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These iranians persons are not welcome – EU sanctions, the next part
The following text comes directly from the Official Journal of the European Union. It has been formatted (and, in the case of a few names, simply corrected or completed) to meet
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Elahi, Mousa Khalil Prosecutor of Tabriz. Responsible for directing grave human rights violations of the right to due process.
Farhadi, Ali Prosecutor of Karaj. Responsible for grave violation of human rights in demanding the death sentence for a juvenile.
Jafari, Reza Head of special prosecution of cyber crime. In charge of arrests, detentions, and prosecutions of bloggers and journalists.
Kazemi, Toraj Colonel of the technology and communications police, he recently announced a campaign for the recruitment of government hackers in order to achieve better control of information on the Internet and attack “dangerous” sites.
Larijani, Sadegh Head of the judiciary. The head of the judiciary is required to consent to and sign off every ghisas (retribution), hodoud (crimes against God), and tazirat (crimes against the state) punishment. This includes sentences attracting the death penalty, floggings, and amputations. In this regard, he has personally signed off numerous death penalty sentences, contravening international standards, including stoning (16 people are currently under stoning sentence), executions by suspension strangulation, execution of juveniles, and public executions such as those where prisoners have been hung from bridges in front of crowds of thousands. He has also permitted corporal punishment sentences such as amputations and the dripping of acid into the eyes of the convicted. Since Sadegh Larijani took office, arbitrary arrests of political prisoners, human rights defenders, and minorities have increased markedly. Executions have also increased sharply since 2009. Sadegh Larijani also bears responsibility for systemic failures in the Iranian judicial process to respect the right to a fair trial.
Mirhejazi, Ali Deputy chief of the Supreme Leader’s office and head of security. Part of the Supreme Leader’s inner circle, responsible for planning the suppression of protests which has been implemented since 2009.
Mortazavi, Seyyed Solat Deputy interior minister for political affairs. Responsible for directing repression of persons who speak up in defense of their legitimate rights, including freedom of expression.
Ramezani, Gholam Hossein Commander of IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] intelligence. Responsible for grave human rights violation of persons who speak up in defense of their legitimate rights, including freedom of expression. Heads department responsible for the arrest and torture of bloggers/journalists.
Ramin, Mohammad Ali Main figure responsible for censorship as vice minister in charge of the press up to December 2010, he was directly responsible for the closure of many reformi[st] newspapers (Etemad, Etemad-e Melli, Shargh, etc.), closure of the Independent Press Syndicate, and the intimidation and arrest of journalists.
Reshteh Ahmadi, Bahram Deputy prosecutor in Tehran. Runs Evin [Prison] prosecution center. Responsible for the denial of rights, including visits and other prisoner’s rights, to human rights defenders and political prisoners.
Rezvani, Gholam Ali Deputy governor of Rasht. Responsible for grave violations of the right to due process.
Rezvan Manesh, Ali Prosecutor. Responsible for grave violation of human rights in demanding the death sentence for a juvenile.
Sadeghi, Mohammad Colonel and deputy [commander] of IRGC technical and cyber intelligence. Responsible for the arrests and torture of bloggers/journalists.
Saeedi Shahroudi, Ali Representative of the Guide [i.e., Supreme Leader] for the Pasdaran [i.e., Revolutionary Guards] since 1995 after spending his whole career within the institution of the military, and specifically in the Pasdaran intelligence service. This official role makes him the key figure in the transmission of orders emanating from the Office of the Guide to the Pasdaran’s repression apparatus.
Sharifi, Malek Ajdar Head of the judiciary in East Azerbaijan. Responsible for grave violations of the right to due process.
Taghipour, Reza Minister for information and communications. As minister for information, he is one of the top officials in charge of censorship and control of Internet activities and also all types of communications (notably mobile phones). During interrogations of political detainees, the interrogators make use of the detainees’ personal data, mail, and communications. On several occasions following the last presidential election and during street demonstrations, mobile lines and text messaging were blocked, satellite TV channels were jammed, and the Internet locally suspended or at least slowed down.
