"No Deals with the Iranian mullahs"

The non-partisan platform "STOP THE BOMB - Coalition against the Iranian extermination program" in Austria has launched a petition against deals with the Islamic Regime in Iran (IRI). The petition condemns the deal between the Austrian Oil Management Company (Oestereichische ineraloelverwaltung (OMV) and the IRI. The petition is supported by 

The Nobel Prize Laureate Elfriede Jelinek together with numerous prominent individuals are among the first signers of the campaign "No Deals with the Iranian mullahs".

Some of the supporters are:

Alfred Dorfer
Robert Schindel
Lotte Tobisch
Dr. Ariel Muzicant
Prof. Arik Brauer
Dr. Ing. Kazem Moussavi
Dr. Elisabeth Pittermann
Dr. Erwin Riess
Hon. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Neugebauer
Marika Lichter
Dr. Matthias Küntzel
Walter Kohl
Gerhard Haderer
Hermann Gremliza
Karl Pfeifer
Leon De Winter, and
Beate Klarsfeld.

The petition is available in many languages including English and Persian. To sign the petition, please follow these steps:  

1. Go to http://www.stopthebomb.net 
2. At the top of the page select your language
3. At the right side click on “Sign Now”
4. You need to register by choosing a name and password and providing you e-mail address. A code will then be sent to you. By using this code you will be able to sign the petition

By the end of this year, Austria 's biggest state-controlled oil company, OMV AG, plans to enter into a 22 Billion Euro Agreement with Iran . This agreement will irrevocably turn Austria and Europe into strategic partners and accomplices of the Iranian political regime; a regime that supports international terrorism and violently represses its own population: The Iranian determination to develop nuclear weapons which could directly affect Europe ’s security, is posing the greatest threat to world peace. The systematic persecution of Kurds, religious minorities such as the Bahai, and the executions of homosexuals as well as the ongoing repression of women who don’t submit to the Islamic moral code, are essential elements of this regime, as are the continuous threats of annihilation towards Israel and the renouncement of the Shoah.

We therefore call – particularly upon the Austrian government – for ceasing "critical negotiations" with the mullahs and demand instead to take the following measures:

                         Immediate discontinuation of the negotiations between the OMV and the Iranian mullahs on the basis of unilateral sanctions

                         Cessation of any credit support provided by the Austrian Control Bank for transactions with Iran

                         Imposition of effective and comprehensive UN and EU sanctions in order to isolate the Iranian regime politically and economically

                         Support of those Iranian opposition groups which continue to fight for a secular, liberal and democratic Iran and provide for a genuine alternative to the current regime