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Iranian Opposition Convention In Paris, Is Being Welcomed By MEPs INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTSANNUAL GRAND GATHERING Last updated Jun 22, 2018 Iranian opposition convention

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18 NO TO DEATH PENALTY IN IRAN CATEGORIES // Highlights of Maryam Rajavi's Meetings & Activities No to death penalty in Iran Why does the world remain silent when Iranian political prisoners are tormented to death or hanged? Why is the world silent when juveniles are executed in Iran? Why is this barbaric tyranny not pressured to publish at least a complete list of names of those it executes? Today, a large number of our defenseless countrymen are secretly executed in prisons across the country. Several thousands more are on the death row. We think of their parents, and of their wives and children who spend nights and days under stress. We think of the women who sell their kidneys to pay for their husbands’ blood money and save them from being executed. Rouhani has clearly pronounced that these executions “are either based on Divine Law or on some legislation adopted by the parliament… and we only carry them out.” Despite their differences, the ruling mullahs have a common viewpoint on executions and repression. They benefit from executions to preserve their regime. Since three decades ago, tens of thousands of people have been executed only because of their opposition to the regime. They were accused of various unjustifiable and invalid charges without any due process of the law. Based on the clerical regime’s penal code, anyone who is a member or supporter of the PMOI or in any way affiliated to it is considered a mohareb (someone who has waged war on God) and the punishment for a mohareb is death. The number of those who have been executed for their dissent is by no means small, and countless young people have been executed for protesting the nationwide oppression. Islam or in the international law do not consider fighting for regime change to be a crime; it is the fundamental and inalienable right of any nation to overturn oppression and injustice. Others are executed on drug charges. The mullahs hang a considerable number of Iran’s youths on this charge. But those executions violate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Just The mullahs’ sole objective is to terrorize the society and stifle social protests. They have turned homicide into a common, daily routine. The public hanging of convicts in front of their families, and even their children, crushes their hearts, minds and conscience. Executions, torture, stoning, amputations of limbs, and eye gouging have been institutionalized and turned into law in this regime. Yes, the existence and rule of this regime depend on executions because if there are no more executions, there would be nothing to prevent the eruption of public fury and seething social uprisings by the people. Without executions, how and by what means could the mullahs deny people their freedoms and instead step up suppression, intimidation and all sorts of restrictions into the most private angles of people’s lives? Without executions, how else could the mullahs increase the prices several folds every day, squander the public’s wealth and revenues in regional wars and plunder them in a life of luxury? Our plan is an Iran without the death penalty Our plan for future is an Iran without the death penalty and devoid of torture. Our plan is putting an end to torture and all forms of human rights abuse in Iran. The Iranian Resistance declared years ago that it calls for abolition of death penalty and an end to torture and all forms of rights abuses in Iran. Our plan is to revive friendship, conciliation and tolerance. Our plan for future is to put an end to the mullahs’ religious decrees. We reject the inhuman penal code and other abusive laws of this regime. We believe Retribution is an inhuman law. We advocate laws that are based on forgiveness, compassion and humanity. The Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi ordered the release of thousands of Khomeini’s agents arrested in the battles of the National Liberation Army of Iran --many of whom had committed murder against the PMOI-- without the slightest violation of their human rights. Yes, this is an enduring tradition of the Iranian people’s resistance. Our plan is to institute an independent, dynamic and free judiciary. Our plan is to defend democratic values, freedom, equality and sanctity of every citizen’s private life. No one will be arrested arbitrarily; torture is banned; no defendant is deprived of the right to defense and having a defense attorney; the principle of presumption of innocence is respected and no one, especially no woman, will be deprived of having access to justice when subjected to violence, aggression and abuse of her freedoms. Our plan for Iran’s future is that no one should be denied his/her freedoms, rights or life because of having or not having faith in a particular religion or for abandoning it. Our plan is for all citizens to enjoy genuine security and equal rights before the law. Yes, we are seeking a new order based on freedom, democracy and equality. We have chosen to persevere and fight on to let our people enjoy a life in freedom and prosperity, so that no youngster under 18 years of age would have to wait in the corridors of death in prison to reach legal age for execution; so that no mother would ever shed tears of grief for her executed child. Our motivation for resistance till victory is not spite and revenge but our love for freedom and human rights. This is fuel sour steadfastness. And the secret to this endurance is nothing but being prepared to sacrifice and pay the price. TAGS: Violation of human rights