Zarghami, Ezatollah As head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), he is responsible for all programming decisions. IRIB has broadcast forced confessions of detainees and a series of “show trials” in August 2009 and December 2011. These constitute a clear violation of international provisions on fair trial and the right to due process.
The Latest from Iran (23 March): The Sanctions All-is-Well Edition
1034 GMT: Sanctions Watch. Confirming the news that EA posted on Thursday, the Council of the European Union has added 17 Iranians ”responsible for serious human rights violations” to the list of individuals — now 78 in total — subject to a travel ban and an asset freeze.
The decision, endorsed in this morning’s meeting of Foreign Ministers, also banned exports of equipment and software intended for use in the monitoring or interception of internet and telephone communications by Iranian authorities.
The EU’s foreign policy representative Catherine Ashton issued a prepared statement:
The EU remains deeply concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. We deplore the continuing increase in executions and the widespread repression of Iranian citizens, including human rights defenders, journalists and members of the opposition. We renew our calls on the Iranian authorities to live up to their international human rights obligations and to protect all fundamental freedoms to which the Iranian people are entitled.
1004 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. More than 80 Iranian journalists have issued a statement of support for their colleague Masoud Bastani, who has been in prison for 999 days.
Bastani, arrested after the disputed Presidential election of June 2009, is serving a six-year sentence for propaganda against the government, creating unrest, and disturbing public order..
0808 GMT: Ahmadinejad Watch. Are we seeing a shrinking base of support for the President?
After Zohreh Elahian’s criticism (see 0725 GMT), former Government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham has said that principlists “never accepted Ahmadinejad as President“, voting for him with reservations in 2005 and tolerating him with “a lump in the throat”.
0805 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. Labour activist Gholam Reza Hosseini has been given a nine-year prison sentence for “collaborating with foreign governments”.
0725 GMT: All the President’s Men. MP Zohreh Elahian, who has been supportive of President Ahmadiejad, has put out a warning to the Government. She said the Social Security Fund needs a “professional head”, not a “problematic figure” like Saeed Mortazavi, the Presidential aide who remains under fire over his alleged involvement in the Kahrizak detention centre abuses of summer 2009.
Elahian also said impeachment proceedings against the Minister of Labor will resume on 3 April.
0705 GMT: On a morning dominated by assurances over the economy in Iranian State media, Press TV takes the award for Rosiest-Coloured Glasses:
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman has defended Beijing’s decision to keep importing Iranian crude despite the US sanctions on Tehran, insisting that the move is not in breach of the UN Security Council’s resolutions.
China’s oil imports from Iran were based on the country’s economic development needs and do not violate any UN resolutions or damage the interests of third parties, Hong Lei told reporters on Thursday.
“China opposes any country imposing its domestic law on another country. We oppose the practice of saddling unilateral sanctions on a third country,” he added.
So what’s missing? Perhaps the revelation on Thursday that China’s imports of Iranian oil had fallen 45% in February.
Press TV also frames a letter from the Indian Foreign Minister to Parliament as “India to Continue Purchasing Iranian Crude Oil“. State news agency IRNA’s lead story is on the same topic.
So what’s missing? This sentence from the Foreign Minister’s statement, which points to the US-led strategy to wean countries off reliance on Tehran’s crude: “India is also trying to diversify its sources of crude oil imports.”
Source: EA World
Justice For Iran Monitoring Report of European Union’s Targetted Sanctions against Iranian Officials for Serious Human Rights Abuses
The European Union’s 12 April 2011 legislation and 10 October 2011 implementing decision levied targeted sanctions against 61 Iranian persons responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. The list, as currently formulated, sanctions present and past government officials as well as those affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and its paramilitary wing, the Basij; members of the Iranian judiciary (including judges and prosecutors); and persons with leadership roles in Iran’s prison apparatus.
