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IRAN TV TALK SHOW BLAMES AZERBAIJAN FOR PURCHASING ISRAELI WEAPONS
Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sahar 1 TV (in Azeri), Tehran, Iran
March 2 2012
Iran's state-run international service Sahar TV has blamed Azerbaijan
for the alleged weapons acquisition contract signed with Israel.
Speaking in the studio, the presenter of "Kompas" talk show alleged
that Israel guaranteed Armenia that weapons to be sold to Azerbaijan
would not be used in Karabakh, hinting that UAVs might be used by
Israel against Iran's nuclear facilities. The following is an excerpt
from report by state-run Iranian international service Sahar 1 TV on
2 March: subheadings have been inserted editorially:
[Correspondent] An agreement on procurement of weapons signed recently
between the Zionist Israeli regime and Azerbaijan was not welcomed in
a usual manner. It mainly faced objections from Iran. The Azerbaijani
ambassador to Iran was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and presented
an official note of protest over the issue. It is natural that the
signing of this kind of agreement should be assessed by Iran as a
biased move in the context of Israeli threat against Iran and it did
so. In response to this, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman
Abdullayev said that those weapons will be used for the liberation
of the occupied [Azerbaijani] lands, namely for the liberation of
Karabakh, and they will not be directed against any country. Question
arises whether or not the Zionist Israeli regime will consent to the
use of these weapons and military hardware against Armenia? According
to allegations, the Zionists have agreed this issue with Armenia
ahead of the sale of military hardware [to Azerbaijan].
Even in November last year an Armenian high-ranking military delegation
secretly visited Tel Aviv to discuss some issues behind the closed
doors, including the agreement on the weapons procurement, to be signed
between Israel and Azerbaijan. So Armenia was guaranteed that none of
those weapons would be used against Armenians in Karabakh and Armenia.
So, if this move of Azerbaijan leads it to the misunderstanding with
its neighbours, why then is Azerbaijan doing this? At the same time,
a question arises can Azerbaijan replace Turkey for the Israeli
regime now?
Israel on Iran's borders
As the military cooperation between Israel and Turkey has been frozen,
the emergence of another base would be useful for the Zionists,
because the signing of this kind of agreement is a chance for Israel
against the backdrop of losing Turkey. Specially, if the Zionists
succeed in gaining an opportunity for strengthening their positions
on the border with the leading country of the Islamic world, i.e. the
Islamic Republic of Iran, this is important chance for them.
This was also praised by an official at the Defence Ministry of the
Zionist Israeli regime. He said that if Israel succeeds in signing any
military agreement with [a country] located in the neighbourhood of
Iran, this meets Israel's interests and it is an important chance for
Israel. Now we are presenting to your attention a video clip about why
Azerbaijan has fallen itself into the trap of the Zionists. Following
the video, we will look for some answers to different questions in
dialogue with an expert invited to the studio.
[Passage omitted: video report on Azerbaijan-Israeli cooperation]
Why Israel, not Iran or Pakistan?
[Correspondent] We have invited political expert Rahmatullah Fallah
to the studio to discuss the essence of the weapons agreement signed
between Azerbaijan and Israel as was exposed by foreign sources.
Welcome.
[Rahmatullah Fallah, political expert] Thank you. I am greeting all
viewers, especially our brothers in Azerbaijan.
[Correspondent] Mr Fallah, as you know, Iran offered some assistance
to Azerbaijan when the Ministry of Defence Industry was formed there.
Then it was decided that Azerbaijan should maintain its domestic
requirements through this ministry. However, it is natural that a
country involved in a war can also purchase ammunition and military
hardware from foreign countries. This can be considered as a normal
case. But why precisely from Israel? For example, Turkey, the
Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan also possess great potential
in the sphere of producing air defence systems, missiles, tanks and
military jets.