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NO TO DEATH PENALTY IN IRAN

CATEGORIES // Highlights of Maryam Rajavi's Meetings & Activities
No to death penalty in Iran
Why does the world remain silent when Iranian political prisoners are tormented to death or hanged?
Why is the world silent when juveniles are executed in Iran?
Why is this barbaric tyranny not pressured to publish at least a complete list of names of those it executes?
Today, a large number of our defenseless countrymen are secretly executed in prisons across the country. Several thousands more are on the death row.
We think of their parents, and of their wives and children who spend nights and days under stress. 
We think of the women who sell their kidneys to pay for their husbands’ blood money and save them from being executed.
Rouhani has clearly pronounced that these executions “are either based on Divine Law or on some legislation adopted by the parliament… and we only carry them out.”
Despite their differences, the ruling mullahs have a common viewpoint on executions and repression. They benefit from executions to preserve their regime.
Since three decades ago, tens of thousands of people have been executed only because of their opposition to the regime. They were accused of various unjustifiable and invalid charges without any due process of the law.
Based on the clerical regime’s penal code, anyone who is a member or supporter of the PMOI or in any way affiliated to it is considered a mohareb (someone who has waged war on God) and the punishment for a mohareb is death. The number of those who have been executed for their dissent is by no means small, and countless young people have been executed for protesting the nationwide oppression.
Islam or in the international law do not consider fighting for regime change to be a crime; it is the fundamental and inalienable right of any nation to overturn oppression and injustice.
Others are executed on drug charges. The mullahs hang a considerable number of Iran’s youths on this charge. But those executions violate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Just
The mullahs’ sole objective is to terrorize the society and stifle social protests. 
They have turned homicide into a common, daily routine. 
The public hanging of convicts in front of their families, and even their children, crushes their hearts, minds and conscience.
Executions, torture, stoning, amputations of limbs, and eye gouging have been institutionalized and turned into law in this regime.
Yes, the existence and rule of this regime depend on executions because if there are no more executions, there would be nothing to prevent the eruption of public fury and seething social uprisings by the people.
Without executions, how and by what means could the mullahs deny people their freedoms and instead step up suppression, intimidation and all sorts of restrictions into the most private angles of people’s lives?
Without executions, how else could the mullahs increase the prices several folds every day, squander the public’s wealth and revenues in regional wars and plunder them in a life of luxury?

