done in the face of what must be done. I would like to refer here to the effective presence of women in the ranks of the Iranian resistance that has also resulted in major accomplishments in exposing the reactionary interpretation of Islam. Women have demonstrated that Islam is not a religion that enslaves women. It is not a misogynous and discriminatory religion. It is not a religion of deception, monopoly, repression, whipping, executions and stoning to death. On the contrary, they have shown that Islam is a religion of equality, of women’s emancipation and taking on responsibilities. It is a religion of tolerance, compassion, love and mercy. It is a religion in which there is no compulsion. Women in the Iranian Resistance have created a movement without borders based on a new level of human solidarity. This is a movement comprised of noble human beings who are the embodiment of faith in democracy in their own countries; those, who have set aside partisan interests and politics, and have risen to defend the resistance for  the Iranian people’s freedom. In this regard, I must refer to the formation of a global front against fundamentalism and religious dictatorship, which you, my dear sisters, have played a worthy role in its formation. In this struggle, you are standing alongside 1,000 pioneering women in Ashraf and in the ranks of the resistance as a whole, including those in Iran’s prisons. You have the most effective role in the equality movement. Women will build the 21st Century and the future is in your hands. Women’s struggle is totally against appeasement. For this reason, pushing back the policy of appeasing religious fascism on the international scene has been their accomplishment. The political and legal campaign in recent years, which succeeded in breaking the shackles of the terrorist listing, is part of this struggle. This campaign has first and foremost confirmed the right of the Iranian people to resist and to enable regime change. The active and responsible presence of women in all levels of the resistance turned the movement into an impactful political force which can turn the international balance of power in favor of the Iranian people. For the first time, it has turned a moral force into a source of political power. Let me summarize, In a world facing a threat such as the religious fascism ruling Iran; In a world, where western policymakers out of geopolitical and commercial considerations are submitting to religious fascism; In a world where resistance and sacrifice for freedom is being demeaned, and thus independent and freedom-seeking movements find no room to survive; Iran’s pioneering women have created a genuine and unstoppable resistance, which is the answer to the new era. It is the response by women and youth for progress and liberation. This resistance overcomes the deadlocks from which other movements and revolutions have suffered. Dear friends, The women and men at Ashraf have charted a new era in the history of our resistance and nation through their perseverance and steadfastness. Three days ago, the second group of the residents of Ashraf left for Camp Liberty. The enemy wants to turn Liberty into a prison for the residents of Ashraf. Nevertheless, despite all the difficulties and shortages, the combatants of Iran’s freedom have stepped up their resistance against the mullahs. Instead of guaranteeing humanitarian and human rights standards, the Iraqi government has flooded with armed forces and with an assortment of surveillance cameras and eavesdropping equipment. It has denied the residents freedom of movement, free access to doctors, lawyers and family members. In short, the new camp lacks the most basic living conditions such as drinking water and electricity. Nevertheless, in order to give the peaceful solution another chance and neutralize the conspiracies of the Iranian regime, the second group of Ashraf residents demonstrated utmost flexibility and sense of responsibility and relocated to Liberty. Now is the time that the US government and the United Nations guarantee the implementation of the minimum assurances and ensure that the residents enjoy all their rights in Liberty. Otherwise, the failure to sign an agreement or implement these guarantees by the Iraqi government will prevent the further movement of the residents from Ashraf to Liberty. Guaranteeing their basic rights puts important realities before the world community, including the UN’s commitment to its responsibilities to protect victims of crimes against humanity. It also demonstrates the US compliance with international law and upholding its commitments to protect the residents of Ashraf. I am sure that you, the participants in this conference, and those of you in sit-ins in Geneva and Washington, DC, and all supporters of Ashraf around the world will, through your perseverance, realize these objectives. My dear sisters, The steadfastness of the Mojahedin in Ashraf and the Iranian Resistance reflect the overwhelming desire of Iranian society to attain freedom and overthrow the ruling theocracy. They have arisen to build a democratic society, a republic based on the separation of church and state, respect for human rights, abolition of death penalty, annulling the mullahs’ Sharia laws, gender equality, active and equal participation of women in political leadership, ensuring all individual and social freedoms, including the right to choose one’s clothing and spouse as well as to divorce and custody of children and the prohibition on violence and exploitation. Now the fundamental question is this: Iranian women have a 150-year history of struggle for freedom and equality; they enjoy a rich and forward looking culture; they have had an unrivaled role in the resistance against religious fascism; they have been at the forefront of the uprisings; and they are a majority among Iran’s university students. Why then have their freedoms and rudimentary rights been trampled upon by the misogynist mullahs? Why is their livelihood being devastated by violence and humiliation? Why are they considered second class citizens in the home, in the work place and in educational centers? Why do they have such a small share in employment and economic activity? Why are they treated as second rate in laws and policies? Why have they been prohibited from participating in running the affairs of their country? Why so many prohibitions, so many privations and so much equality? Why? Why compulsory veiling, compulsory living and subservience? How long is this going to last? The cause of all this suppression, indignities and crimes is the religious dictatorship in Iran. This degrading situation must be completely overturned and we will overturn it. Iranian society deserves and needs freedom, democracy and gender equality. And it shall be so. Iranian women deserve equal participation in the country’s political leadership. We shall achieve that right. Accordingly, I say to the leaders of the misogynous regime, You should not think for a moment that you can forestall the overthrow of your decadent and fragile rule, which hinges on torture, violations and intimidation! You should not think that you can shackle Iran’s spring more than you already have! The tremendous force for freedom and equality is poised behind the wall of repression. This wall will be broken. It will be torn down. These very enlightened and resistant women will build a free and democracy society on the ruins of the mullahs’ misogynous regime. So, to my sisters in Baluchistan, Khuzestan, Kurdistan, Azerbaijan, Gilan, Mazandaran, or Tehran, Khorassan, Isfahan, Kerman and all across Iran, I say, Look at the women in Ashraf and rise to assume your responsibilities. You have the responsibility to attain freedom and equality and establish democracy in Iran. It is you who must overthrow the ruling religious fascism. You have the task of freeing your people and your nation. In this struggle, women who led the struggle in Iran’s history in the years past have come to your aid. Women such as Marzieh Oskoui, Azam Rouhi Ahangaran, Merhnoush Ebrahimi, Fatemi Amini and Ashraf Rajavi. The tens of thousands of heroines, tortured and executed by the mullahs’ regime in the past 33 years, Sediqeh Mojaveri and Neda Hassani, with their bodies ablaze, and Neda Agha-Soltan, the symbol of Iran uprising. Indeed, freedom and equality are within reach, The oppressed will triumph, Iran’s religious fascism will be toppled at your hands, and freedom will dawn on the Iranian nation. Thank you all very much   NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Transfer of second group of Ashraf residents to “Liberty” 08.03.12 Following the transfer of the second group of Ashraf residents to Camp Liberty, the International ... 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giovedì 8 marzo 2012

