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Lubrani: Clear U.S. Demand for Freedom in Iran Would Be "Electrifying"
(Jerusalem Post) David Horovitz and Yaakov Katz - Uri Lubrani, who has advised Israel's leaders on Arab affairs for decades and is currently on the staff of Minister for Strategic Affairs Moshe Ya'alon, is urging U.S. President Barack Obama to issue a clear public demand for freedom and democracy in Iran, and to pledge to support by all legal means the efforts by the Iranian people to achieve it. The U.S. has "to come out publicly," Lubrani declared in an interview in Friday's Jerusalem Post. "That would electrify the Iranians," he added. "And we need a decision to the same effect in both houses of Congress." Lubrani, who headed Israel's mission in Tehran in the mid-1970s and warned the U.S. and Israel ahead of the shah's demise, added that "you must also bring about a situation in which the army - the most neutral organization - will be prepared to do something. The army has a long score to settle with the regime." All of this, however, he said, required the U.S. to change tack. So far, the Americans have been giving the impression that they hope to engage with the regime on the nuclear issue, he said. "It's either self-delusion or an effort to sweep it all under the carpet. From the moment that Obama entered the White House, the Iranians have been having a ball with the engagement approach. There's not a chance in the world that they'll halt their uranium enrichment."