Support people’s nationwide uprising in Iran
Prevent further bloodshed
Through their uprising and the chants of “death to Khamenei,” “down with the principle of absolute clerical rule,” and “long live freedom,” the Iranian people have shown that they seek an end to the religious dictatorship. The pioneering role of women and youths is especially praiseworthy. This uprising has taken wider dimensions and deepened further despite the regime’s cruel murders, arbitrary arrests, systematic torture, rapes and media censorship. Hundreds of detainees have been transferred over to “revolutionary courts.” The Deputy Chief of the Judiciary, Raeesi, and the judge of revolutionary courts who presides over the trials of uprising detainees charged as “moharebs” (enemies of God), have said that in accordance with Article 186 of the Islamic Punishment Act, so long as the leadership of the opposition movement People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) remains in tact, providing any form of support for this movement whatsoever would be deemed as an act of moharebeh (waging war against God), which carries the death sentence. Amnesty International has warned about show trials and executions of PMOI supporters who have been arrested during recent peaceful demonstrations and charged as moharebs.
The Iranian regime seeks to annihilate the 3,400 Iranian dissidents residing in Camp Ashraf in Iraq hoping to have an open hand later in suppressing the uprising inside Iran. The deadly attacks by Iraqi forces against the camp on July 28 and 29 left 11 dead and 500 injured among the defenseless residents. The world condemned these crimes. Now, the immediate intervention of the United Nations to guarantee the protection of the camp residents who face the threats of forcible replacement and massacre has become an imperative.
The Iranian people seek the separation of church and state. A republic based on political pluralism, secularism, abolishment of the death penalty and a non-nuclear Iran peacefully co-existing with other countries contributes to guaranteeing global peace. The Iranian Resistance’s President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, has rejected the policy of appeasement vis-à-vis the mullahs as well as foreign military intervention, calling instead for resistance against the religious tyranny and a national solidarity among the Iranian people. This can form the basis for democratic change in Iran.
It is high time for the European Union to take very seriously the Iranian people’s determination to attain freedom. The first step in that direction is to provide full support to the popular protests. It must be emphasized that the criminal religious regime lacks all legitimacy whatsoever. The UN must be helped to carry out its responsibilities with regards to the executions, murder and human rights violations inside Iran as well as the protection of Iranian dissidents in Ashraf. The world cannot simply watch as a religious dictatorship continues to murder its own people. We have a great responsibility in this regard.