Greek Artist: West’s hostility against Iran aimed at safeguarding Israel

Renowned Greek artist Plao Akaterina said here Monday US and its allies’ hostile attitude towards Iran is aimed at safeguarding Israel, fearing drying out of its roots. The Greek artist who was speaking with IRNA in an exclusive interview added, “The regimes of Arab allies of the US and Israel’s fiends and supporters are collapsing one after the other in the course of popular uprisings, or are on the verge of collapse. He added, “This has frightened the west and they are worried lest Israel (the Zionist regime), too, would face the same fate, which is one reason why the westerners observe hostility against Iran.” Akaterina added, “On the other hand, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s advancements in various scientific fields and your country’s access to modern sciences is another cause for the west’s fear and hostility against Iran, and therefore, resorting to phony pretexts they begin plotting against Iran and aiming at striking the civilized Iranian nation.” He added, “Yet, I believe these naughty moves would thanks to the alertness and wisdom of the Iranian nation, all face defeat one after the other.” The renowned Greek artists further elaborated, “The downing of the super-modern US espionage drone by the Iranian armed forces reveals their high level capabilities. It is more like a miracle in the field of electronic wars, in which Iran has proved its superiority versus the US, and beyond doubt this is nothing but God’s assistance.” Akaterian added, “Despite the sanctions, the Islamic Republic of Iran has relying on the capabilities of its youth achieved noticeable advancements in scientific and technological fields, and this is very infuriating for the west, led by the United States.” Elsewhere in the interview the Greek artist referred to the futile nature of the US and its allies’ imposed sanctions, arguing, “Iran is a powerful country with rich natural, God given resources and enthusiastic, creative youth, which are good reasons why your country is needless of the west, but the west on the other hand needs Iran.” Akaterina at the end advised the west to end observing hostility against the civilized Iranian nation that has the glorious record of a 2,500 year history and culture, and instead, try friendship and cooperation with Iran, which would be to their own benefit in the first place. Anti-Iranian sentiment is feelings and expression of hostility, hatred, discrimination, or prejudice towards Iran and its culture, and towards persons based on their association with Iran and Iranian culture. Its synonym is Iranophilia. Historically, prejudice against Persians particularly on the part of Arabs following the Islamic conquest of Persia may be described as anti-Persian sentiment. More recently, anti-Iranian sentiment has been prominent also in the Western world and in international media. According to the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), nearly half of the Iranian Americans surveyed in 2008 by Zogby International have themselves experienced or personally know another Iranian American who has experienced discrimination because of their ethnicity or country of origin. The most common types of discrimination reported are airport security, social discrimination, employment or business discrimination, racial profiling and discrimination at the hands of immigration officials. The Iranian hostage crisis of the US embassy in Tehran, better know as “the US espionage den” in November 1979 precipitated a wave of anti-Iranian sentiment in the United States, directed both against the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iranian nationals and immigrants. Even though such sentiments gradually declined after the release of the hostages at the start of 1981, they sometimes flare up. Courtesy: Wikipedia for the background on anti-Iranian sentiments in the west