Don't Ignore Iran
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| David Amess |
In Iran,
punishment for breaking the law is brutal. In May, 30 college students were
sentenced to 99 lashes for having a co-ed party—but consider them lucky.
Over the past three years alone the Iranian regime has carried out
over 2,400 executions, more than at any period since the revolution. This
startling rate of executions was enough to give the country the title of top
executioner per capita in the world. And Iran’s current and supposedly
“reformist” President Hassan Rouhani, described these executions publicly in
2014 as “God’s commandments” and “laws of the parliament that belongs to the
people.”
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
is the largest organized opposition to Iran’s current theocracy. They are ledby Maryam Rajavi who espouses the idea of a free and democratic Iran that
fosters separation of church and state, a moderate and progressive Islam,
friendly ties with neighbors and the international community, and an embrace of
international norms including abolition of capital punishment. The NCRI had
advocated for real-world solutions in order for the international community to
help d Iranian people achieve this goal, solutions that include heightened
economic sanctions on the theocratic leaders and those responsible for human
rights abuses in Iran, a recognition of Iran’s human rights record and violent
foreign policy, along with approaches vis-à-vis the nuclear program that 2 more
well adapted to an Iran that has time and again deceived the international
community.
On July 9 the Iranians will hold an important
international event aimed at making Iranian voice for democracy heard. The
event, entitled “Free Iran” will be attended by hundreds of international
dignitaries, including a stellar bipartisan list of American dignitaries, a
unique phenomenon given the polarized election season in the U.S. As the U.S.
is moving towards choosing a new president, having the right policy on Iran
will be a daunting challenge for whoever will be at the Oval Office this time
next year.
The People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI
or MeK), the principal Iranian resistance movement, is at the core of the NCRI.
Actually it was PMOI activists who exposed the Iranian regime’s clandestine
nuclear sites, alarming the world about the threat of Iran’s secret program to
acquire nuclear weapons.
On July 9 the Iranians will hold an important
international event aimed at making Iranian voice for democracy heard.
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