Justice for Iran (JFI) endeavors to provide a comprehensive and detailed assessment of what further measures the European Union Commission can take in its enforcement of targeted sanctions against Iranian officials for serious human rights abuses in Iran. Read the rest of this entry
Activist Hossein Jafar Ali Jasbi Is the Latest on Billström’s Delivery List to the Islamic Butchers in Evin; Deportation Date of 6 March 2012 – TAKE ACTION!
Hossein Jafar Ali Jasbi was born on 22 September 1972 to a family is among the tens of thousands of families that have suffered in the hands of the “men of God” and their gallows in Evin and other slaughterhouses. By the time he was 10 years old, Hossein had lost his beloved older sister Mehri, age 27, and a brother Reza, age 25; they were among those tens of thousands executed in the 1980s.
Hossein’s father, who wasn’t even politically active, was put behind bars like the hundreds of mothers, fathers, and relatives who have been arrested, jailed tortured, forced to confess to activities that they had nothing to do with, and then even put on “trial” in Islamic “courts” and sentenced to years-long imprisonment or – as in so many cases – even executed. Hosein’s father not only lost 2 children to the gallows of the keeper of Evin, but spent many years in that hell too. He was released only in 1989. Read the rest of this entry
EU: Sanktionsliste gegen iranische Staatsbürger/Unternehmen/Organisationen (aktuell)
Iran
Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP (OJ L 100, 14.4.2011, p. 51)
Notice to listed persons, entities and bodies (OJ C 116, 14.4.2011, p. 1)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:100:0051:0057:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:116:0001:0001:EN:PDF
- restrictions on admission of
(i) persons responsible for serious human rights violation in Iran and
(ii) persons associated with them
- freezing of funds and economic resources of
(i) persons responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran and
(ii) persons, entities and bodies associated with them
implemented by:
Council Implementing Decision 2011/670 (OJ L 267, 12.10.2011, p. 13)
Notice to listed persons (OJ C 301, 12.10.2011, p. 3) Read the rest of this entry
Europa: Asylrecht: EuGH-Urteil stellt Dublin-II-Verordnung in Frage
Asylbewerber dürfen nicht in ein EU-Land überstellt werden, wenn dort die Unionsgrundrechte von Asylbewerbern missachtet werden. Foto: dpa
Schutz der Grundrechte hat Vorrang
Asylbewerber dürfen nicht in einen EU-Mitgliedstaat überstellt werden, wenn dort die Einhaltung ihrer Grundrechte nicht gewährleistet werden kann. Die Entscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs (EuGH) Ende Dezember war ein weiterer Schlag gegen das europäische Asylzuständigkeitsystem, die “Dublin II-Verordnung”.
Die “Dublin-II-Verordnung”, die festlegt, welcher Mitgliedsstaat für die Prüfung eines Asylantrags zuständig ist, darf nicht so angewendet werden, dass die Unionsgrundrechte von Asylbewerbern missachtet werden. Das 
entschied der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) am 21. Dezember 2011.
Dreizehn Mitgliedsstaaten, die Schweiz, das UN-Flüchtlingskommissariat, Amnesty International und AIRE (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) Irland und Großbritannien beteiligten sich an dem Verfahren, in dem es um die Rechte von Asylbewerbern ging. Read the rest of this entry
Spiegel: Sanktionen gegen Iran – EU-Länder einigen sich auf Ölembargo
AFP/ Iranian Presidency Website
Irans Präsident Mahmud Ahmadinedschad (Archivbild): 18 Prozent des Öls geht an die EU
Brüssel – Im Atomstreit mit dem Westen droht Iran ein Ölembargo der Europäischen Union. Die Mitgliedstaaten hätten sich grundsätzlich auf ein Importverbot geeinigt, umstritten seien nur noch Details wie der Beginn des Embargos, sagten mehrere EU-Diplomaten in Brüssel. Die EU-Außenminister könnten die Sanktion auf ihrem Treffen am 30. Januar beschließen, die Verhandlungen seien auf gutem Wege, sagte Frankreichs Außenminister Alain Juppé am Mittwoch bei einem Besuch in Lissabon. Read the rest of this entry
URGENT: Execution of Sakineh Ashtiani Believed to be Imminent: 5 Things You Should Do NOW
According to recent media reports, the Islamic Republic is once again preparing to execute Sakineh Ashtiani.