Our plan is an Iran without the death penalty

Our plan for future is an Iran without the death penalty and devoid of torture. Our plan is putting an end to torture and all forms of human rights abuse in Iran.
The Iranian Resistance declared years ago that it calls for abolition of death penalty and an end to torture and all forms of rights abuses in Iran.
Our plan is to revive friendship, conciliation and tolerance.
Our plan for future is to put an end to the mullahs’ religious decrees. We reject the inhuman penal code and other abusive laws of this regime. We believe Retribution is an inhuman law.
We advocate laws that are based on forgiveness, compassion and humanity. 
The Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi ordered the release of thousands of Khomeini’s agents arrested in the battles of the National Liberation Army of Iran --many of whom had committed murder against the PMOI-- without the slightest violation of their human rights.
Yes, this is an enduring tradition of the Iranian people’s resistance. 
Our plan is to institute an independent, dynamic and free judiciary. 
Our plan is to defend democratic values, freedom, equality and sanctity of every citizen’s private life.
No one will be arrested arbitrarily; torture is banned; no defendant is deprived of the right to defense and having a defense attorney; the principle of presumption of innocence is respected and no one, especially no woman, will be deprived of having access to justice when subjected to violence, aggression and abuse of her freedoms.
Our plan for Iran’s future is that no one should be denied his/her freedoms, rights or life because of having or not having faith in a particular religion or for abandoning it.
Our plan is for all citizens to enjoy genuine security and equal rights before the law. 
Yes, we are seeking a new order based on freedom, democracy and equality.
We have chosen to persevere and fight on to let our people enjoy a life in freedom and prosperity, so that no youngster under 18 years of age would have to wait in the corridors of death in prison to reach legal age for execution; so that no mother would ever shed tears of grief for her executed child.
Our motivation for resistance till victory is not spite and revenge but our love for freedom and human rights. This is fuel sour steadfastness. And the secret to this endurance is nothing but being prepared to sacrifice and pay the price.
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140 Belgian Parliamentarians Support Iran Protests For A Democratic Change INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTSANNUAL GRAND GATHERING Last updated Jun 21, 2018 democratic change 0 873 Share 140 Belgian parliamentarians support Iran Protests for a democratic change 140 Belgian Parliamentarians has issued a solidarity statement expressing their support Iranian People’s Demands for Democratic Change and the Iranian Diaspora’s annual Paris convention, organized on June 30th. I am happy to announce the joint statement by 140 parliamentarians in Belgium in support of the current protests, strikes and uprising for a democratic change in Iran. The signatories are from major political parties from the Federal parliament, regional parliaments, European Parliament and the senate. The uprising which began on 28 December and continued for several weeks, shook Iran. The nationwide protests covered all 31 provinces of Iran and 142 cities. The parliamentarians stated: “The people of Iran, especially the younger generation, have made it clear that they are fed up with Islamic fundamentalist rule and want a regime change. Many chanted ‘down with the dictator,’ ‘down with Khamenei’ and ‘down with Rouhani.’ Women played an active role in the protests.” Many protesters have already died in custody under torture. The top leaders of the regime have confessed to the role of the main opposition, PMOI (MEK) in leading the protests. In May, anti-government protests in city of Kazerun were brutally repressed by the regime, leaving at least 4 dead and hundreds wounded, with many arrests. In recent weeks Truck drivers have been on an unprecedented nationwide strike all over Iran. Last week the regime raided the homes of Steel workers in city of Ahvaz who have been protesting for unpaid wages. Workers and teachers’ protests have been going on in many Iranian cities in recent weeks. democratic change issued an statement as follow: Support Iranian People’s Demands for Democratic Change June 2018 “We condemn the use of force against the defenceless protesters and call on the EU and European governments to adopt effective measures and binding decisions to compel the regime to release the prisoners of the uprising, uphold freedom of expression and association, end repression against women and especially annul the compulsory ‘Hijab’ for women,” Belgian lawmakers stated. The nationwide protests and strikes is a sign of lack of basic freedoms and violations of human rights. The people of Iran expect Europe to be on their side and not just focus on trade and business with Iran. As elected politicians of the people of Belgium, we believe the Iranian people’s calls for democracy should be taken seriously. “Human rights and women’s rights in Iran cannot be compromised or marginalized on the pretext of political considerations, trade or the nuclear deal. Any expansion of political and economic relations with Iran must be conditional upon a clear progress on human rights, women’s rights and a halt to executions,” the parliamentarians demanded. Dirk Claes, Mayor of Rotselaar, President of Belgian Committee of Parliamentarians and Mayors for a Democratic Iran We are deeply concerned about the suppression of the nationwide uprisings in Iran at the beginning of this year. The backlash by the “Islamic Republic” has been violent. Dozens were killed on the streets and at least 14 have died under torture. Amnesty International has called for an investigation into the deaths in custody. The head of Iran’s prisons organization confirmed the arrest of 5,000 protesters. The human rights situation has deteriorated in the wake of the recent protests. Iran continues to carry out the highest number of executions per capita globally. According to Amnesty International Global Report, more than half of all recorded executions in 2017 were carried out in Iran. The people of Iran, especially the younger generation, have made it clear that they are fed up with Islamic fundamentalist rule and want democratic change. Many chanted “down with the dictator,” “down with Khamenei” and “down with Rouhani.” Women played an active role in the protests. According to the French news agency on 2 January, Iranian President Rouhani called President Macron and asked him to take action against the Paris-based Iranian opposition, which he accused of fomenting the recent protests. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, also said that the PMOI had organized the uprising, and implicitly threatened to execute the protesters. A judiciary official has publicly called for the execution of demonstrators for ‘waging war against God.’ We condemn the use of force against the defenceless protesters and call on Belgium and EU governments to adopt effective measures and binding decisions to compel the regime to release the prisoners of the uprising, uphold freedom of expression and association, end repression against women and especially annul the compulsory ‘Hijab’ for women. We call on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to set up a fact-finding mission to investigate the situation of Iran’s prisons and political prisoners, especially those arrested during the uprising and those who died in detention. Human rights and women’s rights in Iran cannot be compromised or marginalized on the pretext of political considerations, trade or the nuclear deal. Any expansion of political and economic relations with Iran must be conditional upon a clear progress on human rights, women’s rights and a halt to executions. Belgian Parliamentarians Signatories:

