Former Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi speaks at the State Department in Washington. (File photo: AP)
Al Arabiya EnglishFriday, 17 January 2020
The killing of Iran’s top military commander
Qassem Soleimani has Italy divided. Major political figures are voicing support
for the US decision to carry out the drone strike that killed Soleimani, while
other left wing media journalists are questioning the legality of the strike
and consequences the action may have in the Middle East.
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Press Release
On-going Anti-Regime Protests in Iran by University Students
The World Community Must Recognize their National Demand
PRESS RELEASE for Immediate Release
14th January 2020
On-going Anti-Regime
Protests in Iran by University Students
The World Community Must
Recognize their National Demand
Anti-regime protests by angry
university students started in Iran with sharp slogans against the Supreme
leader Ali Khamenei after the IRGC admitted it shot down a plane carrying
civilian passengers. Iran regime did not stop civilian flights after it hi...
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Was Soleimani’s killing justified? Yes. A million times yes
Euronews4 Jan 2020
By Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata
As we take stock of General Qassem Soleimani’s death, contemplating both its significance in the coming weeks and what it signifies for the future, there are two points to be considered.
Firstly, why did it happen and was it justified? Secondly, what does it mean for geopolitical relations in the Middle East and around the globe?
The first question, to my mind, is the simpler of the two. President Trump’s decision to take out Soleima...
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Why is world ignoring this murderous crackdown on protesters? – Struan Stevenson
STRUAN STEVENSON
Published: Monday 30 December 2019
In Iran, the
security services have opened fire on unarmed people demonstrating against the
country’s brutal and corrupt regime, writes Struan Stevenson.
We who uphold
human rights and revere the rights of women; we who honour freedom and justice
and cherish democracy, what can we make of the carnage unfolding in Iran?
Over the
course of the past month, the fascist theocratic regime and its revolutionary
guards (IRGC) have gunned d...
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L’Italia non taccia sul massacro in Iran. L’appello dell’ambasciatore Terzi
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Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata
Il
regime iraniano è autore o mandante di molti crimini, rivolti non solo contro
il proprio popolo. L'appello al governo italiano di Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata,
diplomatico di lungo corso, già ministro degli Esteri
L’ultima
volta che l’Iran è stato menzionato dal ministro degli Esteri Luigi Di Maio era il 6 dicembre scorso al “MED
Dialogues” di Roma. Diffuse e forti erano, già da tempo, le proteste
indignate dell...
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ISJ Letter to Cardinal Pietro Parolin
H.Em. Cardinal Pietro Parolin Secretary of State
Vatican City State Rome
29th December 2019
Your Eminence,
We follow
closely the communications from the Holy See and were interested to hear the Christmas
Message and Urbi et Orbe Blessing delivered this year by Pope Francis.
We note that he mentioned a long list of countries
that have suffered war, instability and the violation of human rights, including Venezuela, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, C...
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Joint letter of 22 Noble Laureates to UN Secretary General
Joint Letter
of Nobel laureates to the United
Nations Secretary-General
13 December
2019
His Excellency Antonio Guterres United Nations
Secretary-General
Dear Secretary-General,
We, the Nobel laureates signing this letter, seek to
express our grave concerns over the recent deadly crackdown on anti-regime demonstrators in Iran and condemn the security forces’ use of lethal force against innocent people demanding
their rights to be respected.
The protests began on November 15th ove...
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JUSTICE SOUGHT FOR IRANIAN PROTESTERS
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release 19th December 2019
JUSTICE SOUGHT FOR IRANIAN PROTESTERS
The international committee ‘In Search of Justice’ (ISJ) has sent an urgent letter to the United Nations Secretary General - António Guterres, to raise the plight of the protesters who have taken to the streets of towns and cities across Iran in the past month, only to be ruthlessly crushed by the theocratic Iranian regime, with an estimated 1,500 slau...
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UN Geneva – Human Rights – 30th Anniversary of 1988 Massacre in Iran – Speech by Dr Alejo Vidal-Quadras
Speech by Dr Alejo Vidal-Quadras- UN- Geneva- Human Rights in Iran- 14 September 2018
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I want to thank the organisers of this Conference for their invitation to participate. It is for me not only a duty but a pleasure to be here.
Now that we are speaking about the 30th anniversary of the 1988 Massacre in Iran, we should remember the late Ms Asma Jahangir, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran who sadly passed away in February. She ...
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30th Anniversary of the 1988 Massacre in Iran – Speech by ISJ President Dr Alejo Vidal-Quadras – Amsterdam 25 Aug 2018
30th Anniversary of the 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran
Speech by Dr Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Former Vice-President of the European Parliament & President of the International Committee In Search of Justice (ISJ)
Amsterdam - 25 August 2018
Dear Friends,
I am very thankful to the Iranian community in the Netherlands for organizing this event on the 30th anniversary of the 1988 Massacre in Iran.
As it is well known, thirty years ago, more than 30.000 political prisoners were ...
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