We ask all concerned individuals to take the following urgent actions:
1) Contact your State Department or Foreign Ministry (addresses below) with the following message:
I demand that this government exert the utmost diplomatic pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran to:
a) prevent the execution of Sakineh Ashtiani, and
b) secure the immediate and unconditional freedom of Sakineh Ashtiani and her lawyer, Houtan Kian.
I specifically request direct economic sanctions against the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran regime. They are are all – from the executives, lawmakers, judiciary, to the IRGC and beyond – criminals and murderers. They should be dealt with as such.
Sincerely,
[your name]
Contact information for Foreign Ministries and the US State Department:
kab.bz@diplobel.fed.be;info@mvp.gov.ba;iprd@mfa.government.bg;
imprensa@itamaraty.gov.br;ministar@mvpei.hr;minforeign1@mfa.gov.cy;
michael.spindelegger@bmeia.gv.at;udenrigsministeren@um.dk;vminfo@vm.ee;umi@formin.fi;
bernard.kouchner@diplomatie.gouv.fr;inform@mfa.gov.ge;
guido.westerwelle@auswaertiges-amt.de;gpapandreou@parliament.gr;titkarsag.konz@kum.hu;
external@utn.stjr.is;minister@dfa.ie;gabinetto@cert.esteri.it;podatelna@mzv.cz;
segreteria.frattini@esteri.it;mfa.cha@mfa.gov.lv;tonio.borg@gov.mt;secdep@mfa.md;
post@mfa.no;DNZPC.Sekretariat@msz.gov.pl;ministro@mne.gov.pt;senec@mne.gov.pt;
pm@pm.gov.pt;miguel.moratinos@maec.es;registrator@foreign.ministry.se;info@eda.admin.ch;
msp@mfa.rs
Netherlands Foreign Ministry – web form to contact Uri Rosenthal is currently down; please call or fax: Telephone: +31 70 3486486
Fax: + 31 70 3484848
CONTACT FORM: US Department of State
2) Contact Bernard Kouchner, the Foreign Minister of France(bernard.kouchner@diplomatie.gouv.fr), with the following message asking France to be the first to close the doors to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic in France:
Dear Mr. Kouchner,
It has come to my attention that the Islamic Republic once again is threatening to execute Sakineh Ashtiani. If the Islamic Republic executes Sakineh Ashtiani, I urge the French government to close the doors to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in France. The honorable people of France, and in particular the women of France, have shown their broad and consistent support for Sakineh Ashtiani and her family; Carla Bruni Sarkozy has publicly advocated in Sakineh’s defense, and drawn a slanderous response from the Islamic regime for doing so; and France’s President Sarkozy has taken it as his personal duty to defend Sakineh Ashtiani. France should take the international lead in closing the regime’s embassy in Paris. It is the only appropriate diplomatic response to the Islamic Republic regime’s ongoing perpetration of human rights atrocities.
Sincerely,
[your name]
3) Send this sample letter (available in ENG, DE & FR) to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, and encourage everyone you know to do the same. [ SAMPLE LETTER ] Contact addresses to send to: inquiries@un.org, npillay@ohchr.org, urgent-action@ohchr.org
4) Fill out the contact form for UN Women to
a) demand a UN resolution to criminalize stoning, and
b) to demand immediate expulsion from the UN Commission on the Status of Women of the Islamic Republic of Iran and all other states whose authority is dependent on gender apartheid and violence against women.
