Uchuku lweCanada ngokumelene ne-Iran alwaziwa kabanzi.
Isibonelo, bewazi yini ukuthi onyakeni odlule noma ngaphezulu imikhumbi yasolwandle yaseCanada ibilokhu izulazula ogwini lwase-Iran?
"Cishe amatilosi angu-800 aseCanada azulazula emanzini anesiyaluyalu sezombusazwe eduze kwase-Iran nasePakistan," kuchaza isihloko ku-National Post ekupheleni kukaJulayi. NgoFebhuwari, i-Ottawa Citizen yabika ukuthi i-HMCS Charlottetown ibigada amamitha angu-1,500 ukusuka emanzini ase-Iranian njengengxenye ye-armada yemikhumbi engu-50 ngaphansi kweqembu lesiteleka le-USS Harry Truman.
Ekuqaleni kukaJulayi, intatheli yeNational Post eyayisemkhunjini wamasosha asemanzini aseCanada yachaza: โImidlalo eshubile evamile idlalwe kule mpelasonto njengoba lo mkhumbi wezempi waseCanada obhekene nokufaka uphethiloli nokugcwalisa ibutho lomfelandawonye olwandle i-Indian Ocean udlula ebunzini obukhulu komunye wemikhumbi. izindawo eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni. Abaqhubi bemisakazo base-Iran ababezama ukuhalalisela umkhumbi [waseCanada] uMvikeli baphazanyiswa abase-Omani abatshele ngokuqinile omakhelwane babo ukuthi bangakhulumi nabantu baseCanada 'ababehamba ngendlela engenacala' emanzini ase-Omani."
Futhi siyini isizathu sokuba khona kwezempi yaseCanada okuvusa inkanuko eduze nogu lwase-Iran? Ukusekela uSousan Razani noShiva Kheirabadi, abagwetshwe imivimbo engu-15 nezinyanga ezine ejele ngokuba nengxenye emgubhweni woSuku lukaMeyi edolobheni laseSanandaj ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka? Noma u-Abdullah Khani, owathola izinsuku ezingu-91 ejele nemivimbo engu-40 kanye noSeyed Qaleb Hosseini owagwetshwa izinyanga eziyisithupha nemivimbo engu-50? Noma mhlawumbe ama-Conservatives athumele amatilosi aseCanada engxenyeni yomhlaba wonke ukuze akhulule uMansour Osanloo, umholi wabasebenzi bamabhasi eTehran, osasele ejele ngemuva kokugwetshwa iminyaka emihlanu ngoJulayi 2007 ngemisebenzi yakhe yenyunyana? Vele, uStephen Harper usebenzisa amandla ezempi ukuze asekele amalungelo enyunyana yase-Iran akunangqondo.
Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi isisusa esimaphakathi saseCanada ukusekela inqubomgomo yase-US. Uma kusasa i-US inquma ukuphinde isekele uhulumeni wase-Iranian ongenantando yeningi, cindezelayo (njengoba kwenza umbuso ka-Shah amashumi eminyaka) ingabe imikhumbi yempi yaseCanada izohlala? Vele akunjalo.
Kodwa usizo lwezempi olunikezwa yileli zwe luyingxenye encane nje yomnikelo weCanada empini ye-Iran. Siphinde siqoqe ubuhlakani. Ihhovisi lenxusa laseCanada eTehran lalisolwa ngokuhlola amalungu ephalamende lase-Iran ngonyaka nengxenye edlule futhi incwadi ethi Unexpected War ithi ezinye izikhulu zezangaphandle zazifuna ikomkhulu laseCanada elise-Afghanistan elisentshonalanga yezwe, โukuze iCanada ikwazi ukuthola iwindi elingcono. e-Iran."
Ukusuka emkhakheni wezempi kuya endaweni yezomnotho i-Ottawa izama ukumpintsha i-Iran. Iwebhusayithi yezohwebo yezangaphandle ikwenza kucace ukuthi "ukwenza ibhizinisi ne-Iran kubekezelelwa kancane futhi kulawulwa kakhulu," ngokusho kwe-Embassy Magazine. E-UN, iCanada ivotele ukuvalwa kwezentengiselwano okuqhubekayo ezintweni zamasu e-Iran.
I-diplomatic sphere ingaba lapho i-Ottawa isebenza khona kakhulu ekuhlaseleni i-Iran. Lelo zwe livinjelwe ebudlelwaneni obufanele bezokuxhumana kusukela i-Ottawa yenqabe amanxusa amabili okugcina e-Iran. Ngobufakazi obuncane, uhulumeni waseCanada uthi amanxusa ahlongozwayo axhunywe nenkinga yokuthunjwa kwenxusa laseMelika lango-1979-81 (ephendula uTehran wathumela inxusa laseCanada uJohn Mundy ekhaya).