Execution fears grow for Iranian kurds



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EXECUTION FEARS GROW FOR IRANIAN KURDS
T wo members of Iran’s Kurdish minority , Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi, could be executed at any time. Their death sentences have been sent to the Office for the I mplementation of Sentences, a body within the Judiciary, which is the final step before being called for execution .
Zaniar (or Zanyar) Moradi and Loghman (or Loqman) Moradi were sentenced to public hanging on 22 December 2010 by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court after a trial reportedly lasting 20 minutes. They were convicted of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) and “corruption on earth” for allegedly murdering the son of a senior cleric in Marivan, Kordestan province, north-eastern Iran, on 4 July 2009. They were also convicted of participating in armed activities with Komala, a Kurdish opposition group. Their sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court and have reportedly been sent to the enforcement office of the Judiciary.
Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi were arrested respectively on 1 August 2009 and 17 October 2009 in Marivan. They were held without charge by the Ministry of Intelligence for the first nine months of their detention during which they were moved several times between detention facilities. Around the beginning of December 2010 they were transferred to Raja’i Shahr Prison northwest of Tehran. The two men then wrote a letter stating that during their interrogation by the Ministry of Intelligence they were forced to “confess” to the allegations of murder after being tortured and threatened with rape. Amnesty International has so far been unable to confirm reports that Zaniar Moradi was 17 at the time of his arrest.
Please write immediately in Persian, English or your own language:
Urging the Iranian authorities not to carry out the executions of Loghman Moradi and Zaniar Moradi;
Calling on them to commute the death sentences of Loghman Moradi and Zaniar Moradi and anyone else on death row, including other Kurdish political prisoners;
Calling on them to ensure that Loghman Moradi and Zaniar Moradi are protected from torture or other ill-treatment, and are granted immediate and regular access to their families, their lawyers and adequate medical care.
Expressing concern that neither Loghman Moradi nor Zaniar Moradi had a fair trial, and urging the Iranian authorities to investigate the allegations that they were tortured and to bring to justice anyone found responsible for abuses and to disregard as evidence in courts “confessions” which may have been coerced.

