A majority of Italian Senators have issued a statement strongly condemning the clerical dictatorship in Iran for its escalating wave of executions, particularly targeting political prisoners. The statement cites at least 1,200 executions carried out in the ten months since President Pezeshkian took office, with opposition activists, especially members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), singled out for persecution. Nine political prisoners linked to the PMOI were sentenced to death in the final months of 2024 alone.
Signed by a broad cross-party coalition—including one current minister, two former ministers, Senate floor leaders, committee chairs, and dozens of vice-chairs—the declaration denounces arbitrary arrests, torture, and politically motivated death sentences as part of a systematic campaign to crush dissent. The signatories affirm that “standing with the Iranian people in their demand for regime change is both the correct policy and a moral imperative.”
The Senate majority backs the Ten-Point Plan of Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which outlines the establishment of a secular, democratic republic based on gender equality, abolition of the death penalty, and a non-nuclear Iran. It calls on democratic governments to take “concrete and decisive action” to support the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom and justice, stressing that such support is vital for long-term regional peace and security.
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— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) June 27, 2024