今回はロウハニ大統領来日に関する中日新聞のマンガと記事を紹介します。そのあとにイランの新聞もプラスしました。
アメリカとイランの間で板ばさみになった日本政府は自衛隊の派遣を「調査活動」としてペルシャ湾内には入らずに、有志連合とは別に湾外で「調査活動」という苦肉の策で対応する。このような名目が通用するのであれば、「調査活動」と名付ければどこにでも行けることになってしまう。
一方、12月21日のイランの新聞「Iran Daily」はロウハニ大統領の訪日、安倍総理との会談を以下のように報じた。
Rouhani in Tokyo urges Japan to help rein in US 東京でロウハニ大統領は日本にアメリカの手綱を握るように促す
President Hassan Rouhani on Friday called on Japan to help confront the United States’ bid to wreck the multinational deal on Iran’s nuclear program, as he met Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in Tokyo.
“I hope Japan and other countries will make efforts to help keep the nuclear agreement in place,” said Rouhani, who became the first Iranian head of state to visit Japan for two decades.
The Iranian president inspected a guard of honor along with Abe at the latter’s central Tokyo office before summit talks.
He slammed the “irrational” withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 nuclear deal.
“The nuclear agreement, needless to say, is a very important agreement for Iran. That is all the more reason for me to criticize strongly the United States’ unilateral and irrational departure,” Rouhani said through a translator.
“The withdrawal was a blow to peace and security, and in fact did not benefit either the United States or any of the other parties to the deal,” the Iranian president said. “The withdrawal proved that sanctions have no destiny except a lose-lose situation for all.”
Known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear deal was agreed between Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States, plus Germany.
The JCPOA has been at risk of falling apart since US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from it in May last year and reimposed economic sanctions.
Twelve months from the US pullout, Iran began reducing its commitments to the deal, in an effort to win concessions from those still party to the accord.
Its latest step back came last month, when engineers began feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into mothballed enrichment centrifuges at the underground Fordo plant south of Tehran.
Rouhani branded US sanctions as “economic terrorism” and “countries fight terrorism must counter this act by the US”.
The European parties to the deal have been pushing for talks between Iran and the US to salvage the nuclear deal.
Rouhani said Iran “has done and will do its utmost to reserve the JCPOA” and in return expects other parties live up to their commitments.
He also said Iran was ready for talks and welcomes any effort to maintain the deal as well as global peace and stability.
“Naturally, we do not refrain from any negotiation or agreement in the context of our interests,” he said.
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