{"id":211759,"date":"2020-02-12T10:19:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T10:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=211759"},"modified":"2023-01-21T14:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T13:29:05","slug":"giulio-terzi-eu-must-stop-giving-iran-s-foreign-minister-a-platform-for-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/giulio-terzi-eu-must-stop-giving-iran-s-foreign-minister-a-platform-for-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Giulio Terzi &#8211; EU Must Stop Giving Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister a Platform for Disinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"In an Article Published on Euronews, Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Giulio Terzi Urged EU to Stop Giving Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister a Platform for Disinformation \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Giulio_Terzi_-_Eu_Must_Stop_Giving_Irans_Foreign_Minister_a_Platform_for_Disinformation.jpg\" alt=\"Giulio Terzi: EU Must Stop Giving Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister a Platform for Disinformation \" \/><\/p>\n<p><small><strong>In an Article Published on Euronews, Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Giulio Terzi Urged EU to Stop Giving Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister a Platform for Disinformation<\/strong><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/component\/contact\/contact\/6?Itemid=490\">Shahriar Kia<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a012 February 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In an article published on\u00a0Euronews\u00a0on February 11,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-world\/27353-italian-lawmakers-speak-out-over-josep-borrell-s-visit-to-iran?highlight=WyJnaXVsaW8iLCJ0ZXJ6aSIsImdpdWxpbyB0ZXJ6aSJd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giulio\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-world\/27353-italian-lawmakers-speak-out-over-josep-borrell-s-visit-to-iran?highlight=WyJnaXVsaW8iLCJ0ZXJ6aSIsImdpdWxpbyB0ZXJ6aSJd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terzi<\/a>, former\u00a0Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, urged European\u00a0powers to stop accepting disinformation by the Iranian regime\u2019s\u00a0Foreign Minister,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27364-iran-s-zarif-refuses-handover-of-ukrainian-passenger-plane-black-box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mohammad\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27364-iran-s-zarif-refuses-handover-of-ukrainian-passenger-plane-black-box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Javad<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27364-iran-s-zarif-refuses-handover-of-ukrainian-passenger-plane-black-box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Zarif,<\/a>\u00a0particularly his\u00a0scheduled address\u00a0at\u00a0the Munich Security Conference on 14 February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Iranian foreign minister,\u00a0Javad\u00a0Zarif is expected to attend the Munich Security Conference on 14 February. He may skip the event, as he did with the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos last month. If so, the conversations will surely be more productive, being free from one of the most prominent sources of disinformation in the modern world,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2020\/02\/11\/the-eu-must-stop-giving-iran-s-javad-zarif-a-platform-for-disinformation-view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2020\/02\/11\/the-eu-must-stop-giving-iran-s-javad-zarif-a-platform-for-disinformation-view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote\u00a0Mr.\u00a0Terzi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2020\/02\/11\/the-eu-must-stop-giving-iran-s-javad-zarif-a-platform-for-disinformation-view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While referring to Zarif\u2019s role as the regime\u2019s chief apologist, Mr. Terzi wrote: \u201cGiven Zarif\u2019s role as an apologist for an Islamist theocracy, and the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism, he should never be invited to such international gatherings.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Misplaced and Premature Jubilation by an Apologist of the Murderous Mullahs of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LowCOdMHjN\">https:\/\/t.co\/LowCOdMHjN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackListMOIS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackListMOIS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlacklistRouhani?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlacklistRouhani<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1174078567996674053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than continuing to invite Zarif for open-ended diplomatic talks, EU member states should begin to adopt strategies aligned with the US. The Iranian foreign minister\u2019s movements were severely limited during his last visits to the United Nations (UN) in New York, and in July he was made subject to US economic sanctions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>While referring to the nationwide Iran protests in November,\u00a0Mr. Terzi wrote:\u00a0\u201cIn November, Iranian authorities began their crackdown on the most significant protest movement of the last 40 years. Demonstrations quickly\u00a0spread\u00a0across the entire country and morphed into unequivocal calls for regime change. Chants like\u00a0\u2018death to the dictator\u2019\u00a0and\u00a0\u2018death to Khamenei\u2019\u00a0re-emerged after having been\u00a0popularised\u00a0in the nationwide uprising in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Terzi also pointed to the leading role of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/%20http:\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/%20http:\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mojahedin\u00a0Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e\u00a0Khalq<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/%20http:\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0or MEK)\u00a0<\/a>during the Iran protests and wrote: \u201cKhamenei publicly acknowledged that the movement had been largely inspired and guided by the Mujahedin-e\u00a0Khalq\u00a0(MEK) \u2013\u00a0recognizably\u00a0the regime\u2019s arch-enemy and the most prominent voice for democracy since the 1979 revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrior to January 2018, Tehran&#8217;s propaganda insisted that the MEK posed no real threat to the clerical regime. But that illusion was shattered with the recent civil\u00a0unrest\u00a0in\u00a0November 2019. Approximately 1,500 people were killed by suppressive forces in November, according to Iranian interior ministry figures seen by Reuters. Many were tortured to death after being arrested. So many activists were arrested that some had to be housed in makeshift jails at primary schools and government buildings,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chain of Lies and Cover-Up by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khamenei?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khamenei<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rouhani?