Researcher Rafiqzadeh: EU leaders ignore Iranian “grievances”
My main is still under the microscope of human rights organizations.
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Iranians' protests in order to gain their civil rights and enjoy freedom do not stop.
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The victory of the former head of the judiciary in Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, in the presidential elections, which took place on June 18, which took place almost without competition, continues to raise controversy, especially from political observers, who view with suspicion his human rights record and its implications. on his policy towards the Iranian people.
turn a blind eye
The American political scientist, researcher at Harvard University, Majid Rafizadeh, says in a report published by the American "Gatestone" Institute, that the leaders of the European Union, who call for human rights and democracy, do not just turn a blind eye to the Iranian regime's choice of Ibrahim Raisi, who is pursued by a bad record in In the field of human rights, to be the next president, they are now joining North Korea in congratulating the ruling mullahs and their new president.
According to the head of the American International Council on the Middle East, Rafiqzadeh, the Austrian President, Alexander Van der Bellen, said in a message congratulating the new Iranian president, that he was “confident” that the friendly relations between Iran and Austria would continue, and the Iranian news agency wrote: “He (President) wished Austrian) succeeded in his message to President-elect Raisi, and said that his country, as the host of the multinational negotiations on the Iran nuclear deal, was ready to provide any cooperation, and expressed his hope that the Vienna talks would bear fruit in the near future.
"How can the leader of a democratic country congratulate someone who participated in a mass murder?" Zadeh says.
What kind of message is he sending to the Iranian people who boycotted the elections and called on the international community to investigate the new president who belongs to the mullahs?
He adds that by choosing someone with this human rights record to be president, the Iranian regime is sending a strong message to the Iranian people and the world that it will not respect human rights.
The ambassador is bragging
Zadeh says that to enhance the regime's legitimacy, the Iranian ambassador to Austria, Abbas Bagherpur, boasted: "President Van der Bellen, in an official letter, congratulated the elected president, Dr. Ibrahim Raisi, wishing him every success, pointing to seven centuries of friendly relations, and assuring him Once again, the multifaceted bilateral relations in all fields continue.
Swiss President Guy Parmelin also congratulated Raisi and wished him success, and the Iranian Students' News Agency, a state-controlled media outlet, stated, "In the letter, the Swiss president wished Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi success in his new position, and expressed confidence in strengthening the good bilateral relations between Iran and Switzerland, during my president’s presidency, more than ever.”
She added: "Switzerland is committed to strengthening dialogue and cooperation with Iran, with the aim of increasing stability and prosperity in the region, and considers this to be in the interest of all."
Zadeh considered this to be "more blows" for the people of Iran, and said that the people of Iran, like the people of Hong Kong and Cuba today, are struggling and fighting to change their regime, while European governments and leaders of democratic countries, including the current administration of the United States, are basically sending a message To the Iranian people: We do not care about your aspirations for justice, rule of law and human rights, instead we are going to partner with your authoritarian leaders.
Iranian human rights lawyer Kaveh Mousavi posted on Twitter, "Shame on you, President of Austria, for congratulating a person who committed mass murder and, by force, through widespread fraud, to the presidency of Iran. We will remember this abhorrent cowardice when we rid Iran of this kleptocracy." Killer (thieves rule), and don't say we didn't warn you!
the fate of the victims
Zadeh believes that European leaders have also completely ignored calls by human rights organizations to investigate Raisi, who is also likely to be Iran's next supreme leader.
“The fact that Ibrahim Raisi assumed the presidency rather than an investigation into killings, enforced disappearances and torture against humanity is a grim reminder that impunity prevails in Iran, and in 2018 our organization documented how Ibrahim Raisi was a member of the (Death Commission), which forcibly disappeared and secretly extrajudicially executed thousands of political dissidents, in Evin and Gohardasht prisons, near Tehran in 1988. The circumstances surrounding the fate and whereabouts of the victims, are systematically hidden by the Iranian authorities to this day. This amounts to ongoing crimes against humanity.”
The writer says that under Raisi’s supervision, when he was head of the Iranian judiciary, nearly 1,500 people were killed during the large-scale protests in 2019, many of whom were tortured, and prominent people such as wrestling champion Navid Afkari were executed.
Zadeh concluded his report by saying that "it is truly a shame, and a slap to the people of Iran and the defenders of human rights and democracy, that European governments and leaders of democracies join North Korea to congratulate the mass murderer president of Iran and wish him success!"
The people of Iran, like the people of Hong Kong and Cuba today, are struggling and fighting to change their regime, while European governments and leaders of democratic countries, including the current administration in the United States, are sending a message to the Iranian people that we do not care about your aspiration for justice and sovereignty Law and human rights.
• When Raisi was head of the Iranian judiciary, nearly 1,500 people were killed during large-scale protests in 2019, many of whom were tortured, and prominent people were executed, such as wrestling champion Navid Afqi.
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