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MaryamRajavi: Ruling mullahs who have been condemned 62 times by the UN should be
brought to justice for crimes against humanity
On
Thursday, December 17, 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution
strongly condemning the brutal and systematic violation of human rights in
Iran, in particular the mass and arbitrary executions, increasing violence and
discrimination against women and ethnic and religious minorities. This is the
62nd UN resolution condemning rights abuses by the clerical regime.
Mrs.
Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, welcomed the resolution
and said: "Mounting violations of human rights in Iran and condemnations
of the clerical regime by the highest international body for consecutive years
through the past three decades vividly indicates that this regime has no place
in the international community and should be rejected by the international
community. The murderers of the Iranian people, whose bleak record includes the
execution of 120,000 political prisoners and seven massacres in Camp Ashraf and
Camp Liberty must be held accountable by the UN Security Council and be brought
to justice for crimes against humanity. This is the only way to respect the
vote of the majority of countries against human rights abuses in Iran over the
past 30 years, especially in light of the fact that most of the current leaders
of the regime have held key positions in the past 35 years and have taken part
in crimes against humanity.”
"The misguided
calculation that by resorting to silence in the face of human rights violations
in Iran, the regime's nuclear projects and export of terrorism and
fundamentalism could be contained is a dangerous mistake that stems from
short-term economic interests and short-sighted political considerations. The
clerical regime considers inaction in the face of its crimes against humanity
as a green light to continue its tortures and killings and emboldens it in
warmongering in Syria, Iraq and the entire region. It reassures the regime that
the international community is not serious about confronting its efforts to
obtain nuclear weapons," Mrs. Rajavi added.
The
resolution expresses “serious concern at the alarming high frequency of, and
increase in the carrying-out of the death penalty, in disregard of
internationally recognized safeguards, ... and at the continuing imposition and
carrying-out of the death penalty against minors and persons who at the time of
their offence were under the age of 18” and calls on the Iranian regime “to
abolish, in law and in practice, public executions… and executions carried out
in violation of its international obligations” and “to ensure, in law and in
practice, that no one is subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment.”
The
resolution expresses serious concerns about “all forms of discrimination and
other human rights violations against women and girls, violence against persons
belonging to recognized and unrecognized religious minorities” and calls for
the elimination “in law and in practice” of “all forms of discrimination and
other human rights violations against persons belonging to ethnic, linguistic
or other minorities.”
The
resolution also calls upon the regime “to end widespread and serious
restrictions… on the right to freedom of expression, opinion, association and
peaceful assembly” and “to release persons arbitrarily detained.”
Secretariat
of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
December
17, 2015
