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On Monday, the Iranian regime\u2019s Foreign Ministry\u2019s spokesperson announced that the regime\u2019s president, Ebrahim Raisi, would not attend the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.\u00a0Responding to the reporters, the FM spokesperson claimed that ‘such a trip was not on the president’s agenda in the first place’. Refusing such a diplomatic opportunity for the regime that is desperately looking for international recognition for its president is a serious setback.<\/p>\n
Once it became evident that Raisi would likely attend the COP26, the Iranian regime\u2019s victims and a former MEP, Struan Stevenson, made a formal request<\/a> for Raisi\u2019s arrests. This formal request was made due to Raisi\u2019s dark history of human rights violations. Raisi is known for his role in the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners.\u00a0The formal request made by the Iranian activists and Mr. Stevenson received wide media coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cA formal request has been made to arrest the Iranian president for crimes against humanity if he attends Cop26 in Glasgow,\u201d the Times<\/a> reported. \u201cHuman rights campaigners, victims, and relatives of those who have been tortured and executed by the Iranian regime have called on Police Scotland to investigate Raisi under the legal concept of universal jurisdiction. It means that human rights violators of any nationality can be charged in any country, regardless of where the crimes were committed,\u201d the Times added.<\/p>\n The Iranian Resistance also held a press conference on October 13. This event was attended by former political prisoners, the regime\u2019s victims, and Mr. Stevenson. Tahar Boumedra, former Chief of the UN Human Rights Office in Iraq also attended this event. Mr. Boumedra also underlined that \u201cWe filed the first complaint on July 2, 2021. We believe that justice delayed, is justice denied.\u201d<\/p>\n Press Conference: Legal complaints in Scotland and Britain against the Iranian Regime\u2019s President Ebrahim Raisi for Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide#ProsecuteRaisiNOW<\/a> #Iran<\/a> \u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n There have been amplifying calls for holding Raisi accountable for his role in the 1988 massacre, as well as the crimes he committed as the regime\u2019s Judiciary Chief from 2019 to 2021, mainly during the major Iran protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n These activities include ongoing protests in different parts of the world. On the eve of the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty, Iranians and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) condemned human rights violations and increasing executions in Iran by holding a series of rallies<\/a> in 21 cities in 12 different European countries, the U.S. and Canada. They urged the international community to hold the Iranian regime officials, mainly Raisi, accountable for crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n Raisi was selected by the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, to consolidate power in the regime. The regime\u2019s sham presidential election met an unprecedented boycott by Iranians who have been suffering at the hands of Khamenei, Raisi, and their ilk for the past 43 years.<\/p>\n The public hatred toward the regime of mass murderers is growing daily. While Raisi could hardly travel to a country where he would not be under scrutiny for his crimes against human rights, Iranians reject him wherever he goes. In other words, wherever he goes, protests follow.<\/p>\n Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 8, 2021 — NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) October 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
\n13 October 2021, 12:00 CESThttps:\/\/t.co\/JVOW0FL3SG<\/a><\/p>\n\n
Protest Against Ebrahim Raisi in Bushehr
Following Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s trip to Bushehr today, before his arrival at Bushehr Airport, locals held a rally and chanted in protest against him#Iran<\/a> #ProsecuteRaisiNOW<\/a>
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