Shbahang , (شباهنگ): Europe

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Opposition rallies condemning Iran’s rights violations, terrorism in Europe

PMOI/MEK supporters' rally in Brussels

Supporters of the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a demonstration outside 10th Downing Street in London on 20 October 2018 expressing support for protests and strikes by people from all walks of life in Iran.

These demonstrators also protested a new wave of executions and crimes against humanity by the mullahs’ regime, especially in prisons, and terrorist plots blueprinted by the mullahs’ Intelligence Ministry against the PMOI/MEK. The Iranian regime is taking advantage of diplomatic facilities, and using its “diplomats” and operatives across Europe and the United States to continue implementing their terrorist agenda.

In this demonstration, a number of British dignitaries and members of the Iranian Diaspora in the United Kingdom delivered speeches. Their remarks focused on the necessity to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its inhumane crimes and oppressive measures against the Iranian people’s uprising and protests inside the country, and literally exporting terrorism abroad. The mullahs’ crimes are especially vivid in their terror plots targeting the PMOI/MEK and the June 30^th rally in Paris, the speakers said, adding all these emphasize the necessity to blacklist the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).

The demonstrators are also calling for an international probe into the 1988 massacre of more than 30,000 political prisoners across Iran’s prisons and the necessity to hold Iranian regime officials accountable for this heinous crime against humanity.

On Monday, PMOI/MEK supporters held a rally outside the European Union headquarters in Brussels condemning vicious executions by the mullahs’ regime inside Iran and terrorist measures carried out against the PMOI/MEK in Europe.

The demonstrators called on the European Union to end its appeasement policy vis-à-vis the Iranian regime and emphasized on the necessity to blacklist the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence, expelling the mullahs’ diplomat terrorists based on a European Parliament document adopted in this regard. These protesters also condemned Tehran’s inhumane crimes.

Belga, a Belgian news agency, covered this demonstration and referred to the Iranian regime’s terrorist plot targeting June rally held near Paris.

“The demonstrators accused Tehran of blueprinting this plot,” he report reads.

Dubai TV also covered this rally saying the protesters are demanding the Iranian diplomats’ expulsion from Europe.

Al Arabiya published a report on this rally saying in the month of October French officials said they have no doubt that the MOIS was behind the Paris bomb plot… In July, Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat, was arrested in German on terrorist charges and eventually extradited to Belgium. He is under prosecution and accused of transferring explosives to a Belgian-Iranian couple intending to bomb the June 30^th rally… this dossier remains under investigation by Belgian judiciary officials.

Friday, 27 April 2018

Iran’s reaction shows its losing hopes in Europe

US French relationship

Following the 45-minute joint press conference between U.S. President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, of which the majority was spent discussing various policy issues vis-à-vis Iran, senior Iranian regime officials are extremely concerned about Europe falling in line with the United States on the Iran nuclear deal – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – and adopting a policy of strong actions against Iran’s regional meddling and ballistic missile program.

Iran’s state TV: “The French President, who used to talk about maintaining the JCPOA, spoke of reforming the deal while at the White House. Macron said we are seeking an agreement regarding all issues at hand, such as long-term nuclear activities, ballistic missiles, and Iran’s regional meddling.”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani felt the need to respond to such damning developments.

“If Europe intends to please Trump, they should do so from their own pockets and not from ours. As far as our interests in the JCPOA are concerned, we will remain in the deal. If these interests are not guaranteed, we will exit the agreement,” he said.

Rouhani also claimed if the U.S. exits the JCPOA “we will be able to manage the country without any problems, considering the fact that we have enough revenue,” according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.

Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani claimed Tehran will follow Trump’s “behavior” and answer consequently, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.

Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, considers the “agreement between Europe and the U.S. regarding the JCPOA and the future of our nuclear program as lacking any credit or value, according to the Fars news agency, affiliated to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

Iranian officials are both attempting to save face and claim they are ready for all possible scenarios. The truth is, however, these remarks in itself resemble their grave concerns.

Iran’s propaganda machine is boasting about the possibility of launching uranium enrichment at 20 percent. This, however, is a JCPOA violation and Trump has expressed specific warnings in this regard.

As a result, the Iranian regime is neither in any position to pay the enormous price necessary to exit the JCPOA nor in a position to show meaningful resistance in the face of Europe aligning more and more with the U.S..

Interesting is how Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the man with the altimate word on all major state affairs, including national security and foreign policy, has remained silent.