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4/9/2001 The
Honorable Mary Robinson The
United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Geneva, SwitzerlandFax:
01141-22-9170123 Your
Excellency:
As reported by news agencies, Islamic Republic of Iran has called on
the United Nations to recognize its improved record on human rights and drop
it from the agenda of the current annual meeting of the Human Rights
Commission. As you are certainly aware, this is a very false claim. For more than
twenty two years, the Islamic Republic regime has flagrantly violated the
most basic rights of Iranian citizens. The life and safety of every Iranian
dissident and defender of human rights throughout the world has also been
subjected to grave danger by the Islamic Republic. You are aware of the
countless number of executions and acts of genocide and terrorism committed
against political prisoners and opponents in Iran. Also, you are
certainly aware of the large number of assassinations of well-known exiled
opponents of the regime. This dismal track record is further
underscored by the persistent annual condemnation of the Islamic Republic's
human rights violations by the United Nations and other international human
rights organizations. Therefore, we respectfully appeal to you and your
organization for support of the freedom loving people of Iran, and expect
that your office would keep the Islamic Regime on the agenda of the
Commission on Human Rights. We wish that you would enunciate to the whole world in general and the Iranian People in particular that those who commit crimes against their own people and violate the human rights in their own countries, commit a crime against all people and against humanity. We would expect your office to support our effort to trigger a broad investigation for the barbaric atrocities made by the Islamic Regime through International avenues such as Convention Against Torture. Yours sincerely, Mohammad Parvin, Director MEHR Foundation |