[Fallah] First, I want to speak about Israel's present regional
position. Following the Islamic awakening, the Zionists' security
guarantee in the region, which was established under the Camp David
treaty [signed between Israel and Egypt in 1978], has been losing its
validity. The anti-Zionist mood continues to strengthen in the Arab
world. The USA considers the Zionists' intention to strengthening
their policy in the region as a threat to its security interests
and so it tries to control Israel. On the one hand, the Zionists'
expansionist policy was not backed by the USA that much, on the other
hand, the USA is concerned about tension in the Middle East. So they
prefer to make a deal beyond the region, for example, in the Caucasus
and the Central Asia. In that case, they paid more attention to the
Azerbaijani Republic. As Azerbaijan is a Shi'i Muslim country and
has the common borders and history with Iran, they intend to provoke
disagreement between Iran and Azerbaijan and prevent them from becoming
strategic partners.
[Passage omitted: Fallah saying the West will never allow Azerbaijan
to use these weapons against Armenia]
UAVs against Iran's nuclear programme?
[Correspondent] Mr Fallah, the second part of the issue is about the
Islamic Republic of Iran. The talk is about the purchase of 60 pieces
of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Iran recently made a statement
that agents of the Zionist Mossad special services, who played a role
in the killings of some Iranian nuclear scientists, had travelled to
Israel via Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani security services presumably
had information about this. In that case, the most important issue
for the Zionists is to freeze Iran's nuclear activities and delay
its development. The Zionists will presumably try to damage Iran's
nuclear programme by using these unmanned aerial vehicles. In that
case, will Azerbaijan not put itself in a difficult situation?
[Fallah] Azerbaijan should have been benefited from Iran's potential.
The Zionists and Iran are in the state of cold war which may also turn
into serious war in the future. In that case, Azerbaijan sacrifices
itself. Today Azerbaijan does not need unmanned aerial vehicles. The
Zionists have given unmanned vehicles to Azerbaijan to use it for
their benefit and strengthen their spying activities [against Iran].
They even will not give the codes of the unmanned vehicles to
Azerbaijan because they themselves will use it for their benefit. The
Zionist experts' arrival in Azerbaijan also proves this.
[translated from Azeri]
Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sahar 1 TV (in Azeri), Tehran, Iran
March 2 2012
Iran's state-run international service Sahar TV has blamed Azerbaijan
for the alleged weapons acquisition contract signed with Israel.
Speaking in the studio, the presenter of "Kompas" talk show alleged
that Israel guaranteed Armenia that weapons to be sold to Azerbaijan
would not be used in Karabakh, hinting that UAVs might be used by
Israel against Iran's nuclear facilities. The following is an excerpt
from report by state-run Iranian international service Sahar 1 TV on
2 March: subheadings have been inserted editorially:
[Correspondent] An agreement on procurement of weapons signed recently
between the Zionist Israeli regime and Azerbaijan was not welcomed in
a usual manner. It mainly faced objections from Iran. The Azerbaijani
ambassador to Iran was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and presented
an official note of protest over the issue. It is natural that the
signing of this kind of agreement should be assessed by Iran as a
biased move in the context of Israeli threat against Iran and it did
so. In response to this, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman
Abdullayev said that those weapons will be used for the liberation
of the occupied [Azerbaijani] lands, namely for the liberation of
Karabakh, and they will not be directed against any country. Question
arises whether or not the Zionist Israeli regime will consent to the
use of these weapons and military hardware against Armenia? According
to allegations, the Zionists have agreed this issue with Armenia
ahead of the sale of military hardware [to Azerbaijan].
Even in November last year an Armenian high-ranking military delegation
secretly visited Tel Aviv to discuss some issues behind the closed
doors, including the agreement on the weapons procurement, to be signed
between Israel and Azerbaijan. So Armenia was guaranteed that none of
those weapons would be used against Armenians in Karabakh and Armenia.
So, if this move of Azerbaijan leads it to the misunderstanding with
its neighbours, why then is Azerbaijan doing this? At the same time,
a question arises can Azerbaijan replace Turkey for the Israeli
regime now?
