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Remarks by Bishop John Pritchard–Free Iran Global Summit, July 17, 2020

August 8, 2020
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Bishop John Pritchard declared his condemnation of the Iranian regime's cruel behavior against religious minorities, particularly Iran's Christian community.

Bishop John Pritchard declared his condemnation of the Iranian regime's cruel behavior against religious minorities, particularly Iran's Christian community.

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John Pritchard, Bishop of the Church of England, joined the Online Free Iran Global Summit. In his remarks, Bishop John Pritchard declared his condemnation of the Iranian regime’s cruel behavior against religious minorities, particularly Iran’s Christian community.

The Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) managed to hold this year’s annual gathering virtually on July 17. Given the novel coronavirus pandemic and its restriction, many dignitaries commended the NCRI’s ability and determination for connecting 30,000 locations to Ashraf-3, home to members of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

Here is the speech of Bishop Pritchard:

I’m very grateful for the opportunity to join this very significant online summit again. It’s a remarkable achievement, so well done.

I have a particular take on the struggle we’re involved in. And I want to take the opportunity to highlight a recent statement that was supported by Dr. Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, and supported by 40 British Bishops of whom I’m one, expressing really deep concern about the deteriorating human rights situation and the persecution of religious minorities in Iran. 

At the end of June, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard conducted a coordinated operation in Tehran and two other cities, aimed at disrupting the country’s House Church movement. And sweeping up members of the Iranian Christian community.

And I think those arrests could be an early example of Tehran’s implementation of new laws that have been highlighted by supporters of Iranian Christians and other religious groups because this law was passed in May, and it broadens the judiciary’s authority, making it easier to prosecute a group of people on arbitrary charges like working to undermine national security or committing to enmity with God and other ridiculous things.

And all of these are punishable with harsh prison sentences and possibly even execution. In a statement for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review this year, the United Kingdom government referred to the popular protests in Iran, the one’s last year in particular as they got going again, and said, I quote, “In November last year, we saw the most deadly crackdown against its citizens for decades. While persecution and discrimination towards religious minorities continue unabated.” 

John Prichard, Bishop of the Church of #England:
Int'l #HumanRights Org's should concentrate to end impunity that allows the Iranian regime to violate freedom people must enjoy https://t.co/Cag1oyNsI3

— Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) July 17, 2020

We do applaud the UK government’s decision to classify Iran as a human rights priority country and to commit to holding it to account for its human rights abuses We now call on the UK government and the Foreign Commonwealth Office to do more at the United Nations and internationally [to] end the impunity that the perpetrators of serious human rights violations enjoy in Iran. [This is] a challenge we put to all governments dealing with this Iranian regime. Meanwhile, the struggle is going on. God bless you and thank you.

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