Officials' Use of Language of Force Indicates Their Diplomatic Incapability

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says those who have used the language of force against the Islamic Republic after the successful conclusion of negotiations between the country and the P5+1 are incapable of properly engaging in diplomacy.

“At a time when the world has considered last week’s agreement in [the Austrian capital of] Vienna the victory of diplomacy over war and violence, unfortunately, there still are people who speak of the illegal and illegitimate use of force to achieve their delusional objectives,” Zarif said.

Zarif made the remarks after US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Sunday that the agreement between Iran and the P5+1 countries does not prevent Washington from using military force against the Islamic Republic.

Zarif, who led Iran’s negotiating team with the P5+1, said, “These individuals do not seem to be able to understand that the use of force to violate others’ rights is not an option, but a dangerous and injudicious temptation.”

The use of force is “often put forth by those who lack the necessary capacity and capability to manage, push forward and consolidate diplomacy,” the Iranian foreign minister said.

Iran’s Foreign Minister also said the issue of reversibility to the conditions before a recent agreement between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 is not just an option for Iran’s international partners but also for Tehran.

Zarif referred to potential concerns over a mechanism for the reversibility of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against Iran and explained that the potential restoration of the sanctions against Iran will not be an easy move for the Council and will harm its standing.

He said that even a potential vote for the return of the sanctions at the UNSC through a veto will be costly for the UNSC as world countries have little regard for resolutions approved with a veto.

Zarif and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi participated in the Tuesday open session of the Majlis to brief parliamentarians on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) concluded between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries on July 14.

علیه:against    زبان زور:language of force    وزیر امور خارجه:Foreign Minister
مذاکرات:negotiations    خاتمه، نتیجه:conclusion     موفقیت آمیز:successful
داخل شدن، متعهد شدن: engaging      به درستی: properly  ناتوان: incapable
پیروزی دیپلماسی :the victory of diplomacy   توافق هفته ی گذشته:last week’s agreement
غیر قانونی و نامشروع:illegal and illegitimate متأسفانه:unfortunately بر جنگ و خشونت:over war and violence
وزیر دفاع آمریکا:US Defense Secretaryاظهار نظر کردن:made the remarkموهوم، بی اساس:delusional
جلوگیری نمی کند:does not preventاستفاده از نیروی  نظامی علیه جمهوری اسلامی:using military force against the Islamic Republic
ظریف که تیم مذاکره کننده ی ایران را هدایت می کند:Zarif, who led Iran’s negotiating team
استفاده از زور برای نقض حقوق دیگران:the use of force to violate others’ rights
 وسوسه ی خطرناک و نا عادلانه:a dangerous and injudicious temptation    یک گزینه نیست:is not an option
فاقد ظرفیت و قابلیت لازم:lack the necessary capacity and capabilityمطرح می شود:put forth
 تحکیم دیپلماسی: consolidate diplomacyپیش بردن:push forwardمدیریت:to manage
برگشت به شرائط قبل از توافق اخیر:reversibility to the conditions before a recent agreement
ظریف اشاره کرد به نگرانی های بالقوه:Zarif referred to potential concernsشرکای بین المللی ایران:Iran’s international partners 
شورای امنیت سازمان ملل :United Nations Security Council -UNSCبر مکانیزم بازگشت :over a mechanism for the reversibility
تجدید، برگشت :restoration تحریم های علیه ایران:sanctions against Iran 
حتی یک رأی برای بازگشت تحریم ها:even a potential vote for the return of the sanctions
 پر هزینه خواهد بود:will be costly به جایگاه آن آسیب خواهد رساند:will harm its standing
برای قطعنامه های مصوب  با حق وتو:for resolutions approved with a veto
رئیس سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران:Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran -AEOI
نمایندگان مجلس:parliamentarians   جلسه ی علنی مجلس: open session of the Majlis 
 برنامه ی جامع اقدام مشترک (برجام):Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action -JCPOA    از جریان امر آگاه کردن:to brief    
گروه ۵+۱ (که به صورت گروه پنج به علاوه یک خوانده می‌شود) از پنج عضو شورای امنیت سازمان ملل (آمریکا، روسیه، چین، بریتانیا و فرانسه) و آلمان تشکیل شده‌است. دلیل نامگذاری این گروه، حضور پنج عضو دائم شورای امنیت سازمان ملل متحد به همراه کشور آلمان است