Israel on Iran's borders
As the military cooperation between Israel and Turkey has been frozen,
the emergence of another base would be useful for the Zionists,
because the signing of this kind of agreement is a chance for Israel
against the backdrop of losing Turkey. Specially, if the Zionists
succeed in gaining an opportunity for strengthening their positions
on the border with the leading country of the Islamic world, i.e. the
Islamic Republic of Iran, this is important chance for them.
This was also praised by an official at the Defence Ministry of the
Zionist Israeli regime. He said that if Israel succeeds in signing any
military agreement with [a country] located in the neighbourhood of
Iran, this meets Israel's interests and it is an important chance for
Israel. Now we are presenting to your attention a video clip about why
Azerbaijan has fallen itself into the trap of the Zionists. Following
the video, we will look for some answers to different questions in
dialogue with an expert invited to the studio.
[Passage omitted: video report on Azerbaijan-Israeli cooperation]
Why Israel, not Iran or Pakistan?
[Correspondent] We have invited political expert Rahmatullah Fallah
to the studio to discuss the essence of the weapons agreement signed
between Azerbaijan and Israel as was exposed by foreign sources.
Welcome.
[Rahmatullah Fallah, political expert] Thank you. I am greeting all
viewers, especially our brothers in Azerbaijan.
[Correspondent] Mr Fallah, as you know, Iran offered some assistance
to Azerbaijan when the Ministry of Defence Industry was formed there.
Then it was decided that Azerbaijan should maintain its domestic
requirements through this ministry. However, it is natural that a
country involved in a war can also purchase ammunition and military
hardware from foreign countries. This can be considered as a normal
case. But why precisely from Israel? For example, Turkey, the
Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan also possess great potential
in the sphere of producing air defence systems, missiles, tanks and
military jets.
[Fallah] First, I want to speak about Israel's present regional
position. Following the Islamic awakening, the Zionists' security
guarantee in the region, which was established under the Camp David
treaty [signed between Israel and Egypt in 1978], has been losing its
validity. The anti-Zionist mood continues to strengthen in the Arab
world. The USA considers the Zionists' intention to strengthening
their policy in the region as a threat to its security interests
and so it tries to control Israel. On the one hand, the Zionists'
expansionist policy was not backed by the USA that much, on the other
hand, the USA is concerned about tension in the Middle East. So they
prefer to make a deal beyond the region, for example, in the Caucasus
and the Central Asia. In that case, they paid more attention to the
Azerbaijani Republic. As Azerbaijan is a Shi'i Muslim country and
has the common borders and history with Iran, they intend to provoke
disagreement between Iran and Azerbaijan and prevent them from becoming
strategic partners.
[Passage omitted: Fallah saying the West will never allow Azerbaijan
to use these weapons against Armenia]
UAVs against Iran's nuclear programme?
[Correspondent] Mr Fallah, the second part of the issue is about the
Islamic Republic of Iran. The talk is about the purchase of 60 pieces
of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Iran recently made a statement
that agents of the Zionist Mossad special services, who played a role
in the killings of some Iranian nuclear scientists, had travelled to
Israel via Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani security services presumably
had information about this. In that case, the most important issue
for the Zionists is to freeze Iran's nuclear activities and delay
its development. The Zionists will presumably try to damage Iran's
nuclear programme by using these unmanned aerial vehicles. In that
case, will Azerbaijan not put itself in a difficult situation?
[Fallah] Azerbaijan should have been benefited from Iran's potential.
The Zionists and Iran are in the state of cold war which may also turn
into serious war in the future. In that case, Azerbaijan sacrifices
itself. Today Azerbaijan does not need unmanned aerial vehicles. The
Zionists have given unmanned vehicles to Azerbaijan to use it for
their benefit and strengthen their spying activities [against Iran].
They even will not give the codes of the unmanned vehicles to
Azerbaijan because they themselves will use it for their benefit. The
Zionist experts' arrival in Azerbaijan also proves this.
[translated from Azeri]