SAEDNEWS: Falahatpisheh said the Supreme National Security Council had shut down diplomacy before the war, leading Iran into futile talks with Europe and shifting tensions with Israel into a confrontation with the U.S.
According to Saed News qouted from Jamaran, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, referring to the end of the final year of the 20-year Development Vision Document, said: “I believe it is not a coincidence that exactly in the year when the people of Iran were supposed to be introduced as the happiest people in the region, one of the greatest wars of the twentieth century was imposed on Iran.”
He continued: “This is not at all a coincidence, and I consider it the result of a long-term plan that began with the 20-year Vision Document. This year, which marks the final year of the Vision, Iran was supposed to be recognized as the most developed country in the region and the Iranian people as the happiest people of the region. But now we see that not only have the people of Iran not been introduced as the happiest in the region, but they also face several hours of water and electricity cuts daily, are confronted with serious economic challenges, and have fallen behind rival countries such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey.”
Falahatpisheh continued: The reason is that from the first year of the 20-Year Vision, when a planning was shaped, a current came to power in Iran that introduced development as a concept and an imported Western notion, and created a series of religious formalities against it. In the end, a government and individuals came to power who brought nothing but tension for Iran and turned Iran into the most tense country in the world. So much so that six UN Security Council resolutions and more than 18 resolutions of governors and others were issued against Iran.
He, stating that each of Iran’s political cases has faced a dead end in some way, said: Conditions progressed in such a way that Iran not only suffered the most severe sanctions, but also became a country permanently in the crosshairs of the United States.
Falahatpisheh reminded: The Americans have always used military achievements for their domestic policies. For example, they keep individuals like Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and others under intelligence surveillance for years, but only assassinate them when they need the domestic consumption of that news. I was always among those who warned that keeping Iran in the crosshairs of an America that uses military actions as a kind of hegemonic declaration of existence is dangerous, and this issue was completely clear in recent times.
He recalled: Trump tried to exercise power in the world with full force, and we see that this issue, as a bitter historical convergence, coincided with Netanyahu’s goal of war against Iran, and ultimately, in the year that was supposed to be the year of happiness for Iranians, Iran faced war.
This political science professor, stating that infiltration was shaped through extremists, emphasized: I believe it is no coincidence that in the final year of the development vision, Iran became involved in war. Under such conditions, I believe there is a public demand in society for answers to the questions that led the country into such a path. The extremists had gained so much power in the country that in areas of selection, approval or rejection of political elites, in media fields, and in other areas, they had so much influence that they either suppressed or elevated whoever they wanted. They even advanced spies like Catherine Shakdam to the highest levels. Therefore, I believe this is not a coincidence but a project.
Falahatpisheh says: The country’s officials have realized that the Iranian people will not easily let go of all these questions, and these questions must be answered. The arrival of Mr. Larijani is a small step toward correcting this deviated path, and although the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council is in the second tier of decision-making in the country, it is expected that decision-making in the first tier will take shape from the Secretariat. That is, the Secretariat should become a gathering of the wise of the country, who, while analyzing past damages, will find a mechanism for the country to escape this joint domestic and foreign sedition.
This political analyst, stating that Netanyahu has made the best use of the circumstances, said: Those who practically drove all of Iran’s political cases into deadlock were the ones who played in Netanyahu’s project. Therefore, we see that people like me, who three days after October 7 warned among experts that their goal was to drag Iran into war with Israel and the United States, not only were not heeded, but only faced insult and threats.
He continued: If Ali Larijani’s appointment is a conservative one, it will bring no results for national interests. But if this appointment is a taboo-breaking one, there can be more hope for the future.
The former head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Parliament, stating that America is no longer willing to further enter the field of war with Iran, said: Only two years remain from Trump’s golden era, and Iran and the United States can sit at the negotiating table. It is necessary that the negotiations between Iran and the United States initially take shape in line with a regional strategic security. That means the Secretariat and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must assign all their forces to break taboos in all their missions. In other words, extremist elements who, inside or outside of Iran, obstructed relations must be sidelined based on national interests, and a regional mechanism must be established.
He recommended: Larijani must use his experiences and, instead of repeating a series of speeches and claims that bring no benefit to Iran, try to break taboos. Experience has shown that claims such as indirect negotiations, the taboo of negotiations, humiliating America, and so on were part of a project that led to isolation and deadlock in foreign policy; a deadlock that ultimately dragged the country into war. If Larijani can find a mechanism to move past the deadlocked cases, the possibility of approaching diplomacy will increase. Otherwise, even the Secretariat will be forced to come under the shadow of the country’s defensive and military mechanisms.
Falahatpisheh further recalled: Some individuals who are now tweeting and giving interviews, instead of being accountable, have put further extremism on their agenda. I believe that Mr. Larijani and Mr. Pezeshkian, without dissecting the performance of those tweeting individuals who caused today’s misery in foreign policy, cannot succeed. Those who today, with harsh tweets, liken Iran to the Children of Israel are only seeking the displacement of the nation. When I was in Parliament, there was a joint government-parliament session, and Pezeshkian was presiding over it. I told Pezeshkian that these extremists would one day displace the women and children of Iran, and unfortunately, in the recent war, I witnessed this displacement.
He, noting that some individuals in IRIB who liken Iran to Gaza were suspicious experts who suddenly gained dominance over IRIB, stated: I believe the government and the Secretariat, in addition to dissecting the suspicious role of extremists, must also engage in a joint effort in public diplomacy. Nowhere else in the world is a country’s public diplomacy so dominated by extremists. Even when Iran, before the war, was in the process of de-escalation, we saw that some, even on Saudi soil, were seeking to create tension—while at that time Iran needed greater cooperation from countries to isolate Israel.
Falahatpisheh, noting that before the war we witnessed the shutdown of diplomacy in the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council, said: The Supreme National Security Council had shut down diplomacy, and Iran fell into two deviated paths: one was the futile negotiations with Europe and the suspension of the Muscat talks, and the second deviated path was turning the tension between Iran and Israel into a tension between Iran and the United States. I hope with Larijani’s arrival, more balance will be established, and we will be able to reactivate diplomacy once again.