If Sakineh is executed, the UN will be held responsible for its refusal to act or even issue a strong statement against the execution of Sakineh Ashtiani.
5) If the Islamic Republic executes Sakineh Ashtiani, regardless of how they implement the murder (stoning or hanging), people living near offices and embassies of the Islamic Republic should immediately deposit a pile of stones (painted red if possible) in front of the door or gate to the regime’s office or embassy. If feasible, tape photos and/or posters of Sakineh to the doors, windows, gates, etc.
We and all humanity thank you for your urgent action in this matter.
Round up of Today’s International News 22/12/12
IRAN
Iran Admits Western Sanctions Are Inflicting Damage
Iran’s veneer of stoicism toward the Western sanctions that have disrupted its economy showed some new strains on Monday, as the deputy oil minister acknowledged a decline in domestic petroleum production because of dwindling foreign investment, and four-year-old talks between the Iranians and Poland’s biggest natural gas developer collapsed.
Iran says UN agency could visit in January
A team of senior U.N. nuclear officials could visit Iran in January, the Islamic state’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has told Reuters.
Iranian currency drops amid jitters over regional trade
Iran’s currency plunged against the U.S. dollar Tuesday, continuing a sharp drop exacerbated by jitters over tightening international sanctions and uncertainties about the domestic economy and regional trade.
Iran moves websites to guard against cyber attacks
Iran has moved most of its government websites from foreign-based hosting companies to new computer facilities inside the country, to protect them against cyber attacks, a senior official said on Tuesday.
UN General Assembly approves resolution denouncing serious human rights violations in Iran
The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution denouncing serious human rights violations in Iran ranging from flogging and amputations to frequent use of the death penalty.
Iran to expel around 900,000 Afghan refugees
According to officials in the interior affairs ministry of Iran, around 900,000 Afghan illegal refugees are residing in Iran. Read the rest of this entry
The Latest from Iran (2 December): After the Embassy, It’s Back to the Economy
Maya Neyestani compares protest and Iran’s security forces 2009 with protest and Iran’s security forces 2011: “Nah, they are students. Take it easy. Read the rest of this entry
EIL: US-Senat beschliesst Sanktionen gegen iranische Zentralbank
Im Streit um das iranische Atomprogramm hat der US-Senat am Donnerstag (Ortszeit) einstimmig neue Sanktionen gegen die iranische Zentralbank beschlossen. Damit sollen die bisherigen Sanktionen gegen das iranische Regime verstärkt werden.
Die Abgeordneten teilten mit, dass die Sorgen über eine nukleare Bewaffnung des Irans die Vorbehalte in Bezug auf eine mögliche Verteuerung des Ölpreises überwiegen würden. Regierungsvertreter hatten gewarnt, dass ein Anstieg des Ölpreises dem Iran mehr Geld einbringen könnte.
Zuvor hatte am Donnerstag bereits die EU weitere Sanktionen gegen den Iran gesprochen. Die Aussenminister der EU-Staaten beschlossen aus Protest gegen das Nuklearprogramm Sanktionen gegen 180 Unternehmen und Personen. Zudem soll an weiteren Strafmassnahmen gearbeitet werden, um auch den Energie- und den Finanzsektor des Iran zu treffen.
Die Internationale Atomenergiebehörde (IAEA) hatte kürzlich erstmals “glaubwürdige Hinweise” für eine militärische Dimension des iranischen Atomprogramms aufgelistet.
EU erhöht Druck auf Iran – Betroffen seien etwa 180 Einrichtungen und Einzelpersonen
Brüssel (Reuters) – Die EU will den Druck auf den Iran mit einer neuen Sanktionsrunde verstärken und bereitet ein Ölembargo vor.
