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The Condemnation of the Regime of Islamic Republic of Iran by the UN Human Rights Commission

On November 30^th, the UNHRC condemned the Islamic Republic regime overwhelmingly on the accounts of executing the youth younger than 18, sexual, national and religious discrimination, trial of intellectuals behind closed doors, violation of freedom of expression and etc…

This is the 20^th occasion that the UN has condemned the Islamic Republic for its violation of human rights. Aside from UNHRC, several other international organizations defending human rights such as Human Rights Watch, Federation in Defense of Human Rights, the Organization of Journalists Without Borders, the Organization of Doctors Without Borders, and many other institutions and organizations have condemned the regime on numerous occasion and have demanded the regime to abandon its violation of human rights and respect the UN approved norms, and reconsider the articles of Human Rights Declaration that the regime is a signatory.

The human rights story in Iran under the authority of Islamic Republic has been eventful and tragic: once this regime had seized power, attacks on rights and freedoms of the Iranian people, mass executions, the massacre of civilian population, violation of political, civil and cultural freedoms, the assassination of hundreds of opponents, the closure of mass publications, excessive imprisonment and torture, stoning women, sexual, religious and ethnic discriminations, hasty trials behind closed doors and dozens of other assaults against the people of our country have been common practice.

Islamic Republic’s condemnation for the twentieth time by the UNHRC and other centers and institutions defending human rights, even though for the further enlightening of public opinion on the nature of this regime is appropriate and useful, it has not been able to force this regime to cease its tragic actions.

The regime on one hand has agreed and signed the Human Rights Declaration, and on the other its constitution exceedingly is contradictory with this Declaration. This on the other hand reveals the incapacity of UN that recognizes these regimes as the representatives of the people of these countries, and recognizes a regime that its constitution contradicts the international conventions; furthermore, it represents the deceitfulness of the regime that to establish a foundation for itself, and for trade with the world outside - contrary to its beliefs - has accepted such declarations and conventions. The rulers of the regime particularly the hardliners have gone beyond the frontiers of the constitution in violating human rights that are clearly in violation of the Articles of Human Rights.

The condemnation of the regime of Islamic Republic by the UNHRC for the twentieth time coincided with Khatami’s latest trip to the UN headquarters in New York to speak on his so-called thesis, the dialogue of civilizations. The President of this regime is advising the civilized ad developed world in the UN that it is necessary for civilizations to be in dialogue and understand each other, and peace prevail in world and extremism be eradicated and voided, while his associates and co-thinkers are detained and tortured in his own country, and their dailies are closed down.

The regime was condemned while the trial of numerous activists of “Freedom Movement” is underway behind closed bars; several independent newspapers that until recently had not been closed, were shut down; several ratified resolutions by the Parliament were overturned by the supervisory organ of the Guardian of Council and Expediency Council; now that the maximum capacity of the country’s prisons are only 70000 people, 170 000 prisoners exist in the prisons of our country!

The violation of human rights in our country and excess in dictatorship has alienated reform and fundamental changes from the public perception in the context of the regime of Islamic Republic. In internal issues and events of our country, the signs of clearing doubts regarding bringing reform to this system, and the realization of Khatami’s wishful slogans in the framework of the constitution that he is working for, is apparent. The reformist camp within the last 5 years that had been victorious in elections has not been willing and has not even been able to bring about any reform to make the conditions of the people of our country better.

If the UNHRC condemns the actions of this regime due to its violation of human rights, and as usual asks the regime to consider international conventions and norms in protecting human rights, the people of our country have been left with no expectation from the regime, and consider the distinction of the regime as their only alternative.