Ismail Baqaei, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reacted to Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, regarding the necessity of being "frightening" and "powerful" as prerequisites for "freedom." Macron stated during a test of a ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead: "To be free, one must be frightening; and to be frightening, one must be powerful."
Contradiction in Macron's Positions
Baqaei further pointed out the contradiction in Macron's positions, saying: "But this same Emmanuel Macron has said about Iran, which has never sought nuclear weapons, that: 'Iran must never possess nuclear weapons; not today, not in five years, not in ten years; never.'"
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The spokesperson for the diplomatic apparatus added: "The issue is not why France has nuclear deterrence; the issue is why the logic that guarantees security and freedom for France suddenly becomes a 'threat' regarding Iran, even in discussions about a peaceful nuclear program under international supervision?"
The Bitter Reality of Peace
Baqaei continued to refer to the bitter reality that nuclear powers do not want peace for all and prefer the monopoly of being frightening and the legitimacy of intimidating. In his view, "They must remain powerful and nuclear and, of course, frightening, while limiting others — even countries that are merely seeking peaceful nuclear energy — with the false image of 'nuclear threat.'"
He added: "A peace in which nuclear powers consider their weapons as guarantees of freedom and security, but label the same logic as a threat for others, is not peace; it is a monopoly of power based on self-superiority. An order that does not recognize the right to security and peace for all is more of a promoter of the hegemony of a specific group than a guardian of peace."
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