Chapter 228: U.S. Pressure
The first update
For example, CIA agents received news that a Soviet informant had visited Iran and attempted to sell chemical weapons, but only the first part of the information was true, while the latter was deliberately added by the KGB intelligence department in order to divert the attention of the CIA.
What's more, this piece of information is still a major secret that the CIA has worked so hard to get back, and for the KGB, which is the best at deception, the more interesting it is, the more they make a huge noise, as if they are afraid that the American agents will not be able to discover those secrets. In the end, what they worked so hard to get their hands on was the disinformation specially designed by the KGB. Besides, what is really valuable, how can they let the CIA know so easily.
After getting this piece of information and confirming it, CIA Director Woolsey excitedly called US President Mario almost immediately and reported to him this important discovery.
"Are you saying that Iran is now making a secret deal with the Soviet Union in chemical weapons?" President Mario got up from the table, and he walked around the phone with some excitement, and further confirmed the news to Woolsey, "Are you telling the truth?" Director Woolsey. This message has been confirmed, isn't it? It's good that we now finally have the opportunity to infiltrate and interfere in the issue of the regime in Iran. ”
The United States has long wanted to impose sanctions on Iran without finding a real excuse, and although the issue of Iran's nuclear weapons has been shouted for many years, there has been no absolute evidence to convince Congress. And the chemical weapons deal is clearly an excellent pretext for interfering in Iran's internal affairs.
"Yes, we finally have the opportunity to make a bold accusation and attack on the Iranian issue." Woolsey said excitedly, but he didn't expect that he had already accomplished two things that the previous director of the CIA had not done shortly after taking office. The first is to find a pretext for the United States to sanction Iran. Second, it also co-opted another socialist ally.
"We won't be able to send out these messages tonight. Let Iran know our means, Director Woolsey, you are responsible for continuing to dig up intelligence on the Iranian side, and we must know as much as possible. "President Mario hung up the phone and kept thinking about something else. As for Iran, should the CIA intervene or send troops directly to the Middle East?
At this time, the U.S. economy did not change because of Mario's rise to power, but rather a bad mess. His energy was not focused on how to save the economy, but on trying to learn from President Bush to distract from a Gulf War while controlling the oil lifeline with his invisible hand. However, there are always a few countries in the Middle East that want to fight against the United States. This is something that Mario and the consortium behind it cannot tolerate.
So on the same day, the White House press secretary claimed that they had evidence of Iran's WMD deal, and the US side would further deepen economic sanctions and military pressure on Iran, and he also said that if Iran did not hand over weapons of mass destruction, the United States would not rule out further deterrence actions.
The White House spokesman's remarks have deviated from the original intelligence, and it is not that Iran is trading chemical weapons, but that Iran already has chemical weapons. What's more, the U.S. government has never thought to really understand Iran's chemical weapons problem, and they just need to use this as a breakthrough to sanction Iran.
President Rafsanjani, who tried so hard to change relations between Iran and the Western world, was strangled in the cradle by the Soviet Union and internal anti-American forces. Khamenei is not worried about US economic sanctions at all, he just wants to use an external crisis to bring down the conservative moderate forces in Iran that are in power at this time. After all****** Iran and the United States have already severed diplomatic relations after the revolution, and they don't care about the attitude of the US government. Likewise does not care about the threat of the Americans.
The Soviets, on the other hand, hoped to cultivate a strong anti-American force within Iran in order to open a new gap in its interests in the Middle East. After all, Yanayev didn't care whether those people supported communism or not. And for the distant Middle East, Moscow is also more than willing to do it. All the Soviet Union had to do was to disrupt the US offensive and layout in the Middle East. Anyway, I didn't have a good time in Afghanistan back then, and you don't want to have a good life in the Middle East.
At a press conference, when asked what Yanayev thinks of the U.S. sanctions against Iran, Yanayev said, "It's not a matter of a day or two that the U.S. government likes to talk about it, and it is not a matter of a day or two that they dare to take out a test tube with an unknown white powder, and then declare to everyone that this is evidence that Iran has weapons of mass destruction, and maybe it is just washing powder." ”
"We warmly welcome other countries to trade with the Soviet Union, and the United States or Europe are not the only ones in the world who are trading with you, there are many other countries, there is no need to follow their rules. When the economy is too dependent on the developed countries dominated by the United States, you are putting your future in someone else's hands. ”
Of course, Yanayev's ridicule is not painful for the United States, but for the breathless Iranian government, whose economic form has been sanctioned, it means a goodwill signal in the snow.
At this time, Rafsanjani is anxious, since the United States has further strengthened Iran's economic sanctions, their life has become more and more difficult, because a country like Iran, which is highly dependent on natural gas and oil exports, once cut off the way of export, then what awaits them may be economic collapse and social ****. After all, the United States has tried and tested this trick many times in the past.
At the same time, Rafsanjani felt that peace negotiations with the United States were no longer possible. Just when he was most anxious, Khamenei appeared in front of him in front of him.
"It's time for you to adopt a policy of peace with the United States?" Khamenei stabbed Rafsanjani in the heart with one sentence: "People see us as a threat to the free world, a cancer of religion, and you continue to curry favor with these people?" Forget it, Rafsanjani, no matter how much you don't admit it, your policy has failed. ”
"The United States only needs a secular regime that is close to the West, and our political-religious-unified system is an evil heresy in their eyes." Khamenei smiled, shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, in the eyes of Allah, these people are pathetic heretics. ”
"Enough, Khamenei, you are leading Iran into an abyss from which there is no return. Allah will never allow you to do it. In Rafsanjani's eyes, Khamenei at this time is like a monster, a monster who wants to provoke a war. And he also had reason to believe that the secret meeting between him and the Soviet side was leaked by Khamenei.
"Don't you see what happened to Saddam Hussein in the 1991 Gulf War? We are no match for the Americans, they are so strong that it took only a few weeks to crush our opponent whom we have been fighting for almost eight years. "The impact of the Gulf War on Rafsanjani is huge, so he hopes to maintain a friendly relationship with the United States and prevent Iran from becoming the next Iraq.
"So what?" Khamenei said, "When it comes to frontal combat, it is true that we are no match for the Americans, but in guerrilla warfare, don't the Americans also lose to Vietnam? Nothing is absolute, and we will not be afraid if the Americans really want to mess around. Allah is with Iran. ”
Rafsanjani gradually heard something else from Khamenei's mouth, but the other party did not stop talking.
"So what we have to do now is to strengthen our armaments, and since they have framed us for weapons of mass destruction, then we don't mind actually having weapons of mass destruction."
"More importantly, we also need to find new political partners, and it is difficult for Iran to compete with the United States alone, right?" Although Khamenei was somewhat vague, the object of the allusion could be known with a little thought.
"Sure enough, you're ......" Rafsanjani's lips pale a little, and even his last words were interrupted by Khamenei.
"The Soviet Union will become a loyal ally of the Islamian world." Khamenei said calmly. (To be continued.) )