Revenge on Diplomacy through the Expansion of Regional and Ethnic Conflicts

Mohammad Amin Ghanei Rad, a sociologist, wrote in a note titled "Revenge on Diplomacy through the Expansion of Regional Conflicts" in the newspaper Etemad: "The issue of the nuclear statement and the incident at Jeddah airport was related to the material life and moral dignity of our people, and to some extent, the sensitivity of the people in these two cases is understandable," but "some fueled these feelings and dragged it into populism and attempts to undermine politics and sectarian and chauvinistic conflicts with dangerous consequences for regional peace." This sociologist emphasized that "in the case of the Saudi airport incident, one can guess which forces are seeking to incite hatred between Shia and Sunni and Arab and Persian and what goals they are pursuing." He wrote: "At a time when Zarif was elevated to the level of Mossadegh, the atmosphere was driven to a point where some would say, 'What is this ineffective diplomacy doing?'" The Iran newspaper also warned about the consequences of the spread of "racism" in Iran in its editorial titled "Where the Silence of the Wise is Unacceptable," stating: "Fanatics, whether intentionally or unintentionally, by raising the banner of racial superiority, invite us to a time when the war of seventy-two nations was ongoing and the dignity and status of individuals were defined by their blood and race." The newspapers Etemad, Javan, and Kayhan highlighted the reactions of military and judicial officials and several members of parliament to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's remarks criticizing "the puritanical and anxious" and also criticizing "mistreatment in prisons and crackdowns." The Etemad newspaper emphasized that Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has come under "sharp criticism" after these remarks, but the Kayhan newspaper wrote that "Hashemi's positions align with Ahmad Shahid's reports." The Te'adol newspaper reported on its front page that "the price of bread will be liberalized." Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, the head of the board of directors of the Bakers' Association, told this newspaper: "The price of bread will be liberalized by the end of this year." The Qanoon newspaper, while publishing a report about "the beginning of 94 with rising prices of essential goods," wrote: "While government officials report controlling prices and preventing their illegal increase, according to the Central Bank's report on the average prices of some retail items in Tehran, a gradual or creeping increase is evident." The Shargh newspaper dedicated its front page to a report about the possibility of "immediate delivery of S-300 to Iran" and wrote: Alongside Ali Shamkhani's visit to Russia, the Kremlin's press office announced that "Vladimir Putin has signed a decree making the transfer of S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran possible." This newspaper reported the resurgence of the "scholarship case" to the top of the news, stating that many violators of illegal scholarship cases "now have their doctoral degrees in their pockets, and the Ministry of Science has prevented their employment" and "for 1,200 individuals still seeking placement, a hiring ban has been issued along with a requirement to pay damages and costs that the ministry has unnecessarily incurred over the years." Javad Haravi, a member of parliament, also told the Shargh newspaper: "1,888 scholarship PhD students have committed violations regarding the conversion from domestic to foreign, and many of these students face issues such as age and GPA requirements and equivalent degrees." The Shahrvand newspaper reported on "flooding in four provinces: Mazandaran, Tehran, Alborz, and Zanjan," emphasizing that "the torrential rains were unprecedented in thirty years," reporting the closure of the Chalus road due to flooding and the death of a woman in the overflow of one of the Karaj rivers. Revenge on diplomacy through the expansion of regional and ethnic conflicts. Mohammad Amin Ghanei Rad, a sociologist, wrote in a note titled "Revenge on Diplomacy through the Expansion of Regional Conflicts" in the newspaper Etemad: "Just when the Iranian diplomatic apparatus succeeds in convincing the 1+5 about its nuclear issues despite the distrust of the other side and the will of the US Congress and Netanyahu's uproar, events occur to discredit this diplomatic apparatus on a national and international scale." The writer of the Etemad newspaper noted that "the issue of the nuclear statement and the Jeddah airport incident was related to the material life and moral dignity of our people, and to some extent, the sensitivity of the people in these two cases is understandable," writing: "Some fueled these feelings and dragged it into populism and attempts to undermine politics and sectarian and chauvinistic conflicts with