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Today
I
am
submitting
the
following
report
to
the
United
Nations
Security
Council
on
crimes
against
humanity,
ordered
by
Mr
Ali
Khamenei,
Supreme
Leader
of
the
Islamic
Republic,
and
carried
out
on
the
people
of
Iran.
The
focus
of
the
attached
Report
on
Crimes
Against
Humanity
Committed
in
Iran
on
the
Orders
of
Mr.
Ali
Khamenei
Supreme
Leader
of
the
Islamic
Republic
of
Iran
are
the
crimes
against
humanity
committed
to
suppress
popular
dissent
after
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejads
fraudulent
re- election
in
June
2009.
The
evidence
in
this
report
provides
sufficient
cause
for
the
United
Nations
Security
Council
to
take
up
this
matter
and
refer
it
quickly
to
the
Chief
Prosecutor
of
the
International
Criminal
Court
in
The
Hague.
However,
for
the
past
thirty-three
years,
the
Supreme
Leaders
of
the
Islamic
Republic
have
had
in
place
a
policy
and
record
of
oppression
against
ethnic
communities
and
religious
minorities.
I
intend
to
file
further
supporting
reports
documenting
the
abuses
of
these
Iranian
citizens
and
will
summarize
these
crimes
in
another
report.
This
attached
report
along
with
the
cover
letter
is
addressed
to
the
following
recipients:
The
Right
Honorable
President
Hu
Jintao
of
the
People's
Republic
of
China
The
Right
Honorable
President
Nicolas
Sarkozy
of
the
French
Republic
The
Right
Honorable
President
Dmitry
Medvedev
of
Russia
The
Right
Honorable
President
Barack
Obama
of
the
United
States
His
Excellency
Prime
Minister
David
Cameron
of
the
United
Kingdom
His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco Her Excellency Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany His Excellency Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho of Portugal His Excellency Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India The Right Honorable President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan The Right Honorable President Juan Manuel Santos Caldern of Colombia The Right Honorable President lvaro Colomof Guatemala The Right Honorable President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan The Right Honorable President Jacob Zuma of South Africa The Right Honorable President Faure Gnassingb of Togo The Right Honorable Mark Lyall Grant, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations The Right Honorable Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations The Right Honorable Wang Min, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations The Right Honorable Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Grard
Araud,
Permanent
Representative
of
France
to
the
United
Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Agshin
Mehdiyev,
Permanent
Representative
of
Azerbaijan
to
the
United
Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Nestor
Osorio,
Permanent
Representative
of
Colombia
to
the
United
Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Peter
Wittig,
Permanent
Representative
of
Germany
to
the
United
Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Gert
Rosenthal,
Permanent
Representative
of
Guatemala
to
the
United
Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Hardeep
Singh
Puri,
Permanent
Representative
of
India
to
the
United
Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Mohammed
Loulichki,
Permanent
Representative
of
Morocco
to
the
United
Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Abdullah
Hussain
Haroon,
Pakistan
Ambassador
to
the
United
Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Jos
Filipe
Moraes
Cabral,
Permanent
Representative
of
Portugal
to
the
United
Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Baso
Sangqu,
South
African
Permanent
representative
to
the
United
Nations
The
Right
Honorable
Kodjo
Menan,
Permanent
Representative
of
Togo
to
the
United
Nations
I
want
to
thank
the
team
of
legal
and
human
rights
experts
who
worked
tirelessly
to
put
together
this
important
report.
I
strongly
urge
the
members
of
the
United
Nations
Security
Council
to
give
top
priority
and
their
highest
consideration
to
this
vital
matter
and
expeditiously
refer
these
crimes
to
the
International
Criminal
Court.
The
people
of
Iran
have
suffered
far
too
long
and
today
expect
help
and
support
from
the
international
community.
I
therefore
encourage
all
justice-minded
people
around
the
world
to
take
action
and
ask
their
respective
governments
-
particularly
those
who
are
members
of
the
Security
Council
-
to
take
positive
action
on
this
complaint.
Reza
Pahlavi
Letter and Full Report being sent to the recipients mentioned above on Monday, January 23, 2012
I
address
this
message
to
you
to
alert
you
of
the
grave
acts
ordered
by
the
Supreme
Leader
of
the
Islamic
Republic
of
Iran,
Mr.
Ali
Khamenei.
These
acts
constitute
systemic
and
continuing
violations
of
human
rights
and
are
subject
to
a
classification
as
"crimes
against
humanity"
as
defined
in
Article
7
of
the
Rome
Statute.
These
acts
are
directed
against
all
Iranian
citizens
of
all
social
classes,
who
are
demanding
that
their
human
rights,
as
defined
by
the
Universal
Declaration
of
Human
Rights,
be
respected.
