{"id":248973,"date":"2021-10-14T04:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=248973"},"modified":"2023-02-02T00:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T23:34:32","slug":"state-visits-to-iran-send-the-wrong-message-and-reinforce-a-violent-regimes-impunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/state-visits-to-iran-send-the-wrong-message-and-reinforce-a-violent-regimes-impunity\/","title":{"rendered":"State Visits to Iran Send the Wrong Message and Reinforce a Violent Regime\u2019s Impunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_248974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248974\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-State-Visits-Send-Wrong-Message\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-State-Visits-Send-Wrong-Message.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-State-Visits-Send-Wrong-Message\" width=\"1000\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-State-Visits-Send-Wrong-Message.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-State-Visits-Send-Wrong-Message-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-State-Visits-Send-Wrong-Message-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-State-Visits-Send-Wrong-Message-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-State-Visits-Send-Wrong-Message-696x425.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mora at Raisi&#8217;s inauguration on August 5.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Wednesday, the European Union <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/eu-representatives-visit-to-iran-legitimizes-regimes-violations-of-human-rights-and-wave-of-executions\/\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that Enrique Mora, the deputy political director of the European External Action Service, will visit Iran to hold cordial talks with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/who-is-ebrahim-raisi-ncr-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim\u00a0Raisi\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This marks at least the second time Mora has legitimized the\u00a0Raisi\u00a0administration on the international stage. In August, he personally attended\u00a0Raisi\u2019s\u00a0inauguration, drawing criticism from activists both inside\u00a0Iran\u00a0and throughout the Iranian diaspora who had spent the previous two months working to draw greater attention to\u00a0Raisi\u2019s\u00a0history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EU Representative\u2019s Visit to Iran Legitimizes Regime\u2019s Violations of Human Rights and Wave of Executions<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OZE9mELjFb\">https:\/\/t.co\/OZE9mELjFb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1448391341293985793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the summer of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">1988<\/a>, Raisi became one of four key figures to sit on the Tehran \u201cDeath Commission\u201d that oversaw the mass execution of over 30,000 political prisoners. Eyewitnesses to the massacre tend to describe Raisi as having been first among his peers in pursuing the broadest possible application of a fatwa from Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini which urged the killing of anyone who appeared to still support Iran\u2019s leading democratic opposition group, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s\u00a0Mojahedin\u00a0Organization of Iran<\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">(PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three such witnesses appeared in Wednesday\u2019s press conference alongside NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee member Hossein\u00a0Abedini, former Scottish MEP Struan Stevenson, and Tahar\u00a0Boumedra, the former head of\u00a0the human rights office for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq. Prior to the press conference, Stevenson submitted a 111-page dossier to the head of Police Scotland, bearing the signatures of the three participating witnesses, plus two others. He and\u00a0Boumedra\u00a0emphasized that similar documents had been submitted in multiple countries, with the latter presenting one to authorities in London on July 2.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Press Conference: Live Stream<br \/>Legal complaints in Scotland and Britain against the Iranian Regime\u2019s President Ebrahim Raisi for Crimes of Universal Jurisdiction<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProsecuteRaisiNOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProsecuteRaisiNOW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Date and time: 13 October 2021, 12:00 CEST <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JVOW0FL3SG\">https:\/\/t.co\/JVOW0FL3SG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1447678536702115846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The dossier was accompanied by a formal request for an investigation into\u00a0Raisi\u2019s\u00a0role in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/hamid-noury-trial-khadijeh-borhani-hossein-seyyed-ahmadi-20211013\" rel=\"noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a>. While the immediate goal of Stevenson\u2019s appeal to Scottish authorities was avowedly to prevent Raisi from setting foot in the country, he and other advocates for accountability have noted that all nations have the legal authority to arrest and prosecute Raisi under the principle of universal