Irish parliament<\/i> MPs support Iranian opposition Rally in Paris<\/p>\n
On the eve of holding the Grand Gathering<\/a> in Paris for a free and democratic Iran,a number of members of\u00a0Irish parliament<\/b><\/i> Parliament , expressed solidarity and support for uprising of the Iranian people and the\u00a0free Iran Gathering.<\/a><\/p>\n That Seanad \u00c9ireann:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 recognises that for nearly four decades, the Iranian regime has been condemned for its continued gross violations of human rights;<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0 acknowledges that more than 120,000 activists of democracy and human rights in Iran have been arbitrarily arrested, tortured and executed;<\/p>\n \u2013 notes that in the summer of 1988, more than 30,000 political prisoners were massacred in only two months for opposing the religious dictatorship and supporting the democratic movement the PMOI and that Amnesty International called this massacre a \u201cCrime Against Humanity\u201d and that its perpetrators must be brought to justice. According to the United Nations, the Iranian regime is the world\u2019s number one executioner per capita;<\/p>\n \u2013 takes into account that despite such repression, in January 2018, the world witnessed wave of uprisings and protests by the Iranian people, which soon expanded to more than 140 cities. People chanted \u201creformists, hard-liners, the game is now over<\/em>\u201d, \u201cDown with Khamenei and Rouhani<\/em>\u201d, \u201cNo to Gaza no to Syria our life is for Iran<\/em>\u201d and \u201cLeave Syria alone, think about us!<\/em>\u201d;<\/p>\n \u2013 fully recognises that these actions demonstrate the true will of the Iranian people for changing the religious dictatorship and popular rejection of\u00a0 the regime\u2019s expansion of terrorism and warmongering in the region;<\/p>\n \u2013 declares solidarity with the Iranian people and support their democratic objectives;<\/p>\n \u2013 acknowledges that the regime\u2019s president, its supreme leader and many other regime officials have also admitted to the key role of main Iranian opposition and their supporters in organising these protests and their continuity;<\/p>\n \u2013 notes that the era has changed in Iran and that People have risen up for democratic change and the establishment of freedom in Iran, which will translate into peace and security in the wider region;<\/p>\n \u2013 calls on Irish and European governments as well as the International Community to alter their policies of soft-line approach into decisiveness;<\/p>\n \u2013 calls for The Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist Quds Force, Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be expelled from the region;<\/p>\n \u2013 calls on the Irish government and the International Community to side with the Iranian people and recognise the NCRI as a viable alternative to this faltering theocratic regime.<\/p>\n \u2013 supports the 10-point\u00a0 platform of the NCRI<\/a> President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a> for establishing a democratic republic based on the separation of religion and state, sexual, ethnic and religious equality, devoid of a nuclear programme, the abolition of the death penalty, peaceful co-existence and commitment to international conventions and laws to guarantee popular rule, development and progress in Iran and the wider world;<\/p>\n \u2013 recognises that It is time for the international community to stand on the right side of history on this issue;<\/p>\n \u2013 calls for the relations with the regime to be made contingent upon an end to torture, executions, ballistic missiles and the spread of terrorism and war in the region;<\/p>\n \u2013 expresses solidarity with the grand convention of the Iranian people in Paris on June 30 in support of the uprisings in Iran for the establishment of freedom and democracy;<\/p>\n \u2013 instructs the Cathaoirleach to forward this resolution to the President of Ireland, the Taoiseach, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the EU Foreign Policy Chief, the European Parliament and the EU Commission.<\/p>\n Senators Brian \u00d3 Domhnaill, Gerry Horkan, Marie Louise O Donnell, Neale Richmond, Diarmuid Wilson, David Norris and Paul Daly<\/p>\n The 10-point\u00a0 platform of the NCRI<\/a> President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a> for free Iran<\/p>\nThe statement released by the Irish parliament<\/strong><\/h5>\n