Über die gerade erst verschärften Sanktionen hinaus sollten in den kommenden Wochen weitere Maßnahmen im Finanz-, Transport- und Energiesektor geprüft werden, beschlossen die EU-Außenminister am Donnerstag in Brüssel. Der Begriff Ölembargo fiel dabei gezielt nicht, weil Griechenland und Italien wegen starker Abhängigkeit von iranischen Lieferungen nicht zustimmen wollten. Doch Frankreichs Außenminister Alain Juppe gab sich zuversichtlich, dass das von seinem Land vorgeschlagene Ölembargo kommt. Es müssten alternative Lieferanten gefunden werden. Auch die US-Regierung will den Druck auf das Land mit neuen Sanktionen gegen die iranische Zentralbank erhöhen, wie eine Staatssekretärin erklärte. Read the rest of this entry
Iran News Round Up (Dec. 1)
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The Latest from Iran (1 December): A Spot of Bother
Nikahang Kowsar portrays the Supreme Leader’s approach to international affairs
1510 GMT: Peyke Iran reports that the eleven Basiji students who were arrested during the attack on the UK Embassy have now been released by security forces. The 11 were arrested out of a total of hundreds, perhaps a thousand Basiji students who raided the main compound and the secondary building in Baghe Ghalhak and have created a diplomatic nightmare for Iran. Read the rest of this entry
Brüssel: Außenminister beraten über Beziehung zum Iran
Nach der Erstürmung der britischen Botschaft in Teheran beraten die EU-Außenminister über die Beziehungen zum Iran. Die Europäische Union will ihre Sanktionen gegen den Iran ausweiten und unter anderem Einreiseverbote gegen Führungspersonen des iranischen Regimes verhängen.
Als Reaktion will die EU zusätzliche 37 Einreiseverbote gegen Führungsgestalten des iranischen Regimes und Maßnahmen gegen 143 Organisationen oder Unternehmen verhängen.
Niederlande: Ambassadeur uit Iran teruggeroepen – هلند سفیر خود از ایران را فرا خواند
متن پارسی در ادامه
(Telegraaf) - DEN HAAG - De Nederlandse ambassadeur in Iran wordt direct teruggeroepen naar Nederland voor overleg.
Dat heeft minister Rosenthal van Buitenlandse Zaken bekendgemaakt. De beslissing komt na de bestorming van de Britse ambassade dinsdag. Eerder werd de Britse ambassade gesloten en werd de Duitse ambassadeur eveneens teruggeroepen.
Nederlandse ambassade in Teheran – سفارت هلند در تهران
سفیر هلند از تهران فرا خوانده شده است. به گزارش شبکه ایرانیان هلند، این موضوع را ساعاتی پیش یوری روزنتال، وزیر خارجه هلند اعلام کرده است. روزنامه تلخراف، چاپ هلند در گزارش کوتاهی نوشته است که این تصمیم در واکنش به اشغال سفارت بریتانیا در تهران گرفته شده است
یکی از ایرانیان مقیم هلند در صفحه فیس بوک شبکه ایرانیان هلند نوشته است: این اقدام باید در زمان اعدام زهرا بهرامی صورت میگرفت
تارنمای خبری “اخبار هلند” در خبری کوتاه نوشته: واکنش دولت هلند در حالی صورت گرفته که وزیر خارجه، روز چهارشنبه در پارلمان هلند گفته بود: نیازی به تشدید تدابیر امنیتی برای سفارت هلند در تهران نیست
EU-Abgeordneter setzt sich für iranische Dissidenten im Irak ein
Brüssel - Der EU-Abgeordnete Struan Stevenson hat die Europäische Union am Mittwoch aufgefordert, die Schließung eines Lagers iranischer Dissidenten im Irak zu verhindern. Stevenson ist im EU-Parlament Vorsitzender des Ausschusses für Verbindungen zum Irak. Der irakische Ministerpräsident Nuri al-Maliki will Camp Ashraf zum Jahresende schließen. Dort halten sich etwa 3.400 Angehörige des Iranischen Widerstandsrats auf, die zu Zeiten Saddam Husseins bewaffnete Vorstöße gegen den Iran unternahmen. Nach Angaben von EU-Vertretern will ein Drittel der Lagerbewohner eine Amnestie des Irans zur Rückkehr nutzen. Die übrigen könnten in andere Länder.
