伊朗外交部长贾瓦德·扎里夫再次抨击唐纳德·特朗普总统的外交政策。扎里夫在美国参加纽约联合国总部的一个会议。
扎里夫的自由大幅缩减在美国期间，部长和他的代表团收到了特别签证，限制他们只能在纽约市的六个街区逗留。
但是扎里夫仍然能够给予英国广播公司的采访他在信中重申了此前的主张，即伊朗不希望与美国开战，并对特朗普政府的外交政策策略进行了严厉的评估。
特朗普在2018年5月将美国从联合全面行动计划(简称伊朗核协议)中撤出，他在竞选总统期间一直批评奥巴马时代的协议。
特朗普和他的高级顾问希望重新谈判交易包括对德黑兰核计划的更严格限制、对其地区影响力的限制以及对其弹道导弹计划的限制。
美国撤军的同时，对伊朗重新实施了严厉的经济制裁。今年5月，白宫开始撤回豁免条款，该条款允许各国继续在伊朗做生意，而没有受到制裁的风险。此举的既定目标是将对伊朗经济至关重要的伊朗石油出口降至零。
JCPOA现在面临全面崩溃的风险。伊朗呼吁该协议的欧洲共同签署国——英国、法国、德国和欧盟——为减轻美国制裁的压力做出更多努力，但这些努力的成功有限。
当被采访者扎伊娜卜·巴达维问及伊朗是否愿意重新谈判该协议以满足美国的要求时，扎里夫表示，责任不在德黑兰，因为它不是退出《联合行动纲领》的一方。
扎里夫说:“如果你让一个恶霸欺负你接受一件事，你会鼓励他欺负你接受其他事情。”。
外交部长经常将制裁运动描述为针对伊朗的“经济战争”。他告诉英国广播公司，这种策略对平民的影响不成比例，相当于参与恐怖主义，白宫经常对德黑兰提出指控。
“经济战争的目标是平民。军事战争的目标是军事人员，平民有时是附带损害，”他告诉巴达维。“但一场经济战争的目标是平民。
“美国——庞贝部长说过——“我们希望伊朗人民改变政府。”把这两者放在一起，这意味着美国正在恐吓伊朗人民以实现政治目标。这是恐怖主义的经典定义，”扎里夫说。
在双方一系列升级之后，最近几周围绕《联合行动纲领》和伊朗核计划的紧张局势几乎导致了战争。美国及其一些盟友指责伊朗指挥了一场破坏运动伊朗否认了对波斯湾商业航运的指控。
上个月，伊朗击落了一架美国无人侦察机华盛顿说是在国际空域飞行。伊朗官员声称它实际上在伊朗境内。特朗普下令进行一系列空袭作为对伊朗目标的报复，但在被告知可能造成多达150名伊朗人伤亡后取消了这次行动。
尽管战争得以避免，但紧张局势仍然很高。一次误判仍然足以引发代价高昂的冲突，即使这种对抗仍然有限。
与此同时，伊朗已经宣布，它现在违反了《联合行动计划》对生产和储存的限制浓缩铀用于民用核电站和制造核武器。
双方都强调他们不想要战争，尽管扎里夫暗示并非华盛顿的每个人都同意。
他对英国广播公司说:“我相信特朗普总统是被那些对促进和平不感兴趣，但对推进他们已有的议程感兴趣的人建议的。”。“我知道他们是他政府中热衷于战争的人。渴望战争的人。”
尽管他没有具体说出他们的名字，但他之前已经挑出国家安全顾问约翰博尔顿作为白宫最鹰派的影响。扎里夫甚至把博尔顿包括在他好战的“B队”中，他声称这是在把总统推向战争。
该组织的其他成员包括以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡、沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨尔曼和阿联酋王储穆罕默德·本·扎耶德·阿勒纳哈扬。
扎里夫承认“发生事故的可能性”可能导致战争，但强调伊朗必须确保其在波斯湾的主权。“这不是墨西哥湾，”他说。"我们在那里，我们在保护我们的领海."
