Six Foreign Ministers Discuss Iran Nuclear Issue

Iran threatens to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and six foreign ministers discussed the Iranian nuclear issue today.

While the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany are engaged in a tense tug-of-war outside the Security Council over the Iranian nuclear issue, the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group deployed at the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia, USA, recently set off for the Gulf. area.

Some analysts believe that the departure of the "Enterprise" is the most serious warning issued by the United States to Iran so far. It shows that the United States will not engage in an endless "civil war" with Iran and that its patience has "limits."

As for the reason why the USS Enterprise was dispatched, which has been widely discussed by the outside world, the US Navy has a slightly more detailed explanation: it is to assist the US military stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan in carrying out global anti-terrorism missions. Analysts believe that in the current Afghanistan and Iraq, the main threat facing the US military is guerrilla warfare launched by anti-US armed organizations. Maritime strike forces such as aircraft carrier battle groups can play an important role in attacking large-scale fixed strategic targets on the ground. However, the only way to deal with "guerrillas" is to use artillery to hit mosquitoes, which is not effective. The US military cannot justify this.

An Iranian military source said that based on Iran's national strength, the US military would have to use at least three aircraft carrier battle groups to participate in front-line operations against Iran. Currently, the United States has deployed the "Reagan" aircraft carrier battle group in the Gulf, the "Enterprise" aircraft carrier battle group is about to arrive, and the "Lincoln" aircraft carrier battle group has now arrived in Singapore. The possibility of deployment to the Gulf cannot be ruled out. If it is true, In this way, three aircraft carrier battle groups are assembled to deal with Iran.

The Iranian parliament threatened in a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the 7th that if the United States continues to pressure Iran to stop uranium enrichment activities, the Iranian parliament will force the government to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Iranian President Ahmadinejad also said that day that if joining the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons threatens Iran's rights, the treaty will be invalid for Iran.

Earlier in the day, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi reiterated that the international community cannot prompt Iran to stop uranium enrichment activities, declaring that "the Security Council's interference on this issue is completely illegal." He also said: "The intervention of the Security Council will change the path of cooperation into confrontation. We advise them (the International Atomic Energy Agency) not to do this."

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Jianchao announced on the 7th: At the invitation of US Secretary of State Rice, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will attend the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of Britain, France, Germany, China, the United States, and Russia to be held in New York on the 8th to exchange views on the Iranian nuclear issue. .

The permanent members of the Security Council continued to hold closed-door consultations on the draft resolution on the Iranian nuclear issue submitted by Britain and France on the 6th, but still failed to reach an agreement on the content of the draft. After consultations on the 6th, representatives of the United States and France at the United Nations expressed the hope that the Security Council can vote on this draft resolution this week.