mercoledì 7 marzo 2012

L’attacco all’Iran è deciso E Obama non può dire no



Il presidente cerca di rimandare l’intervento militare ma assicura fedeltà e aiuto a Tel Aviv. Che però preme per agire contro la minaccia atomica

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È finito, in realtà, il tempo in cui «tutte le opzioni sono sul tavolo», come ha detto Obama. È finito alla conferenza annuale dell’Aipac, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a Washington.
Obama e Lee Rosenberg
Obama e Lee Rosenberg
Ingrandisci immagine
Obama lo può ripetere, e l’ha fatto di fronte a un pubblico di tredicimila amici d’Israele bollenti, la cui passione cercava di spingere senza troppo successo a dichiarazioni d’impegno definitivo: ma sì, Obama ha risposto, ma l’ha fatto volteggiando alla sua maniera spesso inconsistente, spesso fascinosa, come un torero nella corrida, piroettando, sventolando una bandiera di speranza di fronte a un pubblico immenso che voleva comunque amarlo e farsi amare perché sa che sarà lui il prossimo presidente, di nuovo.
E lui che voleva farsi amare e votare, più volte ha assicurato di avere a cuore Israele, di essere fedele più di ogni altro presidente al patto non scritto fra lo Stato ebraico e gli Usa, di avere difeso lo Stato ebraico all’Onu, di averlo sempre aiutato militarmente. E il patto c’è, sicuramente, ma non riguarda ancora e forse non riguarderà mai il toro che scalpita giù nell’arena, il toro nero di nome Iran che si prepara allo scontro.
Invece per Israele il tempo è qui, è giunto, la dead line sembra non potere essere più allontanata: per Netanyahu, come si è inteso bene nel discorso notturno, con pochi e forzati sorrisi di vero affetto per la sua alma mater americana e pochi cenni a Obama, il contrasto fra chi vive nell’immediata ombra della minaccia e chi ancora vuole permettersi di stare a vedere segnerà il limite, il confine imposto dalla storia.
Per il primo ministro d’Israele non si tratta di far politica, ma di vivere, e la grandiosità dei parati di gioia, colorati, risonanti di musiche, per i due grandi ospiti dell’Aipac, le grida di affetto, la clacque che spingeva i due a gettarsi l’uno nelle braccia dell’altro, apparivano tanto volenterosi quando persino un po’ tristi di fronte a un destino che puzza di rischio mortale, di sangue prossimo venturo. Obama ha rivendicato la sua totale, indiscutibile devozione all’amicizia immortale fra Israele e gli Usa con l’approvazione amorosa di uno Shimon Peres così affettuoso e così politico nei suoi complimenti (il «presidente più amichevole verso Israele che si sia mai visto» ha detto) e soprattutto nel capire che comunque Obama è già il vincitore delle prossime elezioni.
E Bibi l’ha messo alla prova: gli ha raccontato i quindici anni di osservazione spietata della preparazione del potere atomico dell’Iran nel silenzio del mondo, i dieci anni di sanzioni senza denti, il rischio che lo stato più criminale della storia dopo la Germania nazista si impossessi di un’arma definitiva e ricattatoria per il mondo intero. E che Israele, che esso dichiara ogni giorno di volere fare a pezzi venga distrutto, mentre il Medio oriente si nuclearizza tutto intero.
È il tempo delle decisioni, ha detto triste e deciso Netanyahu: «Non lascerò mai che il mio popolo viva sotto la minaccia dell’annichilimento, il nostro destino deve restare interamente nelle mani del nostro popolo, siamo padroni della nostra vita che abbiamo diritto di difendere».
Questo è riuscito a mettere in scena l’Aipac con un fantastico sforzo, dimostrando che gli ebrei americani perlomeno sanno quello che sta accadendo allo Stato ebraico: il rischio di essere distrutto. Alla vigilia del supermartedì in cui l’America decide del candidato repubblicano, gli ebrei americani hanno comunque offerto a Obama un palcoscenico gigantesco per ribadire ciò che tutto il mondo mette continuamente in discussione: la sua simpatia per Israele. Lui l’ha raccontata in lungo e in largo mentre il pubblico applaudiva, certo non immemore del fatto che Obama non ha ancora mai visitato Israele nonostante sia stato al Cairo e in Turchia, nonostante le sue dichiarazioni di fiducia a leader come Erdogan che odiano Israele, o delle sue vecchie aperture ad Assad. Obama ha vantato il suo grande contributo alla sicurezza israeliana, ma si tratta di un vecchio piano settennale firmato da George W Bush: invece il congelamento delle costruzioni nei territori, invenzione tutta sua, è stato un pedaggio richiesto, ottenuto nel 2010 e mai retribuito.
Pazienza.
Oggi è buon giuoco di Bibi accogliere le dichiarazioni di amicizia invincibile di Obama, perché i repubblicani non hanno, sembrerebbe, nessuna alternativa attendibile. Obama ha detto che con l’Iran tutto è possibile, che bisogna parlare tenendo in mano un grande bastone. Se intenda usarlo, non l’ha promesso all’arena rutilante in cui il rosso e il blu e il bianco e il celeste delle due bandiere si intrecciavano in magnifici fregi, grandiosi come sanno fare a Washington. In Israele c’è un detto molto comune: «Questo è quello che c’è, e con questo bisogna vincere». Bibi non se lo è certo dimenticato.

