Americans Rally against US Warmongering against Iran

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Scores of Occupy Movement protestors staged a rally in New York city to voice opposition to the US war rhetoric against Iran.
   
The protesters gathered outside the offices of US Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to condemn their support of a war on Iran over its nuclear energy program.

"The reason we are here now is that Schumer and Gillibrand just recently voted through Senate resolution 380, which is basically encouraging [US President Barack] Obama any time you are ready go to war … they are really talking at pushing him to do Israel's work," one of the protesters told press tv on Friday.

"That's why we are here. And American people don't know that to attack a country that has done you no harm is a war crime, and even threatening Iran by Israel and the US all the time is a violation of international law," another protester noted.

In February, Sens. Joseph Lieberman, Robert Casey, and Lindsey Graham introduced Senate Resolution 380, which recommends that the US attack Iran to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring what the resolution called a "nuclear weapons capability."

The resolution says it is "a vital national interest" of the United States to stop Iran from acquiring the capability.

The proposal also encourages increased diplomatic and economic pressure on Iran to secure an agreement from the Islamic Republic that includes "the full and sustained suspension of all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities."

Israel and its close ally the United States have recently intensified their war rhetoric against Iran. The two arch foes of the Islamic Republic accuse Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon, while they have never presented any corroborative document to substantiate their allegations. Both Washington and Tel Aviv possess advanced weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear warheads.

Iran vehemently denies the charges, insisting that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. Tehran stresses that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.

Iran has, in return, warned that it would target Israel and its worldwide interests in case it comes under attack by the Tel Aviv.

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