US Foreign Policy About Iran

Regime change, change control—these are all the issues involved. What do you actually want? Politically, what is your real endgame? The United States has never really cared about what will happen to the people of Afghanistan. You saw it just four or five years ago—how much concern did the U.S. show about the people it was leaving behind and what the Taliban might do to them?

And today, if they are going after Iran, how much do they really care about the countries that have provided them with airbases? What is their fault, and what will happen to them?

So these are their routines—they are only blood-thirsty in pursuit of their strategies. They only know how to cover it up. They do not care about what they have been preaching to us all their lives—human rights and human security.

I am not making any claim that Iran has openly deployed nuclear weapons. This is simply a risk analysis. If a state is operating sensitive nuclear infrastructure, continuity in governance is essential for nuclear safety. If that continuity is disrupted or removed, then the question arises: what will happen to nuclear safety?

Nuclear security is not only about the hardware. It is also about ensuring that the institutions overseeing the system remain intact and functional. There must be a clear chain of command and verified oversight—just as we often emphasize in the case of Pakistan.

You may remember that there has long been concern and discussion about whether Pakistan’s nuclear assets could fall into the hands of the Taliban, and whether they were safe. Similarly, when weapons of mass destruction were used as the justification to bomb Iraq, no one seemed to consider that if such weapons had actually been present, even a small leakage or accident could have had catastrophic consequences for the public and for the local population.

In nuclear environments, extreme caution is necessary. However, the way Israel and the United States are behaving raises serious concerns. They are carrying out open bombardments. Previously, a nuclear facility was targeted and afterward it was said that there had been no leakage and that there would be no problem.

But if we accept the argument that Iran is a nuclear-capable country, then such actions are creating a very serious nuclear risk—not only for the region but potentially for the entire world.

When you bomb girls’ schools in Iran, and those girls remain in the headlines for only two days before disappearing from the news, this war-mongering becomes obvious. A Chinese diplomat even said that the United States is war-hungry. This has created a very dangerous situation in the region.

The missing element is a strategy for the Iranian people. Even American authors are writing about this themselves, saying that the U.S. does not seem to care about the people.

For example, an analyst named Applebaum wrote in The Washington Post that if the U.S. is serious about weakening the regime, it must answer several questions: What will the next system be? What will happen to the current system? During the transition period before the next government takes over, what will happen? How will Iranians build legitimacy for the new system?

These things cannot happen in two days or even in two months—it takes time. Again, what will happen during the transition? And if chaos breaks out, what role will the United States play? Do you have any guarantees that you will be able to control it?

Without any political roadmap, you are bombing and pushing people toward destruction. You are empowering hardliners, undermining whatever genuine domestic opposition may exist, and creating instability that has no clear direction.