GRANDE VITTORIA DELLA RESISTENZA IRANIANA IN AMERICA


Embassy Row: Court backs Iranians


The judges gave the 
federal government until March 26 to respond to the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), which was added to the list by President Bill Clinton when he was trying to open talks with the theocratic Iranian regime in 1997.The Iranian resistance won another victory in a U.S. federal court this week, when a three-judge panel ruled the group has a right to a speedy hearing on its petition to be removed from the U.S. terrorist list - after nearly two years of delay by the State Department.
“It’s certainly a favorable development,” said Ali Safavi, president of Near East Policy Research in Northern Virginia and a supporter of the PMOI.
Mr. Safavi said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recognized that 3,300 members and supporters of the PMOI face a life-threatening situation in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, where they have been based since the 1980s.
The Iraqi government has ordered the Iranians expelled from the country by the end of April, but no other nation will accept them as refugees because the PMOI is on the U.S. terror list. Iraqi security forces have attacked the unarmed camp residents twice, killing 11 in July 2009 and 34 in April 2011.
The Justice Department, representing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, argued that the court should deny the PMOI’s request for a writ of mandamus, a legal maneuver that asks a court to enforce an earlier order.
In 2010, the court ruled that the State Department had violated thePMOI’s constitutional right to due process two years earlier when then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice refused a request from the group to be removed from the list.
The court gave the Obama administration 180 days to review the status of the PMOI, which renounced its armed struggle against Iran in 2003, when U.S. forces disarmed the rebels after the invasion of Iraq.
Nearly two years later, the government is still arguing it needs more time to consider whether the resistance meets the standards to remain listed as a terrorist group.
Justice Department attorney Douglas N. Letter, in his response to thePMOI case, said the State Department must review “highly classified information, expert analyses of the material in the administration record, delicate foreign relations concerns and complex national security determinations.”
He argued that a decision on the PMOI’s status would have to be made by high-level officials at the State, Treasury and Justice departments.
PMOI attorney Viet Dinh, a former Justice Department lawyer, complained about the “unwarranted and unreasonable” delay by theState Department.
“While the secretary [of state] dithers on PMOI’s request to revoke its [terrorist] designation, Ashraf residents face a continuing threat of deadly violence from Iraqi forces, and other countries are reluctant to accept them for resettlement as long as PMOI remains on the list,” Mr. Dinh said.
Earlier this week, members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee pressed Mrs. Clinton to take the PMOI off the terrorist list.
“We are deeply concerned about the security and safety of these residents of Camp Ashraf,” Mrs. Clinton said. “We continue to work on our review of the [PMOI] designation.”

 
AID : AGENZIA IRAN DEMOCRATICO