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rouhani<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a> About Shooting Down Ukrainian Airliner <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EzHoZV2Ovs\">https:\/\/t.co\/EzHoZV2Ovs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkrainePlaneCrash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkrainePlaneCrash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1224793267117744128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While referring to the downing of a Ukrainian airliner by the regime\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/26779-iran-s-regime-is-the-world-s-foremost-threat-to-peace-and-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revolutionary Guards<\/a>\u00a0(IRGC)\u00a0on January 3, and the subsequent protests,\u00a0Mr. Terzi wrote:\u00a0\u201cTehran has not even tried to provide a credible\u00a0alternative account of the uprising or the subsequent protests that followed the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s (IRGC) downing of a commercial airliner heading out of Tehran. It has simply dismissed all casualty estimates and waited for international discussions of Iran\u2019s domestic affairs to calm down, to the extent that they are confident this will happen. It is no doubt because they believe that the Western world will eagerly listen to anything Iran\u2019s foreign minister has to say, no matter how obvious that his commentary is geared toward deception and distraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. Imposes Sanctions on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;ian Regime\u2019s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DP6GPAmnUU\">https:\/\/t.co\/DP6GPAmnUU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1156823485324414976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are multitudes of egregious Iranian\u00a0behaviors\u00a0that the international community can think about when deciding how to deal with Zarif and the regime as a whole,\u201d Mr. Terzi added.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to Zarif\u2019s relationship with the eliminated chief of the IRGC\u2019s Quds Force,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27175-who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qassem<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27175-who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Soleimani<\/a>, and his\u00a0support for\u00a0Soleimani\u2019s terrorist activities abroad,\u00a0Mr. Terzi wrote:\u00a0\u201cHis long-standing praise of terrorists like the eliminated Quds Force commander,\u00a0Qassem\u00a0Soleimani, and Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is indicative of his commitment to defending Iran\u2019s bloodiest force-projection strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former IRGC commander admits Soleimani was key to repressing Iranian protests<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IraniansDetestSoleimani?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IraniansDetestSoleimani<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uoofPHXtIL\">https:\/\/t.co\/uoofPHXtIL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1227359978056368129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cZarif is fully supportive of the regime&#8217;s terrorist operations, since incidents like the attempted bombing of a 2018 opposition rally in Paris, attended by international dignitaries including President Trump\u2019s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, Maryam\u00a0Rajavi, have been\u00a0channeled\u00a0through his diplomatic posts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Terzi also shed light on the Iranian regime\u2019s campaign of disinformation and wrote: \u201cIranian disinformation \u2013 much of it reaching the world directly via the foreign ministry \u2013 has previously convinced much of the world that there is simply no alternative to dealing with the existing regime on its own terms. Tehran\u2019s hold on power has long been assumed to be so firm that any efforts to undermine it would only lead to war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the regime\u2019s\u00a0increasing\u00a0fragility and its imminent downfall, Mr. Terzi wrote: \u201cThe Iranian regime is arguably weaker than ever\u00a0before and\u00a0is certainly nearing financial bankruptcy. It is also facing an ever-growing challenge from its own people, which it has not been able to overcome, even with the most shocking brutality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran\u2019s theocratic system may begin to collapse under the weight of popular demands for a democratic alternative. But the Iranian people still need the support of the international community,\u201d\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Terzi concluded by\u00a0saying:\u00a0\u201cInstead of listening to the propaganda of Zarif and his cohorts, the EU should implement the following three steps\u201d:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cLaunch an independent investigation into the Iranian regime\u2019s malign conduct, particularly the ones in the past three months, including the downing of the Ukrainian commercial airliner and murdering Iranian protesters.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>Urge the United Nations to dispatch an international fact-finding mission to Iran to investigate the circumstances of the deaths and injuries of protesters in November, and to visit Iranian prisons and prisoners.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Demand the UN Security Council to launch an international inquiry into massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988, the overwhelming majority of whom were MEK activists. The same officials who carried out this crime against humanity are repressing Iranians today and that impunity should come to an end.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i>Giulio Terzi\u00a0<\/i><i>is a former foreign minister of Italy, former Italian Ambassador to the United States, former Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations and a member of the Advisory Board of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an Article Published on Euronews, Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Giulio Terzi Urged EU to Stop Giving Iran&rsquo;s Foreign Minister a Platform for Disinformation Written by&nbsp;Shahriar Kia&nbsp;on&nbsp;12 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":211760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-211759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-a-world","8":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Giulio Terzi - EU Must Stop Giving Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister a Platform for Disinformation - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In an Article Published on Euronews, Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Giulio Terzi Urged EU to Stop Giving Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/giulio-terzi-eu-must-stop-giving-iran-s-foreign-minister-a-platform-for-disinformation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giulio Terzi - EU Must Stop Giving Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister a Platform for Disinformation - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an Article Published on Euronews, Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Giulio Terzi Urged EU to Stop Giving Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/giulio-terzi-eu-must-stop-giving-iran-s-foreign-minister-a-platform-for-disinformation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-12T10:19:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-21T13:29:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Giulio_Terzi_-_Eu_Must_Stop_Giving_Irans_Foreign_Minister_a_Platform_for_Disinformation.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shahriar Kia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shahriar Kia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-a-world\\\/giulio-terzi-eu-must-stop-giving-iran-s-foreign-minister-a-platform-for-disinformation\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-a-world\\\/giulio-terzi-eu-must-stop-giving-iran-s-foreign-minister-a-platform-for-disinformation\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shahriar Kia\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8aebe546560aea64061bc08c1eaac1d4\"},\"headline\":\"Giulio Terzi &#8211; 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