{"id":219990,"date":"2020-06-05T17:16:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=219990"},"modified":"2023-01-24T07:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T06:26:38","slug":"iran-counselor-to-mullahs-chief-justice-attacks-the-west-and-the-mek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-counselor-to-mullahs-chief-justice-attacks-the-west-and-the-mek\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Counselor to Mullahs\u2019 Chief Justice Attacks the West and the MEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_219991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219991\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ali-Bagheri-Kani\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Counselor to Mullahs\u2019 Chief Justice Attacks the West and the MEK \" width=\"900\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani-696x417.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ali-Bagheri-Kani-701x420.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran: Counselor to Mullahs\u2019 Chief Justice, Ali Bagheri Kani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The mullahs\u2019 regime has put aside the policy of keeping silen<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t about<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Iranian<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Resistance and is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">charging\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">full\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">speed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">against the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">main democratic opposition <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK)<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s supreme leader\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ali\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei has, on several occasions, expressed fear that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> influences the hearts and minds of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0youth.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the same time, senior officials take to the stage one after the other to attack the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The mullahs\u2019 Chief Justice <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ebrahim-raisi-should-face-justice-for-role-in-1988-massacre-express-co-uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> lamented, two days ago, that the young generation \u201cdoes not know the truth about the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>.\u201d He tried to heap accusations on the opposition.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219239 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Still, one truth the youth might not be aware of is that, as a member of a four-person \u201cdeath committee,\u201d in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/the-1988-massacre-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1988<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/who-ebrahim-raisi-the-iranian-regimes-new-chief-judiciary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raisi<\/a> had ordered the execution of 30<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">000 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> members serving different prison terms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On June 3, his advisor on Human Rights, Ali Bagheri Kani, tried his chance a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gainst\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the MEK while attacking \u201cWestern standards\u201d of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uman rights.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bagheri first revealed that the mullahs had left no stones unturned to make the EU relist the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> as a \u201cterrorist entity\u201d after<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0EU\u2019s highest courts delisted the latter in 2009.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0ambassador in one European country once met with an EU authority and talked to him on this. He reasoned that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> was the great violator of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uman\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ights&#8230; The EU authority had no answer. He said that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we have several exigencies in the nuclear area, and you do not listen to them, so we are obliged to use all instruments that we dispose of,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d Bagheri said in\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telewebion.com\/episode\/2288310\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">an interview<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0with the official TV\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hannel<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">F<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ive on June 3.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Like his master, Bagheri refrains from telling the truth about the MEK. He was a member of the mullahs\u2019 negotiating team with the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5+1 on the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2015 international\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nuclear deal. The mullahs asked their partners to relist the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in return for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0signing of the nuclear agreement. But unlike 2005, their counterparts refused to give in to their intimidations.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An AFP dispatch dated October 21, 2004, states that the EU troika proposed that if the mullahs accepted to suspend uranium enrichment, then they would \u201ccontinue considering the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> as a terrorist organization.\u201d So clearly, the listing was the result of a deal to make the mullahs stop their nuclear adventurism, not\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uman\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ights\u2019 violation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0by the MEK, as claimed by Bagheri.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is how they look upon us in Western systems. We have to exploit inherent potentials in these countries, as well as capacities beyond those local possibilities,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u200c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bagheri elaborated, without explaining what those capacities were.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Historically, the mullahs have used terrorist attacks and hostage-taking efficiently against western countries in the past to intimidate them against the opposition.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But the boot went on the other leg when his interlocutor raised the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uman\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ights issue, asking why the world condemns the mullahs for not respecting those rights. Unusually, when he asked him to give Iran\u2019s rating in the affair on a world grading, he answered: \u201cWhat they call\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uman\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ights, we do not accept a lot of it. What they call\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uman\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ights is in contradiction with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">our\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">religious, as well as our historical and nationalistic basics. We do not accept them, and there is no reason why we should adapt our actions to their standards. We are an old nation boasting a historical civilization.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If we would rate our action according to their criteria, why did then we carry out a revolution? The West and the US want us to behave according to their standards, and we do not accept<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0this<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a reminder, one of the most ancient standards in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uman\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ights belongs to Cyrus the Great. He acknowledged the rights of the Jewish community he liberated from Babylon in 540 BC and other ethnic minorities under his rule in the vast Persian Empire.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he standards Bagheri points to as \u201cour standards\u201d are standards belonging to a medieval regime and not the Iranian people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0who have a history of respecting human rights<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After all, Bagheri is a counselor to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/who-ebrahim-raisi-the-iranian-regimes-new-chief-judiciary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, considered as the perpetrator of a\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2018\/12\/iran-committing-crimes-against-humanity-by-concealing-fate-of-thousands-of-slaughtered-political-dissidents\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">crime against humanity<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for his leading role in the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/20932-the-1988-massacre-in-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 1988 massacre<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of Iran\u2019s political prisoners<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mullahs&rsquo; regime has put aside the policy of keeping silent about&nbsp;the&nbsp;Iranian&nbsp;Resistance and is&nbsp;charging&nbsp;full&nbsp;speed&nbsp;against the&nbsp;main democratic opposition People&rsquo;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":219991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[129,197,217,239],"class_list":{"0":"post-219990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-mek-iran","10":"tag-irans-nuclear-program","11":"tag-opposition-in-iran"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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