LONDON, Aug 2: UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, speaking on the potential impact of a regime change in Iran, warned that it was unlikely that any administration change could guarantee in a better successor to the country’s notorious paramilitary organisation the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reports Iran International.
“There are lots of people in Iran who would like regime change,” Lammy told The Guardian, in an interview published on Saturday. “But there are no guarantees that what would replace the current Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps would not be as bad or worse.”
Regarding the US bombardment of Iran’s nuclear facilities in June 22, he said that a regime change was not Washington’s aim, adding that any political change in Tehran depends solely on the decision of the Iranian people.
Levying criticisms against Tehran’s nuclear program, Lammy said that the country to date has been unable to provide any explanation regarding its 60% uranium enrichment a level of purity far exceeding any civil use.
“Its leaders cannot explain to me, and I’ve had many conversations with them, why they need 60% enriched uranium,” he said, pointing out that enrichment in UK sites like Sellafield and Urenco does not exceed 6%.
Warning of a broader risk to the region, he added “We would be very suddenly handing over to our children and grandchildren a world that had many more nuclear weapons in it than it has today.”
Lammy’s comments come amid the E3’s- UK, France, Germany limited diplomatic contacts with Iran, particularly about its nuclear program. Iran has insisted that these are not formal negotiations, but rather “exchanges of opinion.”
The discussions follow last week’s meeting in Istanbul, the first such engagement since Israeli and US strikes on Iranian territory in June.
The UK official’s comments come amid Iran’s threats to back out of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if the E3 decides to re-enact the UN’s snapback economic sanctions, which Tehran has repeatedly said is an illegitimate move as the E3 does not have the authority to do something like this.
(UNI)
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