Swiss Analyst: EP Representatives Tehran visit, Unrelated To Israel

Vienna, Oct 23, IRNA – A Swiss analyst opined here Monday European Parliament members’ visit of Tehran is not related to Israel so that Tel Aviv would try to block its path, reiterating that Netanyahu should not be allowed to get rude. According to IRNA, Freeman, the analyst of a Swiss website has in his article focused on a planned late October visit of Tehran by leftist members of the European Parliament despite strong opposition of both Israel, and the terrorist organization PMOI. The Swiss analyst has referred to the point that Iran-EU relations should not be decided in Tel Aviv, added, “Israel has no right to tell the European Parliament members what to do, or to which country they should travel”, calling the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s interference in the matter a rudeness that should be forbidden. Freeman has also reiterated, “It is furthermore not a matter of Israel’s concern to decide which EU members should visit which country, and which should not.” Criticizing the EU sanctions beyond the UN Security Council decisions the Swiss analyst has posed the question, “How can everyone be constantly worried about the Iran threat and devise new sanctions against that country with the unilaterally and collectively with the passage of each new day, while Iran neither has nuclear weapons, nor speaks of any intention to have them, while Israel does posses such weapons and is a threat against international peace, but its threat is intentionally ignored.” He posed the question how long Israel’s nuclear weapons are going to be intentionally ignored as if no such weapons exist and at the same time the non-existent nuclear weapons in Iran should be declared as threats against international peace and stability?! The Swiss analyst has pointed out that the Europe is comprised of 50 countries, 27 of which are EU members, and 17 of them use the shared European currency, the Euro, reiterating, “Under such conditions, even Brussels is not the true representative of the entire European countries to decide on behalf of Europe against Iran. Referring to Tehran’s hosting of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) in which the representatives of 136 countries, including 50 heads of states participated, Freemen emphasized that being the current rotating head of the NAM means that Iran has the majority of world countries by its side. The Swiss analyst also criticized the warmonger western media that distort the realities, including claiming that Iran is not quite isolated and alone. Referring to deleting 19 Iranian TV channels from the Hotbird satellite, Freeman criticized the Zionist lobby’s hegemony over the European media. Comparing Tel Aviv’s expectations regarding banning visits of Iran with the former east bloc’s tough travel regulations during the Cold War era, the Swiss analyst asked the question how anyone could get first hand information about Iran then. A European Parliament delegation is to pay an official visit to Iran from October 27 to November 2 despite opposition within the assembly and a just-agreed package of tough EU sanctions against Tehran. A parliament official who asked not to be named said Thursday that nine MEPs from all bar one of the parliamentary groups -- the eurosceptic right-wing alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists -- would take part in the visit, originally agreed in July. The team will be headed by the president of the European Parliament-Iran group, Finland Greens MEP Tarja Cronberg. The official said there was a 'sharp' discussion earlier Thursday on whether to go ahead with the visit but those leaders of the European Parliament's political groups finally had voted in favour. During the last such visit in 2007, there was a public execution on the day of the team's arrival, said Scotland conservative MEP Struan Stevenson. The European Union on Monday imposed a tough package of sanctions against Iran in hopes of securing progress in global talks with Tehran on its contested nuclear program. Both the parliament and the bloc are also constant critics of the country's human rights record./end