March 1, 2006

Your Excellency,

Our party respectfully presents several concerns regarding your support for the recent military attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran.

You stated that Canada supports efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and threatening international peace and security. While it is acknowledged that, over the past two decades, the Islamic Republic has failed to provide full transparency to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the claim that these strikes are a necessary response to an imminent nuclear threat is not supported by conclusive evidence. Recent United States intelligence assessments and statements from the IAEA indicate that no definitive proof substantiates assertions that Iran is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons. Moreover, the United States’ 2018 withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) weakened a multilateral framework designed to address such concerns through verification and diplomacy.

It is also significant that the states conducting these strikes are themselves nuclear-armed and have opposed concrete measures toward establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, an objective supported by most countries in the region. Although Canada has expressed support in principle for such a zone, it has opposed convening a regional conference to advance it. Canada has likewise declined to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and voted against a resolution, backed by 153 states, calling on Israel to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

In light of these considerations, the Left Party of Iran respectfully urges the Government of Canada to condemn this military action and to employ all appropriate diplomatic means to seek its immediate cessation.

Respectfully,
Roza Roozbehan
International Affairs – Left Party of Iran