{"id":224184,"date":"2020-08-19T18:29:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T17:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=224184"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:48:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T08:48:58","slug":"ncri-us-virtual-conference-on-irans-arms-embargo-stop-mullahs-regime-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ncri-us-virtual-conference-on-irans-arms-embargo-stop-mullahs-regime-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"NCRI-US Virtual Conference on Iran\u2019s Arms Embargo: Stop Mullahs\u2019 Regime Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> United States Representative Office (NCRI-US) held a virtual conference today over the importance to reimpose the United Nations arms embargo on the Iranian regime. This event was attended by several American political dignitaries and experts. The participants of this event underlined that it is crucial for the world\u2019s peace and security to reimpose all the UN sanctions on the Iranian regime. While the Iranian people are grappling with poverty and now the COVID-19 outbreak with its rising death toll, the Iranian regime wastes billions of dollars on terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n

This event was moderated by Mr. Alireza Jafarzadeh, the Deputy Director of the NCRI-US office.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMore than 90,000 people have died of Covid-19 across the country. Instead of allocating money to save lives, the regime has provided $400 million to Hezbollah in Lebanon in the past six months as opposed to $300 million to counter the Covid-19 pandemic for a population of 85 million in Iran. That is 59 cents per person per month. While the highest paid nurses in Iran get at most $200 per month, the Iranian regime pays its proxies at least five times that amount. This shows where the priorities of this regime are,\u201d said Alireza Jafarzadeh.<\/p>\n

The first speaker of this event was David Shed, former acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency who underlined the regime\u2019s malign activities in the region and around the globe, and how the regime oppresses Iranian people while wasting national wealth on terrorism. \u201cThe Iranian regime rules with a despotic hand when it comes to the interests of the Iranian people. Protests are suppressed by the regime\u2019s security apparatus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Another speaker of this event was Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, former US Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. \u201cYou cannot look at Iran out of the geopolitical context. Iran is engaged in malign activities that undermine not only our interests but also those of our allies,\u201d she said. Ambassador Dobriansky highlighted that \u201cremoving the arms embargo would allow Iran to continue its hegemonic goals in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While referring to the regime\u2019s brutal suppression of the major Iran protests in November, that according to the Mojahedin-e Khalq<\/a> (MEK<\/a>), resulted in over 1500 killed protesters Ambassador Dobriansky said: \u201cAll reports speak to the brutal actions and the egregious human rights record. Last November massive protests took place across all of Iran\u2019s provinces. Lethal force was used to suppress and kill hundreds of innocent protesters, injuring thousands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prof. Matthew Kroenig, from the Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, was also among the panelists of the NCRI\u2019s virtual conference.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn the threat of the regime, we see autocratic regimes posing a major threat to the U.S. Iran represents that threat in the Middle East. In the region, Iran\u2019s nuclear program breakout time has shrunk to six months or less and is engaged in destabilizing activities in the region. This is a serious challenge,\u201d Prof. Kroenig said adding, \u201clifting the arms embargo would pose a problem for the U.S. and its allies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NCRI-US virtual conference was also attended by Ambassador Robert Joseph, former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. \u201cThe question of extending the UN arms embargo provides a microcosm of wider issues. It is self-evident that continuing the arms embargo is necessary for the U.S. and the international community. Without the embargo, Iran would gain access to advanced capabilities to further its regional aggressions,\u201d Ambassador Joseph stressed.<\/p>\n

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While referring to the regime\u2019s malign activities, Ambassador Joseph said: \u201cFailing to extend the embargo would be the end of any prospect for establishing multilateral sanctions in the future. Failure to lead and prevail on this issue would have negative consequences for the U.S. It could also have wider implications for the UN Security Council.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe regime is the greatest threat to its own people. The killing of people is a desperate act by the regime. Statements by our President and Secretary of State are important. Regime change must come from within and will come from within,\u201d Ambassador Joseph concluded.<\/p>\n

It is necessary to point to the NCRI\u2019s president-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi\u2019s<\/a> remarks regarding the necessity of the arms embargo being reimposed on the Iranian regime: An Arms Embargo against the religious fascism ruling Iran is indispensable to regional and global peace and security. The regime\u2019s unimpeded purchase and sale of weapons will have no result other than terrorism, warmongering, and export of fundamentalism.
\nThe Iranian people, with nearly 90,000 coronavirus fatalities, are, more than ever before, in need of allocating the astronomical budget for weapons, and nuclear and missile projects to their health and treatment.
\nThe familiar slogans chanted by people of Iran and directed at the mullahs and against any appeasement of the regime are: \u201cLeave Syria alone, think of us,\u201d \u201cNeither Gaza nor Lebanon, my life only for Iran.\u201d
\nThe regime\u2019s leaders must face justice as the greatest perpetrators of terrorism in the world today as should their agents and mercenaries inside and outside Iran.<\/p>\n

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An #ArmsEmbargo<\/a> against the religious fascism ruling #Iran<\/a> is indispensable to regional & global peace & security. The regime\u2019s unimpeded purchase & sale of weapons will have no result other than #terrorism<\/a> , warmongering & export of fundamentalism.<\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n