I-Ottawa isebenze ngokuzikhandla ukudicilela phansi irekhodi lamalungelo abantu e-Iran. NgoNovemba 2007, iCanWest yabika, "Kulokho omunye umkhulumeli wasentshonalanga akuchaza ngokuthi 'ukuhlukaniswa kwezisebenzi', phakathi kohulumeni basentshonalanga ukuze baqhubeke nokucindezela i-Iran, imibuso emikhulu yaseYurophu kanye ne-United States ihola imizamo yasentshonalanga yokwenza i-Iran ibuyele emuva. Uhlelo lwayo lwenuzi ngenkathi iCanada ihole ezinqumweni ezigxeka indlela i-Iran ephatha ngayo inqwaba yabantu bayo. "
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule iCanada ixhase isinqumo saminyaka yonke se-UN esigxeka "ukwephulwa kwe-Iran okuhleliwe kwamalungelo abantu." Hhayi nje kwaqondana, uhulumeni wobumbano oxhase ngezimali "ubude bezingalo" i-NGO yamalungelo abantu, Amalungelo kanye Nentando yeningi, uphinde wagxila emandleni amaningi ekuhlaseleni i-Iran. Banikeze i-2007 John Humphrey Freedom Award ku-Akbar Ganji, umphikisi ohamba phambili wase-Iranian.
Ngokufanayo nezinsolo ze-US zokuthi i-Iran ihlomisa amasosha alwa ne-Iraq, ngosuku lukaKhisimusi eKandahar uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela uPeter MacKay usole i-Iran ngokuhlomisa iTaliban. Isimangalo asinangqondo njengoba umbuso wase-Irani kanye namaTaliban kuyizitha zesikhathi eside. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva izinsolo zikaMacKay zaze zachithwa nguBrigadier General waseCanada uMarquis Hainse, owesibili esikhungweni se-NATO eningizimu ye-Afghanistan. Kepha noma ngabe i-Iran ibihlomisa amaTaliban, kuyakhanya uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Ottawa ethumela izinkulungwane zamasosha uhhafu womhlaba ukuzosekela idlanzana labaphathi bempi njalo ngesihluku njengeTaliban.
Izinsolo zikaMacKay ziyingxenye yomkhankaso ohlangene oholwa yiWashington ukuveza i-Iran njengosongo. Mhlawumbe usukhohliwe ukuthi iCanada inamasosha ayizinkulungwane ezimbalwa ahlala ezweni elisemngceleni we-Iran nokuthi imikhumbi yempi yaseCanada isebenza ngendlela evusa inkanuko ogwini lwase-Iran, hhayi ngenye indlela, u-Eugenie Cormier-Lassonde, okhulumela uMnyango Wezangaphandle Nezohwebo Lwamazwe Ngamazwe. muva nje utshele iphephandaba iCalgary Herald: โKunokuba ifune ukwesabisa omakhelwane bayo ngezinhlelo zayo zenuzi nezikhali ezicitshwayo, iCanada icela i-Iran ukuba ithobele izinqumo zoMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN, ibambisane ngokugcwele ne-International Atomic Energy Agency, imise uhlelo lwayo lwenuzi futhi ukungena ezingxoxweni zokuxazulula ingxabano yayo yenuzi nomphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe."
Ubuzenzisi baseCanada bubonakala ngokugcwele mayelana nomkhankaso we-Iran wokuthuthukisa amandla enuzi noma izikhali ze-athomu. Ngenkathi uShah ononya ebusa, iCanada yayizimisele ukuthengisa iziphehlisi zenuzi zase-Iran. Muva nje, iCanada neJordani basayine isivumelwano samandla enuzi futhi kunesivumelwano neTurkey etafuleni.
I-Canada nayo ibonakala ikulungele ukusayina isivumelwano sokuthumela iziphehlimandla zenuzi namandla e-India, nakuba i-India yenqabile ukusayina iSivumelwano Sokungabhebhetheki Kwezikhali Zamazwe Ngamazwe. "ICanada isishintshile inqubomgomo yayo yokungavimbeli izikhali zenuzi ukuze ivumelane nokungena kweNdiya eqenjini lamazwe angahweba ngokukhululekile ngamafutha enuzi nobuchwepheshe, naphezu kwezinhlelo zayo zezikhali zenuzi," kuphawula i-Globe and Mail ekuqaleni kuka-August.
Emhlanganweni we-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ngoSepthemba 20 2007, iCanada ayizange ivote evotini elacela u-Israyeli ukuthi abeke uhlelo lwayo lwezikhali zenuzi ngaphansi kokulawulwa kwe-IAEA (izilawuli ezifanayo ezifunwa yi-Iran). Lesi sinqumo saphasisa amazwe angama-53 avuna futhi ama-2 aphikisana (ne-US ne-Israel), kwathi angama-47 alandula. Ngo-Okthoba wonyaka odlule, i-Ottawa yagodla esinqumweni esibalulekile se-UN esifuna amandla enuzi asuse izikhali zawo esimweni sokuphaphama. UMarius Grinius, inxusa laseCanada engqungqutheleni ye-UN Disarmament Conference, uchaze ukuthi lesi sinqumo asihambisani nenqubomgomo ye-NATO, ethi izikhali zenuzi "ziyingxenye ebalulekile" yesu lokuvikela lomfelandawonye.
Bangazizwa kanjani abantu baseCanada uma i-Iran, noma elinye izwe, liphatha izwe lethu ngendlela iCanada ephatha ngayo i-Iran?
U-Yves Engler okwamanje uqedela incwadi ekhuluma ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseCanada enesihloko esithi umshana kaMalume Sam: tales of Canadian imperialism. Ungumbhali wezincwadi ezimbili: ICanada eHaiti: Ukulwa Impi Kwabantu Abampofu (no-Anthony Fenton) kanye Nokudlala Uphiko Lwesokunxele: Ukusuka ku-Rink Rat kuya ku-Student Radical.