140 Belgian Parliamentarians Support Iran Protests For A Democratic Change

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140 Belgian parliamentarians support Iran Protests for a democratic change

140 Belgian Parliamentarians  has issued a solidarity  statement expressing their support Iranian People’s Demands for Democratic Change and the Iranian Diaspora’s annual Paris convention, organized on June 30th.
I am happy to announce the joint statement by 140 parliamentarians in Belgium in support of the current protests, strikes and uprising for a democratic change in Iran. The signatories are from major political parties from the Federal parliament, regional parliaments, European Parliament and the senate.
The uprising which began on 28 December and continued for several weeks, shook Iran. The nationwide protests covered all 31 provinces of Iran and 142 cities.
The parliamentarians stated: “The people of Iran, especially the younger generation, have made it clear that they are fed up with Islamic fundamentalist rule and want a regime change. Many chanted ‘down with the dictator,’ ‘down with Khamenei’ and ‘down with Rouhani.’ Women played an active role in the protests.”
Many protesters have already died in custody under torture. The top leaders of the regime have confessed to the role of the main opposition, PMOI (MEK) in leading the protests.
In May, anti-government protests in city of Kazerun were brutally repressed by the regime, leaving at least 4 dead and hundreds wounded, with many arrests.
In recent weeks Truck drivers have been on an unprecedented nationwide strike all over Iran.
Last week the regime raided the homes of Steel workers in city of Ahvaz who have been protesting for unpaid wages. Workers and teachers’ protests have been going on in many Iranian cities in recent weeks.

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issued an statement as follow:

Support Iranian People’s Demands for Democratic Change
June 2018
“We condemn the use of force against the defenceless protesters and call on the EU and European governments to adopt effective measures and binding decisions to compel the regime to release the prisoners of the uprising, uphold freedom of expression and association, end repression against women and especially annul the compulsory ‘Hijab’ for women,” Belgian lawmakers stated.
The nationwide protests and strikes is a sign of lack of basic freedoms and violations of human rights. The people of Iran expect Europe to be on their side and not just focus on trade and business with Iran.  As elected politicians of the people of Belgium, we believe the Iranian people’s calls for democracy should be taken seriously.
“Human rights and women’s rights in Iran cannot be compromised or marginalized on the pretext of political considerations, trade or the nuclear deal. Any expansion of political and economic relations with Iran must be conditional upon a clear progress on human rights, women’s rights and a halt to executions,” the parliamentarians demanded.
Dirk Claes, Mayor of Rotselaar, President of Belgian Committee of Parliamentarians and Mayors for a Democratic Iran
We are deeply concerned about the suppression of the nationwide uprisings in Iran at the beginning of this year. The backlash by the “Islamic Republic” has been violent. Dozens were killed on the streets and at least 14 have died under torture. Amnesty International has called for an investigation into the deaths in custody. The head of Iran’s prisons organization confirmed the arrest of 5,000 protesters.
The human rights situation has deteriorated in the wake of the recent protests. Iran continues to carry out the highest number of executions per capita globally. According to Amnesty International Global Report, more than half of all recorded executions in 2017 were carried out in Iran.
The people of Iran, especially the younger generation, have made it clear that they are fed up with Islamic fundamentalist rule and want democratic change. Many chanted “down with the dictator,” “down with Khamenei” and “down with Rouhani.” Women played an active role in the protests.
According to the French news agency on 2 January, Iranian President Rouhani called President Macron and asked him to take action against the Paris-based Iranian opposition, which he accused of fomenting the recent protests. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, also said that the PMOI had organized the uprising, and implicitly threatened to execute the protesters. A judiciary official has publicly called for the execution of demonstrators for ‘waging war against God.’
We condemn the use of force against the defenceless protesters and call on Belgium and EU governments to adopt effective measures and binding decisions to compel the regime to release the prisoners of the uprising, uphold freedom of expression and association, end repression against women and especially annul the compulsory ‘Hijab’ for women.
We call on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to set up a fact-finding mission to investigate the situation of Iran’s prisons and political prisoners, especially those arrested during the uprising and those who died in detention.
Human rights and women’s rights in Iran cannot be compromised or marginalized on the pretext of political considerations, trade or the nuclear deal. Any expansion of political and economic relations with Iran must be conditional upon a clear progress on human rights, women’s rights and a halt to executions.
Belgian Parliamentarians Signatories:

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بلجيكا: 140 برلمانياً يدعمون الاحتجاجات في إيران من أجل تغيير ديموقراطي 6/22/2018 البرلمان البلجيكي البرلمان البلجيكي عبر 140 برلمانيا بلجيكياً في بيان اليوم (الأربعاء)، عن شعورهم بقلق عميق إزاء قمع الانتفاضة الشعبية في إيران، مؤكدين أن السلطات الإيرانية قتلت عشرات المتظاهرين، وأن 14 شخصاً على الأقل توفَّى تحت التعذيب في المظاهرات التي عمت المدن الإيرانية أخيراً. ودعا البيان منظمة العفو الدولية إلى إجراء تحقيق، مشيراً إلى أن إيران تنفذ أكبر عمليات إعدام على مستوى العالم، ووفقاً لتقرير منظمة العفو الدولية فقد تم تنفيذ أكثر من نصف جميع عمليات الإعدام المسجلة في العالم في عام 2017 في إيران. وأوضح أن الشعب الإيراني (خصوصاً جيل الشباب)، سئم من حكم نظام «الملالي» المتطرف وهتف الكثيرون ضده، كما لعبت النساء دوراً نشطاً في الاحتجاجات. وأدان البيان استخدام القوة ضد المتظاهرين العزل مطالباً الحكومات الأوروبية والاتحاد الأوروبي باتخاذ تدابير فعالة وقرارات ملزمة لإجبار النظام الإيراني على إطلاق سراح معتقلي الانتفاضة، ودعم حرية التعبير وتشكيل الجمعيات، ووضع حد للقمع الذي يمارسه ضد المرأة. كما دعا مفوض الأمم المتحدة السامي لحقوق الإنسان إلى إنشاء بعثة لتقصي الحقائق للتحقيق في أوضاع السجون والسجناء السياسيين في إيران، خصوصاً الذين قُبض عليهم خلال الانتفاضة والذين قُتلوا في الاحتجاز، مشدداً على ضرورة أن يكون أي توسيع للعلاقات السياسية والاقتصادية مع إيران مشروطًا بتقدم واضح في حقوق الإنسان وحقوق المرأة ووقف عمليات الإعدام. نقلا عن صحيفة عكاظ السعودية

بلجيكا: 140 برلمانياً يدعمون الاحتجاجات في إيران من أجل تغيير ديموقراطي

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البرلمان البلجيكي
عبر 140 برلمانيا بلجيكياً في بيان اليوم (الأربعاء)، عن شعورهم بقلق عميق إزاء قمع الانتفاضة الشعبية في إيران، مؤكدين أن السلطات الإيرانية قتلت عشرات المتظاهرين، وأن 14 شخصاً على الأقل توفَّى تحت التعذيب في المظاهرات التي عمت المدن الإيرانية أخيراً.

