The problem with Iran begins with its constitution and is evident in its conflict with the principles of sovereignty and the contemporary international order

Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council, said, “If we want an accurate and profound diagnosis of what we are experiencing in our region now and since the Iranian revolution, then we must look at the philosophy on which the Iranian Constitution was based, which was built on a constitutional and political philosophy that was formed from the beginning and carried in its heart a vision that transcends borders. Therefore, what we are presenting here is not related to a passing debate or a response to an immediate statement or position, but rather it relates to the essence of the problem as it was established from the beginning.”

Ghobash added, in a comment on the speech of the Iranian delegation during the meetings of the 152nd General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union held in the city of Istanbul, the Republic of Turkey: “We only need to return to the Iranian Constitution, the preamble of which speaks about the extension of the revolution beyond borders. Then Article 154 gives the directive a declared political dimension, and Article 11 comes to open up cross-border horizons for it, while Article 150 makes guarding the revolution and its gains a permanent institutional function.” Therefore, reading these texts as a whole reveals an ideological project that sees for itself a message and a role that goes beyond its borders.”

He explained that the real issue of the problem is that this perception, in its deep structure, is not consistent with the spirit of the contemporary international system, which, after major wars and tragedies, was based on respecting the sovereignty of states, on legal equality between them, and on preserving their national stability. Therefore, the essence of the objection is not in a speech said here or there, but rather in the contradiction between the logic of the state and the logic of the transnational revolution. Therefore, our countries have the right to say clearly that the problem with this approach and behavior did not start from a political response or from a diplomatic dispute, but rather it started from the Iranian constitution. And the philosophy on which it was based, and from the texts that gave this perception a meaning that goes beyond the interior, and from the vision that was not satisfied with building a state within its borders.

He said that what our region needs is respect for the national state, respect for its sovereignty, and respect for the right of its people, including the Iranian people, to build its future within its legitimate institutions, far from any philosophy that makes the neighborhood an open arena for its aggressions, perceptions, conflicts, and interventions.