Call By More Than 250 European And Arab Lawmakers To Implement UN Sanctions On Iran
The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) issued the
following press release with regards to a statement
supported by more than 250 European and Arab lawmakers
urging their respective governments to implement all UN
sanctions on Iran.
The lawmakers from European and
Arab countries support the snapback of all UN sanctions
under UN Security Council resolution 2231 against Iran
urging their respective governments to take necessary steps
to implement all punitive measures especially an arms
embargo.
In their statement, the cross-party
signatories from 23 countries including the United Kingdom,
France, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Lithuania,
Romania, and Switzerland, Jordan and Egypt as well as the
European Parliament, call for the international designation
of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a
terrorist organisation and its disbanding, referring to its
role in the internal crackdown, especially on popular
protests, and a series of terrorist plots against the
pro-democracy opposition, the National Council of Resistance
of Iran (NCRI), and Iranian dissidents in Europe.
The
statement also urges the European and Arab governments to
heed the voice of the Iranian people and support their
democratic aspirations and demand for change on display
during continuous popular protests in the last three
years.
The Rt. Hon David Jones MP said,
“The UK, France, and Germany are mistaken in their
adherence to the flawed nuclear deal that does not hold the
regime to account. It emboldens the regime to continue its
domestic crackdown and export terrorism across the region. I
stress that the UK should support the re-imposition of
sanctions on the regime and an international inquiry into
the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners, primarily
activists of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran
(PMOI/MEK) in Iran.”
Bob Blackman MP
pointed out, “An Iranian diplomat awaits prosecution in
Belgium for his alleged role in a bomb plot against the
gathering of the Iranian opposition NCRI in Paris in 2018”
and added, “the UK and other European governments should
scrutinise the Iranian diplomats working in their countries
and consider expelling them and if necessary close down
those embassies given that the regime’s use of diplomatic
cover for its terrorist activities is both known and
well-document.”
Steve McCabe MP said, “with the
recent brutal crackdown on protesters and execution of the
Iranian wrestler champion Navid Afkari, the regime in Iran
reaffirms its pariah status and disregard for international
human rights law and the fundamental rights of the Iranian
people. Dialogue with the regime at this moment is
fruitless. The international community must move to fully
implement the UN sanctions against the regime in Iran and
secure a UN inquiry into its current and past human rights
violations.”
Sir David Amess MP, the co-chairman of
the British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) stressed,
“The UN sanctions and Security Council resolution against
Iran must be implemented immediately in order to counter
regime’s terrorism and destabilising activities in the
region and the world. But, the ultimate solution to these
threats from Tehran lies in the hands of the Iranian people
and their pro-democracy Resistance movement led by Mrs Madam
Rajavi, who struggle for a free and democratic Iran. I urge
the international community, including the UK Government, to
recognise and support this viable Iranian democratic
alternative.”