dangerous consequences for regional peace." Mohammad Amin Ghanei Rad wrote: "An example of the attempt to undermine politics occurred regarding the nuclear statement itself. The foreign minister referred technical questions to the head of the Atomic Energy Organization in a television interview, but uninformed individuals made decisive comments about the enrichment cycle and its quality. These people created a situation where everyone, young and old, common and intellectual, spoke as if they were experts on the number of centrifuges and the percentage of enrichment." The writer of the Etemad newspaper noted the significant steps taken to resolve the nuclear issue, writing that after the Lausanne agreement, "two suspicious events occur in the region, both of which reconstruct the Shia-Sunni conflict," and "in the first event, Saudi Arabia invades Yemen and, with international support, destroys the infrastructure of this country and kills people, especially Shia." In the second event, two Iranian teenagers are assaulted at Jeddah airport, and thus, "right after the nuclear statement, a matter that is diplomatically addressable becomes widespread among the people, leading to intense and uncontrollable emotional reactions on one side and dark jokes on the other." According to this sociologist, a situation has now been created where "everyone emotionally comments on the Jeddah airport incident," while "for years, the trafficking of Iranian girls to the Gulf countries has been raised with little reaction. However, in this specific situation, regarding the abuse of two teenagers, from hardline religious figures to ordinary individuals, everyone becomes involved in shared emotions." Mohammad Amin Ghanei Rad emphasized that "in the case of the Saudi airport incident, one can guess which forces are seeking to incite hatred between Shia and Sunni and Arab and Persian and what goals they are pursuing," writing: "In a situation where Zarif was elevated to the level of Mossadegh, the atmosphere was driven to a point where some would say, 'What is this ineffective diplomacy doing?'" This sociologist wrote in the Etemad newspaper that "in this context, various lies about the incident emerged and spread rapidly: the publication of photos of two Saudi officers, the image of a player’s shirt from Al-Hilal, the suicide of one of the two teenagers," and thus "following these two events, a wave of messages spread in cyberspace, and various stories and poems were published to create public disgust towards Arabs. The widespread dissemination of these Shia and even chauvinistic messages, by stirring national and religious sentiments and provoking the public conscience, inevitably creates the conditions for increasing regional crises and forcing Iran into harsh reactions and ultimately seeking revenge against us." The writer of the Etemad newspaper, while recalling that "currently the country's diplomatic apparatus is active on several fronts; on one hand, it seeks to advance the nuclear statement, on the other hand, it seeks to create calm in Yemen, and in the third front, it seeks to politically and legally address the Jeddah airport incident," wrote: "Aside from the role of international stakeholders, a radical current within the country also does not cooperate with these actions and seeks to play with people's emotions and disrupt the situation," as they "do not believe that diplomatic activities can resolve regional problems and view any interaction and flexibility towards other countries as a delay in the emergence of the Mahdi. These individuals are quantitatively in the minority in the political arena and in the religious seminaries and do not have popularity among the people; in the political arena, they are slogan-driven and lack a constructive program, yet they are ready to exploit any action and fatwa to advance their goals." Mohammad Amin Ghanei Rad warned that "if this current is not contained, it will lead to the moral and political collapse of our society" and emphasized that "in this event, it seems that they are targeting the incapacitation of our diplomatic apparatus and imposing chaos on its decision-making so that the basis for decision-making in our international relations is not forward-looking thoughts and measured actions but rather emotions and short-sighted behaviors," and for this reason, this situation "requires the wisdom of the people, elites, and officials, and any reckless action may have irreparable consequences." The writer of the Etemad newspaper emphasized that "it seems that those who are not pleased with the advancement of the nuclear negotiation program and Iran's return to its regional and global status are seeking to push back the Iranian diplomatic apparatus and even incite regional warfare and destruction among all Islamic countries against each other." The Iran newspaper's warning about the consequences of the spread of "the wave of racism." The Iran