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Press release\u00a0–\u00a018 May 2017<\/p>\n
On the eve of the Iranian presidential \u201celections\u201d, 156 members of the European Parliament issued a joint statement (attached) and declared: \u201cThe elections in Iran are not free and fair. Opposition is banned. All candidates have to declare their heartfelt belief to the concept of supreme clerical rule. An unelected body named the \u2018Guardian Council\u2019, whose members are appointed by supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, disqualifies most of the candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n
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European lawmakers have expressed concern about \u201chigh number of executions in Iran.\u201d Adding \u201cMore than 3000 people have been hanged during the first term of the \u2018moderate\u2019 President Hassan Rouhani.\u201d They said: \u201cIn a public speech on Iranian television, Rouhani described executions as \u2018a good law\u2019 and \u2018the law of God!\u2019 He also openly expressed full support for Bashar Assad even after the chemical attack in April which killed many people, including children.\u201d<\/p>\n
The MEP\u2019s emphasized that Rouhani\u2019s \u201cJustice Minister was a key member of the so called \u201cDeath Committee\u201d that approved the summary mass executions of over 30,000 political prisoners.\u201d Rouhani\u2019s main rival in the elections, Ebrahim Raisi, was also himself a member of that Death Committee. From the young age of eighteen, Raisi was a deputy prosecutor in Tehran and has always maintained top positions in the Iranian judiciary, signing orders of execution for thousands of political opponents.
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The extensive campaign of the Iranian opposition against this fake election, and its call for a regime change, has troubled the Iranian officials. Ayatollah Khamenei, said any one \u201cwanting to take any measures against the country\u2019s security in the election will certainly receive a hard reaction and slap in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n
The official news agencies in recent weeks, have reported of Iranian opposition, PMOI network activities \u201cfor effecting the elections\u201d. Various government websites have written of \u201cCampaign for boycotting the elections\u201d and \u201c calls for street protests\u201d and \u201changing portraits of Maryam Rajavi in streets of Tehran.\u201d According to video clips from Iran, the pictures were accompanied by slogans such as \u201cNo to murderer Raisi, no to imposter Rouhani, Our vote: Regime overthrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
In their joint statement, the MEPs concluded \u201cAny further expansion of relations with Iran must be conditioned to a clear progress on human rights, women\u2019s rights and a halt to executions.\u201d Press release – 18 May 2017 On the eve of the Iranian presidential “elections”, 156 members of the European Parliament issued a joint statement (attached) and declared: “The elections in Iran are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":48771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-22824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"\n
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G\u00e9rard Deprez MEP<\/strong>
Chair, Friends of a Free Iran<\/strong>
European Parliament<\/strong>
Strasbourg<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"