Oil; Reason for the US aggression against Venezuela

By: Mohsen Pakaein

TEHRAN, (MNA) – The US is trying to maintain its power through bullying, hegemony, and warmongering, and to revive the idea of ​​America being a superpower, which is on the path to decline.

By condemning the US invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of the country’s legitimate president, we believe this action as an attempt to preserve and restore America’s declining power and emphasized that Washington’s behavior is clearly contrary to the principles of international law, democracy, and Western human rights claims.

The US invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of “Nicolas Maduro,” the country’s legitimate president, and his wife, and the claim to put him on trial, shows that America is trying to maintain its power through bullying, hegemony, and warmongering, and to revive the idea of ​​America being a superpower, which is on the path to decline.

Venezuela has neither nuclear energy nor missile power, nor does it exert influence in its region or beyond its region. It is a country that has not taken any action against the United States, and has not even been so active regarding drug trafficking, which is the basis for the Americans' claim to attack this country, and the United States would want to attack this country and make political changes in this country. Their only sin is that they have rich oil resources and are located in close proximity to the United States, and this is an excuse for the United States, which has a history of stealing oil in West Asia, to now take action against the legitimate government of Venezuela.

This US action is completely contrary to international rules and regulations and the accepted principles of the West, including democracy and the protection of human rights and the territorial integrity of countries, and should be condemned by all countries and international circles. Even within the United States, some officials and people of this country protested Trump's action regarding the attack on Venezuela.

The people of every country are disgusted by the colonization and occupation of their country in this way, and I do not think that the situation in Venezuela will be in America’s favor in the future. We must wait and see in what direction events will take in the future.

About concerns that what happened to Venezuela will be repeated in Iran, we have to say Iran is different from Venezuela; first, the will of the leadership, the government, and the people to defend the system wholeheartedly and coherently against the enemy is common, and the people unite against foreigners and their attacks, and they put aside domestic issues and stand against the enemy, and we had this experience in the 12-day war. After Trump's recent baseless statements about Iran's domestic issues, which were an example of interference in Iran's internal affairs, we saw that Iranians at home and abroad took a stand against Trump. Iran has a high defense capability, and Iran's geopolitical position in the Persian Gulf and its access to US military bases indicate that if the US makes a mistake and wants to take action against Iran, it will face a regrettable response from Iran.

 I also believe that in the field of diplomacy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should pursue its consultations in supporting the Venezuelan people and deterring a possible attack on Iran.