jurisdiction. Boumedra suggested that this principle could also apply to any of the more than 70 participants in the massacre who have been explicitly identified by an organization he heads called <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice for Victims<\/a> of the 1988 Massacre in Iran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Participants in the press conference expressed hope that Scottish, English, and other investigations in\u00a0Raisi\u2019s\u00a0crimes would set the stage for a broader investigation by the International Criminal Court, ultimately leading to his prosecution in that venue. Some legal scholars have even stated that such prosecution could be based on a charge of genocide, given that the fatwa underlying the 1988 massacre expressed an intention to kill anyone whose religious identity was at odds with the regime\u2019s theocratic fundamentalism.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The genocide label strongly underscores the betrayal of human rights principles that is inherent in the EU\u2019s efforts to legitimize Raisi\u2019s presidential role. At the same time, it reinforces the notion that if an ICC investigation is not forthcoming, any nation in good standing with international law could execute an arrest warrant for Raisi or any other perpetrator of the 1988 massacre. In a virtual conference organized by the NCRI in July, the British human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson emphasized that the Genocide Convention effectively obligates ratifying countries to take action over such matters. In the same conference, Eric David, a Belgian professor of international law, stated that the unilateral prosecution of Raisi\u2019s crimes would present \u201cno legal difficulty\u201d for any Western nation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Read more: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/eu-representatives-visit-to-iran-legitimizes-regimes-violations-of-human-rights-and-wave-of-executions\/\" rel=\"noopener\">EU Representative\u2019s Visit to Iran Legitimizes Regime\u2019s Violations of Human Rights and Wave of Executions<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/to-prevent-worse-crackdowns-on-the-iranian-people-arrest-irans-regime-president\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">To Prevent Worse Crackdowns on the Iranian People, Arrest Iran\u2019s Regime President<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The truth of this was essentially proven the following month when a Swedish criminal court initiated the prosecution of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/hamid-nouri-trial-1988-massacre-20210820\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamid\u00a0Noury<\/a>, a former Iranian prison official who participated in the 1988 massacre at a much lower level than\u00a0Raisi. The case against\u00a0Noury\u00a0expressly cites universal jurisdiction in an effort to hold him accountable for war crimes and mass murder. Persons seeking justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre are hopeful that the Swedish case will now serve as a model for the behavior of other Western nations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s decision in appointing Raisi as president was fervently rejected by the overwhelming majority of Iranian people, as evidenced by the June presidential election having the lowest voter turnout in the history of the Iranian regime. Raisi was put forward as the only viable candidate, and he took office amidst an outpouring of risky public protest over his reputation as the \u201cbutcher of 1988\u201d and a leading perpetrator of the crackdown on dissent in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iran-protests-specialreport-idUSKBN1YR0QR\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2019<\/a>, as well.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Raisi\u00a0was head of the Iranian judiciary at that time when activists\u00a0all across\u00a0Iran\u00a0staged simultaneous public protests calling for a wholesale change of government.\u00a0Within days of the nationwide uprising breaking out, 1,500 peaceful protesters were killed, and\u00a0Raisi\u2019s\u00a0judiciary oversaw systematic torture of political detainees for months afterward. The crackdown apparently helped to secure\u00a0Raisi\u2019s\u00a0endorsement by\u00a0the regime\u2019s\u00a0Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and it also signaled\u00a0that further surges\u00a0in violent repression were likely to take place under\u00a0Raisi\u2019s\u00a0presidential administration.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The international community must understand this fact as it sets policy toward\u00a0Iran\u00a0in the weeks and months to come. Western powers, as ostensible defenders of universal human rights principles, must not allow nuclear negotiations to overshadow the threats looming over the Iranian people. Tehran\u2019s impunity must be challenged, and there is no better first step toward this goal than by making it clear that\u00a0Ebrahim\u00a0Raisi\u00a0will\u00a0face arrest for his past crimes against humanity if he ever sets foot on Western soil.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the European Union announced that Enrique Mora, the deputy political director of the European External Action Service, will visit Iran to hold cordial talks with Ebrahim&nbsp;Raisi&rsquo;s&nbsp;Foreign Minister Hossein 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