Eye on Iran: Britain Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Iran
Top Stories
NYT: ”Britain said on Wednesday that it had closed its embassy in Tehran, withdrawn all its diplomats and ordered Iran to do the same within 48 hours at its own diplomatic mission in London in the worst rupture of relations in decades. The measures were announced in Parliament by Foreign Secretary William Hague a day after Iranian protesters shouting ‘Death to England’ stormed the British Embassy compound and a diplomatic residence in Tehran, tearing down the British flag, smashing windows, defacing walls and briefly detaining six staff members in what appeared to be a state-sponsored protest against Britain’s tough new economic sanctions against Iran. The attack was the most serious diplomatic breach since the traumatic assault on the American Embassy after Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979. Mr. Hague had initially expressed outrage over the attack, saying Britain held Iran’s government responsible and promising ‘other, further, and serious consequences.’ In Parliament Wednesday he declared: ‘We have now closed the British embassy in Tehran. We have decided to evacuate all our staff.’ All British diplomats had now left Iran, he said. ‘We require the immediate closure of the Iranian embassy in London and all staff must leave in the next 48 hours,’ he said… Separately, Norway said it had temporarily closed its embassy in Tehran but had not withdrawn diplomatic personnel. A spokeswoman, Hilde Steinfeld, said the Norwegian authorities decided on the move late Tuesday after the attack on the British facilities.” http://t.uani.com/tG9VEO Read the rest of this entry
Realite News Alert 21/11/11
IRAN SANCTIONS
U.S. to name Iran area of “money laundering concern”
The Treasury Department plans to designate Iran as an area of “primary money laundering concern” on Monday, a U.S. official said, a move allowing it to take steps to further isolate the Iranian financial sector.
U.S. Plans New Sanctions Against Iran’s Oil Industry
The Obama administration plans to impose a new round of sanctions against Iran’s petrochemical industry, a Western official briefed on the plans said Friday, less than two weeks after a United Nations report published evidence that the Iranian government was working on a nuclear weapon.
Switzerland widens scope of Iran sanctions
Switzerland has added 116 names to its list of Iranian entities under sanctions, in response to heightened international concern about Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Canada ready to take action on Iran if needed, Harper says
In a blunt warning amid an escalating crisis, the Harper government declared Friday that Canada stands ready to join with other nations in preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Read the rest of this entry
Europaparlament: Iran – aktuelle Fälle von Menschenrechtsverletzungen
Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments vom 17. November 2011 zu aktuellen Fällen
von Menschenrechtsverletzungen im Iran
Das Europäische Parlament,
– unter Hinweis auf seine früheren Entschließungen zum Iran, insbesondere diejenigen, die
die Menschenrechte betreffen, und vor allem auf die Entschließungen vom
7. September 2010 und vom 20. Januar 2011, Read the rest of this entry
EU: Human rights resolutions: military trials in Egypt, death penalty in Iran
Parliament calls for the immediate release of Egyptian blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah, and an end to military trials of civilians under Egypt’s emergency law, in a resolution passed on Thursday. In another resolution, it urges Iran to impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, reform its judicial process and remove restrictions on fundamental freedoms.
EP calls for immediate release of Egyptian blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah Read the rest of this entry
Iran Snap Analysis: The IAEA Nuclear Report — Serious, But Not That Serious….
In advance of our analysis in the morning, a snapshot of the some of the framing and intepretation of the IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear programme….
Our take-away line at this point: “The report is more serious for Iran than previous IAEA findings but not as serious as Western officials were spinning it.” Read the rest of this entry
EIL: IAEA Bericht – Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Hierüber reden seit Tagen die Staaten der Welt. Fakten werden in diesem offiziellen Bericht genannt. Der Bericht der IAEA Behörde zum Thema Iran komplett am Ende.
