NCRI – The adoption of a resolution by the Belgian Senate calling on the EU to reconsider listing of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran as a terrorist group was welcomed by Mohammad Mohaddessin, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
“The adoption of the resolution by unanimous vote in the Belgian Senate along with calls by majority members of parliaments in European countries including the call by 405 British parliamentarians and 1,300 British lawyers to remove the PMOI from the terror list, reflects the view of the Europeans on the listing,” Mohaddessin said.
“It is now time for the EU to listen to the people and stop mullahs’ appeasement and remove the shameful label from the main Iranian opposition movement.”
The Belgian Senate resolution expressed deep concern over violations of human rights and basic freedoms in Iran as well as public hangings, inhuman suppression and punishments, arbitrary arrests, physical and psychological tortures in prisons, killing of opponents and political prisoners, persecution and systematic discriminations against women, religious and ethnic minorities, and violations of freedom of speech and belief.
The senate called on the government to “strongly condemn” Ahmadinejad, the clerical regime’s president, for his repeated remarks against Israel and denial of the Holocaust as a “myth” and to recall its ambassador from Iran for consultations.
The resolution states: “In the absence of a precise definition of terrorism, branding Iranian opposition groups as terrorist for their struggle against a regime which is responsible for systematic violations of human rights, must be avoided.”
The Belgian Senate resolution urged the EU to “reconsider listing of the PMOI as a terrorist organization” within its framework and on the bases of relevant information available.
The resolution which was proposed by four senior members of the Senate was adopted by the Senate Foreign Affaires Committee yesterday and it was endorsed unanimously by the Senate in its formal session following a debate this afternoon.
The resolution was adopted amid intense efforts by the clerical regime to obstruct it. The ambassador of the Iranian religious dictatorship tried desperately to influence the decision by going personally to the Senate in the past two days, resorting to every possible means and threats, to no avail.