ودعا البيان منظمة العفو الدولية إلى إجراء تحقيق، مشيراً إلى أن إيران تنفذ أكبر عمليات إعدام على مستوى العالم، ووفقاً لتقرير منظمة العفو الدولية فقد تم تنفيذ أكثر من نصف جميع عمليات الإعدام المسجلة في العالم في عام 2017 في إيران. وأوضح أن الشعب الإيراني (خصوصاً جيل الشباب)، سئم من حكم نظام «الملالي» المتطرف وهتف الكثيرون ضده، كما لعبت النساء دوراً نشطاً في الاحتجاجات.


وأدان البيان استخدام القوة ضد المتظاهرين العزل مطالباً الحكومات الأوروبية والاتحاد الأوروبي باتخاذ تدابير فعالة وقرارات ملزمة لإجبار النظام الإيراني على إطلاق سراح معتقلي الانتفاضة، ودعم حرية التعبير وتشكيل الجمعيات، ووضع حد للقمع الذي يمارسه ضد المرأة.

كما دعا مفوض الأمم المتحدة السامي لحقوق الإنسان إلى إنشاء بعثة لتقصي الحقائق للتحقيق في أوضاع السجون والسجناء السياسيين في إيران، خصوصاً الذين قُبض عليهم خلال الانتفاضة والذين قُتلوا في الاحتجاز، مشدداً على ضرورة أن يكون أي توسيع للعلاقات السياسية والاقتصادية مع إيران مشروطًا بتقدم واضح في حقوق الإنسان وحقوق المرأة ووقف عمليات الإعدام.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

هشدار پرزيدنت ترامپ به روسيه درباره حمله به سوريه: موشک ها مى آيند آخرین به روز رسانی: ۱ ساعت پیش اشتراک چاپ بعد از آنکه سفیر روسیه در لبنان گفت نیروهای روسی هر موشکی که به سمت سوریه شلیک شود را منهدم خواهند کرد، دونالد ترامپ، رئیس جمهوری آمریکا روز چهارشنبه گفت: روسیه باید آماده باشد برای آنکه موشک ها می آیند. پرزیدنت ترامپ در توییتی که روز چهارشنبه منتشر کرد، گفت: «شما نباید همکار حیوانی باشید که با گاز مردم خودش را می کشد و لذت می برد!» این هشدار در شرایطی صادر شد که گزارش شده پرزیدنت ترامپ قصد دارد مایک پنس، معاونش را به جای خود راهی نشستی در آمریکای جنوبی کند تا بتواند بر اقدامات برای واکنش به سوریه تمرکز بیشتری کند.


هشدار پرزيدنت ترامپ به روسيه درباره حمله به سوريه: موشک ها مى آيند

آخرین به روز رسانی: ۱ ساعت پیش
بعد از آنکه سفیر روسیه در لبنان گفت نیروهای روسی هر موشکی که به سمت سوریه شلیک شود را منهدم خواهند کرد، دونالد ترامپ، رئیس جمهوری آمریکا روز چهارشنبه گفت: روسیه باید آماده باشد برای آنکه موشک ها می آیند.
پرزیدنت ترامپ در توییتی که روز چهارشنبه منتشر کرد، گفت: «شما نباید همکار حیوانی باشید که با گاز مردم خودش را می کشد و لذت می برد!»
این هشدار در شرایطی صادر شد که گزارش شده پرزیدنت ترامپ قصد دارد مایک پنس، معاونش را به جای خود راهی نشستی در آمریکای جنوبی کند تا بتواند بر اقدامات برای واکنش به سوریه تمرکز بیشتری کند.
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