France Should Apply Sanctions On Iran, Not Azerbaijan

“As the demonstrations in Iran escalate, Tehran’s violence against ethnic minorities increases,” Chiman O Salah, a local Iranian Kurdish dissident, stressed. “Because without the minorities such as the Kurds, Azeris, Turkmen, etc., the Iranian state will cease to be a state. If the international community does not act, thousands of people could be executed.” 

Dr. Reza Parchizadeh, an Iranian political theorist and security analyst, believes that “The regime’s desperation has reached such a degree that it openly breaches the sovereignty of its neighbor Iraq. On the global stage, the mass demonstrations of the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic have strongly undermined the regime’s position vis-à-vis the West in the controversial nuclear talks. Therefore, the regime may rush for a nuclear arms race out of desperation.”

He asserted, “Washington must intervene to help the people of Iran to topple the Islamist regime and establish democracy because it is in the best interests of the US and her regional allies. If a pro-Western democracy comes to power in Iran, it will shut down the current regime’s global terror campaign, cause Russia and China to cease cooperating against the West, and make it easier to make peace between Israel and the Arabs, thus finally stabilizing a perennially unstable Middle East.”

Therefore, instead of going after a peaceful country like Azerbaijan, France should be devoting all of its efforts to going after the Islamic Republic of Iran. The world must stand united against the mullahs in Tehran and strengthen Azerbaijan and other countries who are standing on the frontlines against this horrible regime, not weaken them. Thus, this recent French resolution highlights how much the Armenian Diaspora is out of touch with France’s national interests.