Counter Terrorism Policies and Organizations in Iran

On the bright happy morning of September 11, Al Qaeda terrorists organized bingle of the al around(prenominal) destructive attacks the instauration has ever watch outn. They hijacked four commercial planes using them as weapons for annihilation. Two planes full of passengers were flown directly into the twin towers of the World Trade meaning immediately killing thousands of wad. The third plane targeted the Pentagon and the hijackers of the fourth plane aimed to tote up Washington DC exclusively the passengers fought back crashing the plane in Pennsylvania.The terrorists carefully and patiently devised this plan of attack which was never foreseen by the American government. Instantly, and then President George Bush vowed that chip puzzle out of terrorist act would be his administrations top priority. This 9/11incident is one of the many attacks that molded the image of terrorism entirely over the public. This fateful incident led the leaders of the world to make a c ommitment to fight terrorism (Gjelten). The contend on terrorism is a seemingly endless fight.Some people say that this is a political war others say that this is merely a clash of ideologies most specifi gossipy Muslim ideologies against the world but the raison detre behind every act of terror does non matter because the very act itself produces the same result- terrorism continues to steal thousands of innocent lives and strike terror in the hearts of people altogether throughout the world. In order to respond to these attacks, countries from all ends of the world met and created laws in order to prevent the admission of terrorists.The worsening crisis in terrorism paved the personal manner to the enactment of the adoption of Anti-terrorism policies by the Justice and spot Affairs Council of the European Countries on June 13, 2002. The policy describes the different forms of terrorist attack as well as the corresponding penalties keeping in mind the most sacred and fundament al human rights. The anti-terrorism campaign in any case includes some(prenominal) courses of movement for the battle against internationalist organized crimes. Through the cooperation of EU Countries, the member states espouse a uniform policy on visas thereby lessening under-the-counter immigration.On December 6, 2001, the fall in States and the EUROPOL agreed to share strategic and technical information concerning several(prenominal)(prenominal) policies about the manner of prevention and investigation of combating serious international crimes (Reinforcement of EU policy against terrorist act). The United States have several laws against terrorist even before the 9/11 attack. The US Immigration and Nationality interpret (INA) provided that an alien who had been engaged in terrorist bodily process or those under suspiciousness of being a terrorist cannot enter the United States territory.Terrorist activity has been defined as any violent attack against persons, assassin ations including hijacking planes and using chemical or thermonuclear weapons and any similar activity. Shortly aft(prenominal) the 9/11 attack, the USA Patriot Act provided a wider definition of terrorist activity which forthwith includes any person who have taken advantage of any scene whether public or private to endorse aid or countenance any terrorist activity or organization (Schoenholtz & Hojaiban).In a joint feat to capture members of the Kurdisan Workers party, Turkey and Iraq finalized negotiations regarding counter- terrorism agreement allowing Turkey to engage in gamy pursuit of PKK terrorists at its base in northern Iraq (Anti-Terror Group, 2007). Iran is one of the countries that contributed greatly in terrorism. They have a special relationship with the Islamic Jihad due to the fact that they get paid for building nuclear weapons for them. They also played a great role in the war between Israel and Pakistan.They provide training and weapons for the war soldiers . Yonah Alexander, an expert in counter-terrorism tell that in order to start negotiations with Iran, the past events and policies of the farming in liaison with terrorism must first be taken into consideration. In 1980, the United States Embassy in Beirut was bombed by the Islamic Jihad resulting in the death and injuries of several people. About twenty eight years ago, the United States failed to hand over the hostages taken in the Embassy in Iran.An important point to consider way back then was that it was difficult to plan anti-terrorism measures because the times did not call for it unlike today. Just recently, Irans nuclear-making operations were suspended because of the inquiries made by several countries who had been alarmed by such activity. The investigation of IAEA led to the find of eighteen years of hidden nuclear activities. Even though Iran answered several questions, many re chief(prenominal)ed unconvinced.On October 2003, after the Iraq invasion, Iran joined t he International Atomic Energy delegation and signed a protocol stating that they support and promote its safeguard procedures (Cochran). In 2007, the Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki made a statement adage that Iran is willing to consider talks with the United States on Iraq even after the United States Ambassador in Baghdad Ryan Crocker made a commission about the participation of Iran in terrorist activity by extending supports by provide weapons and training to terrorists.Several attempts towards negotiations have been made by Iran but were rejected by the United States. Indeed, it is seemingly hard to forge anti-terrorist strategy with Iran considering that it gives support to terrorist activity but no matter what the situation is, Iran is also a country that realized how much they wanted change and hw much they desire a different way of life for its people so there is a possibility that peace and negotiation talks might happen (Winer, 2007). Policy makers all th roughout the world have different ideas and strategies but they all lead to one goal, which is to win the fight against terrorism.It is greatly devastating to see millions of innocent lives being lost and it is precisely because of this reason that in this fount of battle, nobody ever wins. The value of human life is nothing compared to a political belief or an ideology. The most effective way of fighting terrorism is to stop them before they get a chance to make their plan. However, no matter how good the intentions are in enacting these laws, the extreme policies of several countries should also undergo some changes. The definition of terrorist and suspected terrorist should be reevaluated so as not to prejudice innocent people who are also seeking refuge.Indeed, the counter- terrorism negotiations with Iran has been on a rough road but through patience and constant communication, many people strongly imagine that it will soon be achieved. An important thing to consider in open ing renegotiations is that Iran should declare every detail and surrender all its accounts concerning their suppuration of nuclear programs. They should also make a stand that they would severe all their efforts in supporting terrorism. It is important to keep in mind that the main reason why everybody is uniting against terrorism is to protect the people and not to push them directly in harms way.Works Cited Anti-Terror Group. 2007. 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