{"id":22074,"date":"2021-05-05T17:12:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=22074"},"modified":"2021-05-05T17:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:12:20","slug":"maryam-rajavi-the-ministry-of-intelligence-and-the-irgc-should-be-included-in-eus-terrorist-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/05\/maryam-rajavi-the-ministry-of-intelligence-and-the-irgc-should-be-included-in-eus-terrorist-list\/22074\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryam Rajavi: The Ministry of Intelligence and the IRGC Should Be Included in EU\u2019s Terrorist List"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fearing a More Significant Defeat the Clerical Regime Withdrew Its Appeal Against Assadi\u2019s Conviction, His 20-Year Imprisonment Is Now Final<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>.The information about the regime\u2019s terrorist and intelligence network, the names, and particulars of hundreds of its agents used against the Iranian Resistance must be made available to the public.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 Holding accountable and expelling intelligence agents, mercenaries and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Revolutionary Guard<\/a>s from Europe, revoking their refugee status and citizenship, as well as the closing down the regime\u2019s official and unofficial embassies and centers are imperative to countering terrorism and subsequent crimes and safeguarding Europe\u2019s security.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 Warning against any deals with the clerical regime, Mrs. Rajavi said: The regime\u2019s leaders, who have been responsible for the export of terrorism for the past four decades, must be brought to justice. As I said in my 7-hour testimony in 2020, the decision to bomb Villepinte was taken by the regime\u2019s Supreme National Security Council with the participation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/a-look-at-the-record-of-iran-regime-foreign-minister-javad-zarif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zarif<\/a>, and headed by <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/09\/24\/hassan-rouhani-crimes-iran-mek-1988massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rouhani<\/a>, and approved by <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/10\/24\/who-is-ali-khamenei-iranian-regime-supreme-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Khamenei<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 Rouhani\u2019s confession (April 28, 2021 ): When we want to carry out an offensive operation somewhere, we must discuss it in the Supreme National Security Council, which is attended by the heads of the three branches and the decision must be approved by Khamenei.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 Zarif Confession (February 24, 2021): Our ambassadors have a security structure. The Foreign Ministry\u2019s agenda has been a political-security agenda since the beginning of the revolution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I warn against any backdoor deals with the clerical regime. The regime\u2019s leaders, all who have been implicated in its terrorist crimes over the past four decades, must face justice and be prosecuted. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoImpunity4Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v6KC5BGSxy\">https:\/\/t.co\/v6KC5BGSxy<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1389871671901818883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning, the preliminary hearing was held in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/maryam-rajavi-conviction-regime-terrorist-diplomat-belgian-court-antwerp-represents-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Antwerp Court<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of Appeal in Belgium to hear the appeal of the perpetrators of the bombing plot at the Iranian Resistance\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/future-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Free Iran<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0grand gathering in June 2018 in Paris. Fearing a bigger defeat, through its lawyers, the clerical regime withdrew the appeal against the conviction of its diplomat-terrorist, <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2021\/02\/05\/assadi-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-terror-plot-in-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assadollah Assadi<\/a>. In doing so, it accepted the Antwerp court\u2019s February 4, 2021decision when Assadi was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The appeal process for the other three mercenaries (Nasimeh Naami, Amir Saadouni, and Mehrdad Arefani) continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Maryam Rajavi<\/strong><\/a>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/interim-session-of-the-national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCRI<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/clerical-regime-assadi-imprisonment-ministry-intelligence-irgc-terrorist-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said <\/a>that with the sentence becoming final, it is even more important for the European Union to blacklist the clerical regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and the Revolutionary Guards. The regime agents and mercenaries must be prosecuted and expelled, their refugee status and citizenship revoked. The regime\u2019s embassies and official and unofficial centers must be closed. This is imperative to counterterrorism and subsequent crimes and to safeguard the security of European countries. The regime\u2019s so-called cultural and religious, which are in reality the centers of coordination of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/maryam-rajavi-global-summit-iran-regime-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>terrorism<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and espionage, must be closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Rajavi added: \u201cThe terrorist conspiracy at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/regime-overthrow-is-certain-iran-will-be-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Villepinte<\/a>, France, and the Antwerp court\u2019s verdict showed that we are facing a case of state-organized terrorism emboldened by four decades of appeasement vis-a-vis the clerical regime.\u201d She warned against the regime\u2019s blackmail, extortion, hostage-taking, and other measures to secure a deal, saying that ending appeasement, adopting a decisive policy against the regime by the European Union, and holding to account its leaders is essential to counter this regime\u2019s export of terrorism. The regime leaders, all who have been implicated in its terrorist crimes over the past four decades, must face justice and be prosecuted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large Espionage &amp; Terrorism Network in EU\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NuuqeWGXCJA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Rajavi pointed out, as I emphasized during my seven-hour testimony, the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), presided over by <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/who-is-hassan-rouhani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hassan Rouhani<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-foreign-ministry-official-confirms-zarif-and-soleimanis-close-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Javad Zarif<\/a>\u2019s presence, made the decision to bomb the Iranian Resistance\u2019s gathering at the Villepinte, and the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei approved it. Khamenei, Rouhani, Javad Zarif, and the mullahs\u2019 Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi must face justice for decades of terrorism and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regime\u2019s president, Rouhani, acknowledged on April 28, 2021: \u201cWhether when we want to [launch] a defensive operation and whether when we have to carry out an offensive operation somewhere \u2026 They will definitely be discussed in the SNSC. The SNSC was set up to allow the heads of the three branches to be present and the military and the government branches to come together. Military commanders and political officials are there. We discuss, and finally, the Supreme Leader must approve our decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a February 24, 2021 interview, segments of which were leaked on April 25, 2021, Zarif admitted, \u201cMost of our ambassadors and the Foreign Ministry have a security structure. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been facing security issues since it began operating. The Ministry\u2019s agenda has been a political-security agenda since the beginning of the revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rouhani and Zarif\u2019s remarks leave no doubt that the regime\u2019s diplomatic apparatus and negotiators are nothing, but the offspring of the Revolutionary Guards and the regime\u2019s security services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCRI<\/a>)<br>May 5, 2021<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fearing a More Significant Defeat the Clerical Regime Withdrew Its Appeal Against Assadi\u2019s Conviction, His 20-Year Imprisonment Is Now Final .The information about the regime\u2019s terrorist and intelligence network, the names, and particulars of hundreds of its agents used against the Iranian Resistance must be made available to the public. \u2022 Holding accountable and expelling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,700],"tags":[296,294],"class_list":["post-22074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-maryam-rajavi","tag-assadollah-assadi","tag-iran-terrorism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maryam Rajavi: The Ministry of Intelligence and the IRGC Should Be Included in EU\u2019s Terrorist List - Iran Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This morning, the preliminary hearing was held in the Antwerp Court of Appeal in Belgium to hear the appeal of the perpetrators of the bombing plot at the Iranian Resistance\u2019s Free Iran grand gathering in June 2018 in Paris. 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