Mission for Establishment of Human Rights in Iran
(MEHR Iran)
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11/5/01 Honorable Kofi Annan General Secretary of the United Nations United Nations New York, NY, 10017 Your Excellency: We are witnessing with great sorrow and disappointment that
the UN, a body that is supposed to protect the human values and international
laws, not only ignores these values and laws but also violates its own
resolution, and hosts the representatives of a terrorist regime. It is also
an insult to all freedom loving people of the world in general and Iranian
people in particular that you legitimize this terrorist regime by inviting
its representative to address the UN Conference on dialogue of civilizations. We would like to remind you of the text of the forth items of the UN resolution, that was approved September 12 in condemnation of terrorist attacks in the United States of America: The
General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations, 4.
Urgently calls for international cooperation to prevent and eradicate acts of
terrorism, and stresses that those responsible for aiding, supporting, or
harbouring the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of such acts will be
held accountable. The Islamic Regime of Iran (IRI) is a terrorist
regime and as such has been on the list of terrorist regimes of the State
Department for so long. As summarized in the attachment, IRI has been
condemned seven times by the Federal District Court of Columbia for participation
in terrorist acts against U.S. citizens. The representatives of this regime including Mr.
Khatami and Kharazi must be accountable for these terrorist acts based on the
international human rights laws and UN resolution. The act of terrorism and all atrocities committed by Islamic Regime of Iran are not the arbitrary acts of some hard liners within the regime. It is the law of the land and written into the constitution of this regime and obeyed by all its factions and elements. For example, the number of the people stoned to death has been the highest during the
Presidency of Mr. Khatami, the West darling, who preaches dialog among
“civilizations”. This “moderate” figure is the one who has repeatedly and
proudly declared Khomeini, the mastermind of all bloodsheds in Iran, as his
mentor. If the UN wish to fulfill its obligations and side
with humanity and not the terrorist regimes, then instead of promoting the
policy of lies and deceptions of the representatives of IRI, it could
facilitate the struggle of organizations like MEHR Foundation, an Iranian
human rights group in the U.S., that is trying to bring to justice those who
have committed crime against Iranian people and have been involved in
terrorism abroad. This is the will of many Iranian, Iranian/American and
Americans as reflected in the petitions collected by MEHR Foundation. These
petitions were mailed to you under a separate cover. The U.S. Anti Terrorism Act prohibits any sort of
help to terrorists by all individuals and groups. The least that is expected
from the UN, U.S. lawmakers and those who intend to enforce this Act is that
they should also abide by these rules and don’t recognize, help, or
legitimize the terrorist regime of Iran and their representatives. Respectfully, Mohammad
Parvin, Ph.D. Executive
Director, MEHR
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