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Struan Stevenson, in an article on UPI explained why the elimination of Qassem Soleimani is important for the peace and security in world and particularly in the Middle East.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Struan Stevenson, former president of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq, in an article on UPI, explained why the elimination of the Iranian regime\u2019s notorious General\u00a0Qassem Soleimani\u00a0<\/a>is important for the peace and security in the world and particularly in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe elimination in Baghdad by the Americans of senior Iranian Gen.\u00a0Qassem Soleimani<\/a>\u00a0and his ally the Iraqi Chief of Staff of Operations Abu\u00a0Mahdi Muhandis<\/a>, has dealt a fatal blow to the Iranian regime,\u201d Mr. Stevenson said.<\/p>\n

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The elimination in Baghdad by D Americans of senior #IranianGeneral<\/a> Qassem #Soleimani<\/a> dealt a fatal blow to #Iranian<\/a> regime#FreeIran2020<\/a> #MEK<\/a> #IranMassacre<\/a> #IranProtests<\/a> #IRGC<\/a> #IraniansWantRegimeChange<\/a> @SecPompeo<\/a> @realDonaldTrump<\/a>
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\u2014 STRUAN (@STRUANSTEVENSON) January 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While referring to Soleimani\u2019s background and his leading role in the export of terrorism abroad Mr. Stevenson wrote, \u201cHe controlled the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, its vicious unit responsible for extraterritorial operations. Soleimani was answerable only to Khamenei and as such was described by many as the second most powerful person in the Islamic Republic,\u201d he continued, \u201cAs Quds Force commander, he oversaw the theocratic regime’s proxy wars in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq, where he commanded all the Iraqi militias. His death will have come as an irreparable blow to the clerical regime.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe secret\u00a0massacre of over 30,000<\/a>\u00a0supporters of\u00a0the People’s Mojahedin of Iran\/Mojahedin e-Khalq (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0in the latter half of 1988, stands out as one of the worst crimes against humanity of the late 20th century. Startling as these figures are, they are only a fraction of the estimated 120,000 political prisoners executed so far during the clerical dictatorship in Iran, often with the direct involvement of Soleimani,\u201d wrote Mr. Stevenson while referring to Soleimani\u2019s role in oppressing the\u00a0MEK\u00a0<\/a>members and supporters.<\/p>\n

Comparing the IRGC with Adolf Hitler\u2019s Gestapo Mr. Stevenson wrote, \u201cKhomeini created the IRGC as his own version of the Gestapo, to spread their revolutionary policy of violence and terror beyond Iran’s borders. The IRGC and its\u00a0Quds Force<\/a>\u00a0offshoot not only brutally enforce the clerical regime’s oppressive domination of Iran’s population, but it also controls most of the Iranian economy, paying no taxes and funneling resources into the pockets of the ruling elite, while sponsoring terrorism and aggressive military expansionism abroad,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSoleimani played a pivotal role in this process. His poster still features on walls and hoardings across the Middle East. Following the siege on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on New Year’s Eve, graffiti sprayed onto the embassy walls in Farsi, rather than Arabic, stated “Qassem Soleimani<\/a>\u00a0is our leader,” giving the lie to Iran’s insistence that this was purely an Iraqi protest. Indeed, the Americans claim that Soleimani was actively plotting an attack on U.S. military personnel in Iraq when they targeted him for a drone strike at Baghdad Airport,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Referring to Soleimani\u2019s direct role in suppressing the nationwide Iran protests in November,\u00a0 Mr. Stevenson Wrote, \u201cIn a blind panic, Khamenei instructed Soleimani to mobilize his\u00a0IRGC\u00a0<\/a>thugs to launch a murderous crackdown on the peaceful\u00a0protesters<\/a>, during which an estimated 1,500 were murdered, more than 4,000 were wounded and over 12,000 were arrested,\u201d he continued, \u201cSoleimani ordered a systematic shoot-to-kill policy that has seen masked snipers on the roofs of government buildings, indiscriminately shooting unarmed, young protesters in the head and chest.\u00a0IRGC\u00a0<\/a>goons and security agents then scoured the country’s hospitals, dragging the wounded from their beds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referring to Soleimani\u2019s role in oppressing the Iraqi people\u2019s protests, Mr. Stevenson wrote that Soleimani, \u201cDeployed masked gunmen to murder hundreds of peaceful Iraqi demonstrators. It is no surprise that tens of thousands of young Iraqis took to the streets to celebrate Soleimani’s and Muhandis’ assassination.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referring to the importance of Soleimani\u2019s elimination, Stevenson wrote, \u201cWith his elimination, the process of overthrowing the mullahs and restoring peace, justice, and democracy in Iran will be greatly expedited. The international community cannot continue to treat the theocratic regime in Iran as a normal nation-state. The belligerent, repressive and vicious behavior of the regime proves that attempts at negotiation or appeasement are pointless,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ayatollahs, with the direct involvement of their most powerful general, Soleimani, have committed appalling crimes against humanity that require an immediate response from the international community, involving, at the very least, a U.N. fact-finding mission to establish the truth about the numbers killed and injured in the recent\u00a0nationwide uprising<\/a>\u00a0and to ascertain the treatment of those imprisoned,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.N. must hold those responsible for these crimes accountable in the international courts of justice. As\u00a0Soleimani and Muhandis<\/a>\u00a0discovered to their ultimate cost, there can be no impunity for those guilty of such chilling atrocities,\u201d Mr. Stevenson concluded.<\/p>\n

\"Struan-Stevenson-2\"Struan Stevenson is the coordinator of the Campaign for Iran Change. He was a member of the European Parliament representing Scotland (1999-2014), president of the Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq (2009-14) and chairman of the Friends of a Free Iran Intergroup (2004-14). He is an international lecturer on the Middle East and president of the European Iraqi Freedom Association.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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