Appeal for Severe Political Pressure Against the Kleptocratic Theocracy of Iran

Appeal for Severe Political Pressure Against the Kleptocratic Theocracy of Iran

Re:       Appeal for Severe Political Pressure Against the Kleptocratic Theocracy of Iran

Dear Secretary Pompeo:

In Iran, we are facing a silencing war waged by the Iranian regime against the freedom-seeking Iranian Citizens. Only the willingness of the international Community to take punitive actions against the Iranian government can help us defeat the regime and bring the Iranian citizens one step closer to a stable and free Democracy.

Your remarks at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2018 demonstrates how well you understand the plight of Iranian people living under a kleptocratic theocracy.  As you indicated, United States citizens and other foreigners are snatched by the Islamic Republic and held hostage as negotiating chips. However, Iranian citizens are arrested, imprisoned, tortured, raped, and killed by the regime with impunity; all for demanding their basic human rights.

You enumerated several goals that President Trump has asked you to achieve on Iran.  The third goal promised “tireless advocacy for the Iranian people,” “demand that the regime improves treatment of its citizens,” “protect the human rights of every Iranian,” and “stop spending Iran’s wealth abroad.”  While you followed with a long list of hardships and adversities facing Iranian people, these points were not included in your 12 demands from the Iranian regime.

Therefore, we respectfully request that the following become demand number 13 on your list:

“Iran must end its inequitable, unjust, unfair, and abusive behavior against the Iranian citizens” and “Let Iranian citizens hold free, fair and transparent election for a Constitutional Assembly” in accordance with article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the criteria by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, of which Iran is a member, set forth at its 154th session on March 26th, 1994, under the supervision and monitoring of the United Nations.

We sincerely thank you and President Trump for your attention to, and consideration of, this urgent humanitarian matter.

Very Truly Yours,

Nazila Golestan

Special Envoy for Human Rights

Iran National Council for Free Elections