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Charter of Fundamental Freedoms For Future Iran |
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Sunday, 12 June 2005 |
"There will be complete freedom of belief, expression and the press.
Any form of censorship or scrutiny of beliefs will be forbidden".
This is the text of the Charter of Freedom announced by Maryam Rajavi,
President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, in a gathering of 15,000
Iranians in Dortmund, Germany, on June 16, 1995:
1 - There will be complete freedom of belief, expression and the press.
Any form of censorship or scrutiny of beliefs will be forbidden.
2 - Parties, assemblies, political groups, unions, associations,
councils and syndicates - except those factions loyal to the
dictatorships of the shah and Khomeini - are totally free. There will
be no limits to this freedom, up to the point of armed uprising against
the legitimate government and law of the land.
3 - General elections and suffrage will be the basis for the legitimacy
of the government. Laws not enacted by the elected legislators of the
country are not official and lack credibility.
4 - The judicial and professional security of all citizens, as well as
individual and social rights, as stipulated in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, will be guaranteed.
5 - All repressive organs remaining from the Khomeini regime, and all
extraordinary courts and tribunals will be abolished. Freedom to defend
oneself, the right of associations of jurists to carry on activities,
and public trials in the presence of a jury will be guaranteed.
6 - Women will enjoy social, political, and cultural rights absolutely equal to those of men, including those outlined below:
The right to elect and be elected in all elections, and the right to
suffrage in all referendums. The right to employment and freedom of
choice in profession, and the right to hold any public or government
position, office, or profession, and judgeship in all judicial bodies.
The right to free political and social activity, social intercourse and
travel without the permission of another person. The right to freely
choose the spouse, to marry, equal rights to divorce. Polygamy is
banned. The right to freely choose clothing and covering. The right to
use, without discrimination, all instructional, educational, athletic,
and artistic resources, and the right to participate in all athletic
competitions and artistic activities.
7 - All privileges based on gender, ethnic background, or beliefs will
be abolished, and all citizens shall enjoy equal political and social
rights.
8 - All forms of discrimination against the followers of various
religions and denominations in the enjoyment of their individual and
social rights will be prohibited. No citizen shall enjoy any privileges
or be subject to any deprivations with respect to nomination for
election, suffrage, employment, education, judgeship or any other
individual or social right, for reason of belief or non-belief in a
particular religion or denomination. The qualifications of judicial
officials will not be determined by their religious or ideological
position.
9 - Any form of compulsory religious or ideological teaching, and any
compulsion to practice or non-practice of religious rituals and customs
will be forbidden. The rights of all religions and denominations to
teach, proselytize and freely perform their rituals and traditions, and
the respect for and security of all places belonging to them, shall be
guaranteed.
10 - To secure and strengthen as much as possible the popular
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the national consolidation and
unity of the country, the people of Iranian Kurdistan's just right to
autonomy is recognized in accordance with the Plan adopted by the
National Council of Resistance.
11 - Any form of dual oppression shall be abolished against any ethnic
or national minority, whether Kurds, Baluchis, Arabs, or Turkmens. All
rights, and cultural, social and political freedoms will be guaranteed
for them within the framework of national unity and Iran's territorial
integrity.
12 - The workers, farmers, and multitude of toiling masses of the
cities and villages are the driving force for progress, reconstruction
and prosperity. Thus, all anti-labor and anti-peasant laws and
regulations, and all debts owed by peasants and workers to the Khomeini
regime, will be abolished. New laws will be ratified in consultation
with them, as the true owners of the fruits of their labor.
13 - In tomorrow's Iran, all nationalist and patriotic specialists,
scholars, and artists, anywhere in the world, will be welcome to take
part in the reconstruction, prosperity, progress and independence of
the country and in the service of the public. Their ideas, expertise,
and efforts will be valued as our most precious human and national
resource. In addition, all those forced to live in exile due to
participation in the Resistance or to the Khomeini regime's pressures,
will be warmly welcomed to return to Iran.
14 -The free market, national capitalism, individual and private
ownership, and investment to develop the country's national economy and
boost production will be guaranteed.
15 - Provision of basic necessities, such as jobs, housing, health care
and education to the poor and low income families, including workers,
farmers, and government employees, in particular teachers,
administrators and retirees, will be a priority.
16 - Iran will base its relations with the international community and
its ties with other countries on independence, equality, and the
safeguarding of its national interests and territories. It will refrain
from interference in the affairs of others, and will prevent others
from interfering in Iran's internal affairs. It will defend the
interests of peace, peaceful co-existence, and regional and
international cooperation. |
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