伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队(IRGC)周二呼吁美国民众在中期选举前投票反对特朗普总统,以改变美国对德黑兰的政策,并接受伊朗提出的“和平共处”建议。IRGC发言人侯赛因·莫赫比将军在一份长达25页的公开信中表达了这一立场;该信的发布标志着伊朗与美国及以色列之间的冲突自2月底以来已持续了七个月。
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday called on Americans to vote against President Trump ahead of the midterm elections to change U.S. policy toward Tehran and accept the offer of a “peaceful coexistence.”IRGC spokesperson Gen. Hossein Mohebbi made the request in a 25-page letter, marking seven months since Iran’s conflict with the U.S. and Israel began in late February.
据《以色列时报》获得的这份公开信内容:“正是你们的选票赋予了政府权力,使其能够做出各种决策。虽然美国政客常常通过欺骗和虚假承诺来赢得你们的支持(就像特朗普所做的那样),但只要你们在选举时能够根据‘优秀领导力’的标准来选择候选人,就完全有可能改变政府的执政方向。”
“You are the ones who empower, with your votes, the government and allow it to do what it does,” the letter, obtained by the Times of Israel, reads. “Although American politicians often win your votes through deception and false promises, as Trump did, you can change the makeup of the government if you apply the criteria for good leadership in choosing the people you vote into office.”
IRGC还指出,美国和以色列正在这场冲突中处于劣势,同时承认美国是一个伟大的国家。不过他们强调:“如果任由那些粗俗、不道德的人继续主导美国的政治和政策,只会进一步损害美国的尊严和利益。”
The IRGC also suggested the U.S. and Israel are losing the war, while noting the United States is a great nation. But, he added, “to allow vulgar and immoral individuals to continue steering your politics and policies will only further humiliate and undermine the U.S.”
信中继续写道:“任何认为可以用5000美元收买你们选票的政客,都不配领导你们。请重新掌握自己的命运,掌控自己的国家。”莫赫比后来对美联社表示,美国民众应该走上街头,抗议特朗普政府的战争政策,并谴责其好战行为。他指责美国试图通过关注伊朗的核计划来将伊朗“重新变成一个殖民地”;而伊朗官员长期以来一直强调,伊朗的核计划是出于和平目的。
“Any politician who thinks they can buy your vote for $5,000 is unworthy to lead you,” the letter continues. “Take back control.”Mohebbi later told The Associated Press that Americans should take to the streets to rally against the Trump administration and denounce what he called its warmongering policies. He accused the U.S. of attempting to turn Iran “back into a colony” in focusing on its nuclear program, which Iranian officials have long said is for peaceful purposes.
伊朗政府周三表示,他们收到了美国对德黑兰提出的为期七天的和平提案的正式回复;该提案此前已被特朗普在周六予以拒绝。伊朗外交部长阿巴斯·阿拉吉在内阁会议上向总统马苏德·佩泽什基安提交了这一最新回复。政府发言人法特梅·莫哈杰拉尼在社交媒体上表示:“我们将竭尽全力推动该协议的落实,并坚决维护伊朗人民的权利。”
The regime indicated Wednesday that they received an official response from the U.S. to Tehran’s seven-day peace proposal, which was rejected by Trump on Saturday. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented the latest response to President Masoud Pezeshkian during a cabinet meeting, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani posted to social platform“We will make every effort to bring the agreement to fruition and will firmly stand up for the rights of the Iranian people,” Pezeshkian said, according to the AP.
据美联社报道,佩泽什基安称:“未来的协议必须建立在双赢的基础上。”伊朗问题一直是美国中期选举前的一个关键议题:民主党候选人指责政府将美国卷入中东的新一轮冲突,而共和党人则要求尽快结束这场冲突,以缓解因伊朗封锁霍尔木兹海峡而导致的油价飙升。
“The agreement must now be based on a win-win strategy.”The Iran war has been a key issue going into the midterms, with Democratic candidates slamming the administration for dragging the U.S. into another conflict in the Middle East and Republicans calling for its swift end to lower soaring gas prices caused by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
特朗普及其他政府官员曾预测,自2月28日首次打击行动后的几个月内,这场冲突将持续数天至数周。然而,选民们对高油价以及这场冲突的不满情绪逐渐加剧;不过特朗普在今年4月表示,在制定针对伊朗的政策时,他并未考虑美国民众的经济困境。本月早些时候,他在北卡罗来纳州为共和党参议员候选人迈克尔·沃特利举行的集会上表示,高涨的油价“是美国与伊朗对抗所必须付出的‘代价’”。
Trump and other administration officials said the conflict would last days or weeks in the months after the first strikes on Feb. 28. Mounting concern among voters over high gas prices and the conflict’s unpopularity has largely been dismissed, as the president said in April that he did not consider Americans’ financial hardships when determining the path forward on Iran. He told voters at a rally in North Carolina for Republican Senate hopeful Michael Whatley earlier this month that rising gas prices were “a very inexpensive price to pay” in the U.S.’s confrontation with Iran.
他补充说:“但这种情况很快就会改变——能源成本最终会大幅下降。”根据美国汽车协会(AAA)的数据,周三美国全国平均汽油价格略有下降,降至4.43美元,而本周早些时候这一价格接近4.5美元。
“But that’s going to come tumbling down,” he added, referring to the energy costs. “That’s going to be like rocket ships in reverse.”The national average for gas dipped slightly on Wednesday, reaching $4.43 after previously being closer to $4.50 earlier this week, according to AAA.