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Iraq, Iran Dispute 1975 Border Agreement (SEE SMCCDI Note...) United Press International - World News Dec 26, 2007, 23:43
SMCCDI Note: American and/or British governments must avoid mixing any policy, against the Islamic republic regime, with the interest of the Iranian Nation; They must especially avoid showing any kind of support, for the "very fragile" Iraqi Government, or to push its shaky leaders, in order to think being able to formulate any kind of illegitimate claim, in order to try to contest any part of the 1975 Algiers Accord; which is a well known UN recognized treaty. An American and/or British governments' move, in that wrong line, will only help the Islamic regime propaganda machine, in order to harvest in Iranians' well known patriotic feeling. Also, the new and very fragile Iraqi Government must remember of the fate of Saddam and of the agressive Iraqi Army, when they tried to disregard the very same 1975 Algiers accord, by invading the Iranian land in 1980. In addition, the Iraqi leaders must also remember that their country still owes billions of dollars, to the Iranian Nation, for the destruction caused by their countrymen's repealed agression. Iranians have shown, massively, on how they can unite in order to fight for the respect of their borders, and of the very same UN recognized 1975 Algiers Accord, which re-established Iran's sovereignty over half of Arvand-Rood. Without any doubt, "everyone" must expect that Iranians will rise, once again, in order to demonstrate their firm determination to protect any small part of their country! ---- Iraqi and Iranian officials are in dispute over a 1975 agreement that defined their common border. While Iraqi President Jalal Talabani rejects the Algiers Accord, most Iranian officials uphold it, the Fars News agency reported. But Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki apparently accepts the accord, at least as a basis for discussion. The accord set the border at the center of the waterway known as Arvand Rood in Iran and Shatt-al-Arab in Iraq. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Iraqi officials who talked of rejecting the accord are speaking without legal foundation. Saddam Hussein and the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi signed the accord in 1975. In 1980, after the shah had been deposed, Saddam tore up a copy of the document on national television five days before he attacked Iran, launching an eight-year war. Fars said. This agreement was between Saddam and the Shah of Iran not between Iran and Iraq. We want good and excellent relations with our Islamic republic neighbor of Iran and we have talked with our brothers Iranians before about it, the Iraqi government Web site reported. |