In addition to the matters related in the recent report of Mr. Ahmad Shahid - UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran-there are ample evidences indicating that the regime, which deprives Mr. Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Ms. Zahra Rahnavard, and Mr. Mehdi Karroubi of their freedoms, violates all international laws. None of them have been able to benefit from the legal rights that an ordinary person prosecuted by the justice of his or her own country must have access to. They have in fact been refused the right to defend themselves and to benefit from legal representation. In this wave of repression that affects the entire population, the Islamic Republic has used cruel, inhuman and degrading means and methods against many Iranian citizens, including but not limited to: Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, Bahman Ahamdi Amoui, Mansour Osanlou, Hasan Asadi Zeidabadi, Emaddin Baqi, Hossein Palani, Ali Pour Soleiman, Mohammad Reza Pour Shajari, Mostafa Tajzadeh, Majid Tavakoli, Reza Joshan, Hamid Reza Khadem, Mehdi Khodaee, Reza Khaajee, Mohammad Davari, Arzhang Davoudi, Majid Dorri, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, Ali Reza Sepahee Laeen, Issa Saharkhiz, Ghasem Sholeh Sadi, Keyvan Samimi, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi , Abulfazl Abedini, Javad Alikhani, Sad Gholamhosseinpour, Abbas Kakaee, Javad Lari, Farshad Maroufi, Mohammad Reza Moghayse, Hamid Moazzani, Abdollah Momeni, Bahareh Hedayat, Mahboobeh Karami, Hojatoleslam Arash Honarvar, Ahmad Zeidabadi, Ali Jamali, Mohsen Aminzadeh, Mohsen Mirdamadi, Feizollah Arabsorkhi, Esmaeel Sahabeh, Mohammad Esmaeel Khourbak, Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, Massoud Bastani, Farshad Ghorbanpour, Davood Soleimani, Behzad Nabavi, Mohsen Safai Farahani, Shabnam Madadzadeh, Saeed MatinPour, Hassan Fathi, Mehdi Mahmoudian, Priest Yousef Nadarkhani, Saeed Malekpour, Arash Sadeghi, Farshid Fathi, Shahin Zeinali, Arya Aramnejad, Sasan Vahebi, Reza Shahabi, Saeed Matinpour, Ali Malihi, Mohammad Seif, Mohammad Javad Mozaffar, Haniyeh Farshi, Mohammad Sedigh Kabodvand, Ali Akbar Ajami, Mahdiye Golroo, Fereshte Shirazi, Ronak Saffarzadeh, Mahbobeh Karami, Mosa Saket, Reza Malek, Saeed Maasouri, Amir Khosro Dalirsani, Zeinab Jalalian, Shirkooh Maarefi, Farah Vazehan, Sama Norani, Mahvash Sabet, Ziya Nabavi, Arash Honarvar Shojaei, Fariba
Kamalabadi, Jamalodin Khanjani, Afif Naeemi, Saeed Rezaiee, Behrouz Tavakoli, Vahid Tizfahm, Parastou Dowkoohaki, Javad Emam, Saeed Jalalifar, Amir Khoram, Babak Dashab, Fatemeh Kheradmand, Alireza Rajaee, Hossein Zarrini, Seyed Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, Fereidoon Seydi Rad, Jalil Taheri, Mohammad Farid Taheri Ghazvini, Mohammad Tavassoli, Siamak Ghaderi, Abolfazl Ghadiani, Mohsen Mohagheghi and Mohammad Reza Motamednia. These and hundreds of other political prisoners from all categories of the Iranian people represent all democratic tendencies and are now oppressed. Security forces and intelligence services of the Islamic Republic use the accusation of "crimes against national security" to justify their arbitrary arrests and to remove all proof and evidence attesting to the serious and systematic human rights violations in which they are engaged. On this basis, lawyers and defenders of human rights are prevented from accomplishing their mission: they are intimidated and some are arrested and imprisoned. Nasrin Sotoudeh, Abdulfatah Soltani, Hengameh Shahidi, Mohammad Seifzadeh and Kohyar Goudarzi are now silenced for these reasons. Their only crime is to have demanded respect of human rights for their compatriots. As a founding member of the United Nations, Iran has signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to express its willingness to join the community of nations working for peace and mutual understanding among the people. Despite that, leaders of the Islamic Republic are part of an ongoing violation of these universal values. The acts they commit, or which they give orders to commit, consist of serious violations of the provisions contained in this Declaration, particularly Articles 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 19, and Article 20 paragraph 1 and Article 21. The only thing we can do is to report the names of the victims of the Islamic Republic, to provide documentary evidences and to inform the world about their situation. In addition to the names we have mentioned, there are hundreds, even thousands, who are held in prisons. There are hundreds, even thousands, who are subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. The silence of the international community concerning the human rights situation of political prisoners in Iran can but lead to a worsening of the repression and encourage the Islamic Republic to continue its policy of terror. As it is based on religious law, the Constitution of the Islamic Republic gives all political, military and economic power to the Supreme Leader, Mr Ali Khamenei, whose institution is at the top of the regimes hierarchy. The powers he holds give him the possibility to control and intervene without limitation in all aspects of the public and private life of Iranians. As Supreme Leader, Mr. Ali Khamenei nominates six of the twelve members of the Guardian Council of the Constitution, which then selects, in accordance with his
instructions,
eligible
persons
for
the
political
institutions.
The
Head
of
the
judiciary
is
nominated
by
him
and
can
be
dismissed
at
will.