newspaper, in its editorial on Tuesday titled "Where the Silence of the Wise is Unacceptable," warned about the consequences and spread of the wave of "racism" in Iran, stating: "Fanatics, whether intentionally or unintentionally, by raising the banner of racial superiority, invite us to a time when the war of seventy-two nations was ongoing and the dignity and status of individuals were defined by their blood and race." Mohammad Noori, the editor-in-chief of the Iran newspaper, in this note, pointed out that "Iranian society, at the height of its media activity, is now facing a dangerous affliction and a series of anomalies that if the elites and wise individuals of the country neglect, the foundations of social coexistence may face irreparable dangers and damages," writing: "This dangerous affliction has infiltrated from the critical environment of the Middle East into the mental and political space of some," and "the whole story goes back to a bitter incident that arose from the behavior of two officers at Jeddah airport; however, the actions of the Saudi government or its allies in the Yemen affair have also exacerbated the situation, so that in the eyes of many Iranians, Riyadh is now seen as the axis of evil." The editorial writer of the Iran newspaper, referring to "both parts of the mistakes and errors of the Saudis, including the wickedness of the two officers and their violent policies in Iraq or Yemen, while the system's officials at various levels are seeking solutions and countermeasures to these mistakes through political and security channels," wrote: "In the back-and-forth of the system's responsible apparatus confronting the waves of Saudi extremism, another unfortunate event took shape in cyberspace, during which some powerful and widespread media networks exploited it to incite ethnic conflict between Iranians and Arabs or Persians and Arabs." The Iran newspaper emphasized that "the fabric and foundation" of those driving this wave "is nothing but blind historical prejudices," writing: "These individuals concluded that to rid themselves of the mischief of Saudi extremists, there is no way but to build a wall of separation and confrontation; in other words, Iranians must forever settle their historical accounts with the Arab front." The editorial writer of the Iran newspaper reminded that "this prescription for ethnic conflict between Iranians and Arabs is being prescribed at a time when the modern world has transcended all ethnic and linguistic borders, and coincidentally, the phenomenon of the internet and social networks has managed to eliminate all distances and barriers to the interaction of nations." The Iran newspaper, emphasizing that all those who "recklessly step into this fierce racial campaign are auctioning off all human, ethical, religious, and civilizational virtues and modernity," wrote: "Anyone who speaks of Persian superiority over Arabs first negates and denies the virtues of a civilized and Muslim human being," while "a long time has passed, and many sufferings have been endured for humanity to reach this stage of rationality where its peace and happiness lie in the coexistence of nations and the beautiful idea of diversity." The editorial writer pointed out that "in the Middle East, unfortunately, all the tools and factors for sectarian conflict are currently available," warning that "Muslim and freedom-loving elites must necessarily take a deep look at the adverse consequences of such racist and unethical narratives in repelling the dangers of ethnic nationalism" and that "racism must today be considered a serious disease that requires diagnosis and treatment. The roots and veins of its emergence must be identified, and it must be believed that every podium, every voice, and every pen that strives to promote ethnic superiority offers the highest service to the currents of ignorance and takfir." Kayhan: Hashemi Rafsanjani's positions align with Ahmad Shahid's reports. The newspapers Etemad, Javan, and Kayhan highlighted the reactions of military and judicial officials and several members of parliament to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's remarks criticizing "the puritanical and anxious" and also criticizing "mistreatment in prisons and crackdowns." The Etemad newspaper emphasized that Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has come under "sharp criticism" after these remarks, but the Kayhan newspaper wrote that "Hashemi's positions align with Ahmad Shahid's reports." The Etemad newspaper dedicated its front page to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, reporting with the headline "Hashemi Under Sharp Criticism," stating: "Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani has concerns that he touches upon in every speech. Criticism of the anxiety of the anxious, the puritanical, and the newly converted has been one side of the story that he has frequently discussed in recent months."