Sovereignty and the 12-Day War: Debate Over the Strait of Hormuz

Abd al- Qader, after thirty years of brutal war, the Europeans sat down in

1648 and came up with the term“ sovereignty.” In short, it means do not

interfere in my affairs and do not let others attack me from your land.

This is the basis of sovereignty. Do not interfere and do not let others attack me.

Today, when a country is attacked from another country, it is a partner in the

aggression. Now other countries may say, no, we do not accept what Iran says.

This is built on openness and frankness at this stage.

Discussion and negotiation are important at this stage to build on.

Dr. Liqa, please allow me to take you back to history, not only to this war.

Of course, up to this war, up to the twelve- day war, to be precise,

the Iranians believed that the United States harbored ill will toward them.

It wanted these bases and these capabilities to be directed at them,

and there is precedent, Iraq, Afghanistan,

and others. Now they have something tangible, these were used against them.

They were not used, they were not used,

I mean, every day we repeat the same discussion. There is no disagreement on this,

and therefore, so when you raise Iran’s position that this… Just a moment,

let me finish. So when the Iranians

say that the Strait of Hormuz must remain under regional administration,

they did not say under our administration, regional administration.

That is not true, not true.

They did not say under our guardianship as they claim,

regional administration and guardianship, away from foreign capabilities.

Not true, where did the word“ regional” appear? In my estimation,

this is important and should be built on.

The word“ regional” did not appear anywhere.