“我们不能离开自己的社区，”他补充道。“那些来自外部的人必须决定他们为什么会在那个社区，他们在那个社区的存在是否有助于稳定和安全。”
扎里夫说，他希望当前的外交危机能够尽快得到解决。“我们不需要陷入僵局。我们不想让任何人尴尬。我们相信我们想要的只是我们谈判和实施的东西，然后我们可以走得更远，”他解释说。“我们将继续出售我们的石油，但我们不会出售我们的尊严，”他总结道。
2019年6月10日，伊朗外长穆罕默德贾瓦德扎里夫在伊朗德黑兰与德国外长举行联合记者招待会。ATTA·肯纳雷/法新社/盖蒂
IRAN BLASTS 'BULLY' TRUMP, SAYS AMERICA'S ACTIONS ARE 'CLASSICAL DEFINITION OF TERRORISM'
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has once again hit out at President Donald Trump's foreign policy. Zarif was in the U.S. to attend a meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Zarif's freedom has been significantly curtailed while in the U.S., and the minister and his delegation have received special visas restricting them to just six New York City blocks.
But Zarif was still able to give an interview to the BBC, in which he repeated previous assertions that Iran does not desire a war with the U.S. and delivered a scathing assessment of the Trump administration's foreign policy strategy.
Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—colloquially known as the Iran nuclear deal—in May 2018, having been consistently critical of the Obama-era accord during his campaign for the presidency.
Trump and his senior advisers wish to renegotiate the deal to include harsher restrictions on Tehran's nuclear program, limits of its regional influence and curbs on its ballistic missile program.
The U.S. withdrawal was accompanied by a reimposition of crippling economic sanctions on Iran. In May, the White House began withdrawing waivers that had allowed nations to keep doing business in Iran without the risk of sanctions. The stated goal of this move was to cut Iranian oil exports—vital for the country's economy—to zero.
The JCPOA now looks at risk of total collapse. Iran has called on the European co-signatories to the deal—the U.K., France, Germany and the European Union—to do more to alleviate the pressure of U.S. sanctions, but their success has been limited.
Asked by interviewer Zeinab Badawi whether Iran would be willing to renegotiate the agreement to meet U.S. demands, Zarif suggested the onus was not on Tehran as it was not the party that walked away from the JCPOA.
"If you allow a bully to bully you into accepting one thing, you'll encourage him to bully you into accepting other things," Zarif said.
The foreign minister has regularly characterized the sanctions campaign as an "economic war" against Iran. He told the BBC that such a strategy disproportionately affects civilians and is tantamount to engaging in terrorism, a charge often leveled at Tehran by the White House.
"Economic war targets civilians. Military war targets military personnel, civilians are sometimes collateral damage," he told Badawi. "But an economic war, targets civilians.
"The United States—Secretary Pompeo has said—'we want the Iranian people to change their government.' Putting these two together, that means the United States is terrorizing the Iranian people in order to achieve political objectives. That's the classical definition of terrorism," Zarif said.
Tensions over the JCPOA and Iran's nuclear program almost led to war in recent weeks, following a series of escalations on both sides. The U.S. and some of its allies have accused Iran of directing a sabotage campaign against commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf, a charge denied by Iran.
Last month, Iran shot down a U.S. surveillance drone that Washington said was flying in international airspace. Iranian officials claimed it was actually in Iranian territory. Trump ordered a series of airstrikes against Iranian targets in retaliation, but called the operation off after being told it could inflict up to 150 Iranian casualties.
Though war was averted, tensions remain high. One miscalculation could still be enough to unleash a costly conflict, even if such a confrontation remains limited.
Meanwhile, Iran has announced it is now in breach of JCPOA limitations on production and storage of enriched uranium, used to power civilian nuclear plants and to build nuclear weapons.
Both sides have stressed that they do not want war, though Zarif suggested not everyone in Washington agrees.
"I believe President Trump is being advised by people who are not interested in promoting peace, but interested in advancing an agenda that they have had," he told the BBC. "I know they are people in his administration who are crazy for war. Who thirst for war."
Though he did not name them specifically, he has previously singled out National Security Advisor John Bolton as the most hawkish influence in the White House. Zarif even included Bolton in his belligerent "B-team," who he claims are pushing the president towards war.
Other members of the group include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Zarif acknowledged "the possibility of an accident" that could lead to war, but stressed that Iran must ensure its sovereignty in the Persian Gulf. "It's not the Gulf of Mexico," he said. "We are there, we are protecting our territorial waters."
"We cannot leave our own neighborhood," he added. "Those who have come from outside have to decide why are they in that neighborhood, and whether their presence in that neighborhood is helping stability and security."
Zarif said he hoped the current diplomatic crisis could be resolved soon. "We don't need to have a deadlock. We don't want to embarrass anybody. We believe all we want is what we negotiated and implemented, and then we can go even further," he explained. "We will continue to sell our oil, but we will not sell our dignity," he concluded.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gives a joint press conference with his German counterpart in Tehran, Iran, on June 10, 2019.ATTA KENARE/AFP/GETTY
