{"id":231342,"date":"2020-12-17T09:09:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T09:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=231342"},"modified":"2023-03-28T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T17:36:26","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-17-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-17-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 17, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adoption of the 67th United Nations resolution, condemning the violation of human rights in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: 10:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release<\/h2>\n

MPs support the Foreign Affairs Committee recommendation to proscribe IRGC<\/h3>\n

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The House of Commons\u2019 Foreign Affairs Committee published a report titled \u201cNo prosperity without justice: the UK\u2019s relationship with Iran\u201d on 16 December 2020.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Affairs Committee states: \u201cIran\u2019s malign regional actions challenge the values which underpin British foreign policy. International cooperation, safeguarding human rights, and upholding the rule of law are all weakened by Tehran.\u201d<\/p>\n

The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) and the International Committee of Parliamentarians for a Democratic Iran wholeheartedly endorse and commend the work done by our colleagues in the Foreign Affairs Committee and share their recommendations to the Government in dealing with Iran.<\/p>\n

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ISJ: Senior politicians question EU-Iran appeasement policy<\/h3>\n

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PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senior politicians have launched a withering attack on the European External Action Service (EEAS), accusing them of endorsing “a wretched act of appeasement” towards the Iranian regime, following news that the UN is seeking to hold the theocratic regime to account over the massacre of thousands of political prisoners in jails across Iran in the summer of 1988.<\/p>\n

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Els Ampe: Stop the terrorist regime in Iran<\/h3>\n

Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) and members of the Iranian diaspora in Europe held a rally yesterday in Brussels. They protested the supposed meeting of the Iranian regime\u2019s Foreign Ministry with the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on December 16.<\/p>\n

Belgian Senator Els Ampe attended the rally, and she expressed her self in a Twitter message:<\/p>\n

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Stop the terrorist regime in #Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr Rohani, free the Iranian people so they can speak their minds, believe freely, wear what they want and love who they want as Europeans do. #democracy<\/a> #freedom<\/a> #humanrights<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LimCCS1g8a<\/a><\/p>\n

— Els Ampe (@ElsAmpe) December 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n