The
Head
of
the
judiciary
implements
the
penal
policy
decided
by
the
Supreme
Leader
and
nominates
the
six
others
members
of
the
Guardian
Council
of
the
Constitution
in
accordance
with
his
instructions.
The
Supreme
Leader
also
controls
the
activity
of
the
members
of
the
regimes
Expediency
Discernment
Council,
which
works
with
him
to
preserve
the
regime
and
is
composed
of
six
members
of
the
Guardian
Council
of
the
Constitution,
the
President
of
the
Islamic
Republic,
the
President
of
the
Parliament,
the
Head
of
the
judiciary,
and
ten
or
so
persons
nominated
by
him.
The
Supreme
leader
controls
the
activity
of
the
Assembly
of
Experts
indeed
elected
by
the
people
but
whose
candidates
must
satisfy
the
requirements
he
defines
through
the
Guardian
Council
of
the
Constitution.
This
Assembly
works
with
him
on
the
development
of
a
political-religious
doctrine
in
order
to
preserve
the
authority
of
the
clergy
in
the
country.
Finally,
he
nominates
the
senior
officials
of
the
army
and
the
police,
the
members
of
local
councils,
and
the
head
of
national
radio
and
television
services.
Thus,
the
person
primarily
responsible
for
the
crimes
committed
by
the
Islamic
Republic
is
the
Supreme
Leader
of
the
Islamic
Republic:
Mr.
Ali
Khamenei.
For
a
long
time,
the
Islamic
Republic
has
managed
to
hide
its
true
face
of
a
totalitarian
dictatorship.
However,
since
the
fraudulent
re-election
of
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad,
the
people
of
Iran
have
experienced
increased
and
unprecedented
repression,
implemented
on
the
basis
of
a
plan
conceived,
considered
and
prepared
by
the
highest
authorities
of
the
regime.
Thus,
during
the
crackdown,
security
forces
of
the
Islamic
Republic
have
committed
crimes
against
humanity,
as
defined
by
Article
7
of
the
Rome
Statute,
including:
-
Murder;
-
Imprisonment;
-
Torture
and
rape;
-
Enforced
Disappearance;
-
Persecution
of
various
groups
for
political,
religious
or
sexual
reasons.
These crimes were not committed in a specific place or a particular region of Iran, but throughout the country, and against any Iranian civilian whose only crime was to demand free elections and the respect of the peoples vote. From the evidence that we have updated, it is clear that these crimes were deliberately committed against the civilian population, implementing political decisions taken by the highest authorities of the regime, and primarily by Mr. Ali Khamenei.
I
accuse
Mr.
Ali
Khamenei
to
be
the
person
with
primary
responsibility
for
all
crimes
committed
against
Iranian
citizens.
What
happened
after
the
2009
election
meets
all
criteria
of
crimes
against
humanity,
as
defined
by
Article
7
of
the
Rome
Statute.
For
these
reasons,
I
call
on
the
Heads
of
State
and
Governments
of
member
countries
of
the
Security
Council
to
refer
these
crimes
to
the
Prosecutor
of
the
International
Criminal
Court,
in
accordance
with
Article
13
b)
of
the
Rome
Statute,
so
that
he
can
investigate
the
crimes
committed
by
leaders
of
the
Islamic
Republic
against
Iranian
civilians.
I
also
call
on
the
Heads
of
State
and
Governments
of
member
countries
of
the
Security
Council
to
significantly
increase
pressure
on
the
leaders
of
the
Islamic
Republic
by
demanding
the
immediate
and
unconditional
release
of
all
political
prisoners.
As
the
Islamic
Republic
is
a
signatory
to
the
Universal
Declaration
of
Human
Rights
and
the
International
Covenant
on
Civil
and
Political
Rights,
the
international
community
has
to
call
the
Iranian
regime
to
comply
with
its
international
obligations
and
to
withhold
the
fundamental
rights
of
the
Iranian
people.
We
believe
that
such
a
reaction
from
the
international
community,
in
response
to
the
behavior
of
the
Iranian
regime
against
its
citizens,
will
send
a
strong
message
to
the
leaders
of
the
Islamic
Republic.
Your
Excellencies,
The
focus
of
the
attached
Report
on
Crimes
Against
Humanity
Committed
in
Iran
on
the
Orders
of
Mr.
Ali
Khamenei
Supreme
Leader
of
the
Islamic
Republic
of
Iran
are
the
crimes
against
humanity
committed
to
suppress
popular
dissent
after
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejads
fraudulent
re-election
in
June
2009.
However,
for
the
past
33
years,
the
Islamic
Republic
has
had
in
place
a
policy
and
record
of
oppression
against
ethnic
communities
and
religious
minorities.
We
intend
to
file
further
supporting
reports
documenting
the
abuses
of
these
Iranian
citizens
and
we
will
summarize
these
in
another
report.
I respectfully request that you refer this urgent matter to the International Criminal Court. I assure you that there will be no resolution of the crises caused by the Islamic Republic unless it is forced to respect the fundamental rights of Iranian citizens.
Reza Pahlavi