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By M. Parvin
12/30/2022
Demonstrations against the Islamic Regime in Iran
(IRI) continue. Although under the world's watch,
IRI is escalating its push to demolish this
historic movement. Based on the Iran Human Rights
report on November 24th, at least 459 people,
including 64 kids and 29 women, have been murdered
and more than 18000 detained.
All we hear outside Iran from
"democratic" governments are only concerns using
words:
We support you. We condemn your murderer. We want
them to stop. Army corps leaders (All have
multiple IDs under hidden names) are sanctioned!
Some work has been going on to form
a committee in the United Nations to investigate
the crimes committed in Iran. It still needs to
pass the "word" stage and clarify what sort of
punishment may come out of this investigation. So
far, no tangible action whatsoever!
All international human rights
groups also report the atrocities of IRI daily and
condemn them.
Amnesty International, along with 42
other organizations, has called on the United
Nations Human Rights Council to act urgently by
holding a special session and establishing an
independent investigation of serious human rights
violations committed in Iran [1]. Nothing
has come out of it yet!
A few more examples of the "harsh
words" are posted on MEHR's website [2]:
And more and more words and words
can be added to it every day!
Some people may refer to sanctions imposed by some
governments and consider them as actions. For
example, five days ago, the European Union and the
United Kingdom set a boycott (travel bans and
asset freezing) against 29 individuals and three
Iranian entities involved in the violent crackdown
on protesters.
Both travel bans and asset freezing
for the high-ranking members of the Revolutionary
Guards or people like Interior Minister Ahmad
Vahidi are meaningless. It is known that all these
people have investments outside Iran under fake
identifications. They do not need to travel, but
if they do, they can easily do it!
Since the violation of human rights
and criminal acts of the Islamic regime in Iran
are enshrined in its constitution and annexes, the
only way to get rid of it is to overthrow it. The
overthrowing of this regime is possible through
the participation of organized Iranian freedom
fighters in the disobedience fight.
Power is defined by obedience. If a
situation is created where millions of organized
people can say no to their abusers, they are
finished. That is called a "civil disobedience"
fight in contrast to an armed uprising.
As I have been indicating for years
[3],
the life of this regime is over when millions of
women remove their head and body covers and,
supported by freedom-loving men, take to the
streets and say "no" to IRI. We are witnessing the
beginning of this historical movement in Iran.
Its success is a challenging task,
but it can be done. There is no other feasible
option. How civil disobedience can be taught,
learned, and practiced has been investigated and
documented for years. Those interested can refer
to many documents, books, and interviews on the
MEHR's website [4].
The details of planning and
involving people in an organized disobedient
effort are private. The informed Iranian activists
familiar with civil disobedience concepts would
know how to expand the movement without writing
statements!
What can be said publicly is that
initially, the process involves organizing small
groups secretly that only have their
representatives in contact with the central
organizers.
Iranian expatriates have become
involved in worldwide demonstrations in solidarity
with the movement in Iran. It is necessary to
inform the world about what is happening in Iran.
However, the main question is, what do we want
from informed people of the world? Only slogans
are heard in these gatherings, where several
thousand people are participating. Different
groups and individuals have issued a wide range of
petitions. Unfortunately, even the pleas that
address essential issues stop at demanding
actions. There needs to be a reference to how and
why these demands will occur.
"Women, Life, Freedom" and "Mahsa Amini" slogans
will become part of the history books.
Nevertheless, to achieve this task, we need to
follow up on these protests and take actions that
will help, support, and empower the movement
inside Iran in a practical manner.
Iranians
abroad and other freedom-loving world people
should use their voting power. They should
participate in the political process of the
countries where they live and demand that the
Islamic Regime not be recognized until its
human rights violations have been stopped. The
release of political and human rights
activists and no interference with women's
type of dressing or hair covering must be
considered as a first step. The lack of
recognition should be at least reflected by
observing the following actions:
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No involvement in the UN (Suspension rule
according to Article 5, UN Chapter
[5]).
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No visit of any official to any occasion.
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Temporary closure of embassies.
MEHR wrote a letter to President
Biden regarding the above-suggested actions [6].
We received a response from President Biden that
expressed nice "words" about Iranian movements [7].
As you can read in the letter, he says, "we are
making it easier for Iranians to access the
Internet" and that the US will hold Iranian
officials responsible for employing violence". We
must keep pushing in a meaningful way to force
politicians to act.
The all-out efforts in the world,
which can involve countless people, even if they
do not achieve their goal, the widespread movement
that has been created sends the message to the
Iranians that the whole world is watching them and
demanding their rights. This situation will enable
activists inside Iran to organize many more
disgruntled masses and continue disobedient
struggles until overthrowing the powerless regime
that, no matter how murderous, cannot murder
millions under the world's watch is overthrown.
References:
1.
AI and other 42 organizations asking UN to keep
Islamic Regime in Iran accountable
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/6123/2022/en/
2.
Words and Slogans in Solidarity with Iranians
Movement
http://mehr.org/words_en.htm
3.
Passing by the Islamic Regime or overthrowing it?
https://mehr.org/overthrow1_english.htm
4.
The Power of Nonviolence
https://mehr.org/index_nv.htm
5.
UN Chapter
https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/full-text
6.
Letter to President Biden
https://mehr.org/Biden_Petition_Letter.pdf
7.
President Biden's Response
https://mehr.org/Biden_response.pdf
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