Report by the Director General A. Introduction 1. This report of the Director General to the Board of Governors and, in parallel, to the Security Council, is on the implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement1 and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran). 2. The Security Council has affirmed that the steps required by the Board of Governors in its resolutions2 are binding on Iran.3 The relevant provisions of the aforementioned Security Council resolutions were adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, and are mandatory, in accordance with the terms of those resolutions.4 __________________________________________________________________________________ 1 The Agreement between Iran and the Agency for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (INFCIRC/214), which entered into force on 15 May 1974. 2 The Board of Governors has adopted ten resolutions in connection with the implementation of safeguards in Iran: GOV/2003/69 (12 September 2003); GOV/2003/81 (26 November 2003); GOV/2004/21 (13 March 2004); GOV/2004/49 (18 June 2004); GOV/2004/79 (18 September 2004); GOV/2004/90 (29 November 2004); GOV/2005/64 (11 August 2005); GOV/2005/77 (24 September 2005); GOV/2006/14 (4 February 2006); and GOV/2009/82 (27 November 2009). 3 In resolution 1929 (2010), the Security Council: affirmed, inter alia, that Iran shall, without further delay, take the steps required by the Board in GOV/2006/14 and GOV/2009/82; reaffirmed Iran’s obligation to cooperate fully with the IAEA on all outstanding issues, particularly those which give rise to concerns about the possible military dimensions of the Iranian nuclear programme; decided that Iran shall, without delay, comply fully and without qualification with its Safeguards Agreement, including through the application of modified Code 3.1 of the Subsidiary Arrangements; and called upon Iran to act strictly in accordance with the provisions of its Additional Protocol and to ratify it promptly (operative paras 1–6). 4 The United Nations Security Council has adopted the following resolutions on Iran: 1696 (2006); 1737 (2006); 1747 (2007); 1803 (2008); 1835 (2008); and 1929 (2010). IAEA_Iran_8Nov2011( Full Report/Vollständiger Bericht - pdf)
Brüssel: Iran refuses visas to EU Parliament delegation
BRUSSELS, Oct 26 (KUNA) — The five members of the European Parliament Delegation for Iran, who were shortly leaving to Iran on a visit from 31 October to 4 November 2011, learned Wednesday that the Iranian authorities would not issue visas to the participants, Tarja Cronberg chair, Delegation for Relations with Iran in the European Parliament, said in a statement here tonight.
“This decision means that the visit is effectively cancelled, despite considerable preparations and planning. No clear reasons were given for this unexpected decision,” noted the statement.
“The European Parliament’s delegation was ready to engage in a constructive dialogue with Iranian parliamentarians, government officials and representatives of civil society on issues such as the nuclear programme, human rights, drug related issues; energy and the environment; regional security and the upcoming parliamentary elections in Iran,” it said.
“The delegation very much regrets the fact that the Iranian authorities chose to break off this timely opportunity for dialogue,” it added.
The members of the delegation who were scheduled to travel came from five of the political groups in the European Parliament. They were Tarja Cronberg (Finland), Kurt Lechner (Germany), Cornelia Ernst (Germany), Kathleen van Brempt (Belgium) and Marietje Schaake (Netherlands).
EIL: Danish police illegally arrest 14 activists at a demonstration in support of political prisoners at the Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran in Copenhagen
On October 5, 2011, a group of peaceful protesters who had gathered outside of the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Copenhagen, Denmark, were illegally arrested by the Danish police.
The demonstrators were peacefully and lawfully displaying placards objecting to the recent arrests and long prison sentences of worker activists in Iran when the police began to restrain the demonstrators and take them into custody, in clear violation of their civil and human rights.
!Letter to the UK Home Secretory: Please release the new travel ban list
Justice for Iran commends the UK government for its recent passage of a new round of travel restrictions targeting the Iranian regime, including commanders, judges and prison officials who have committed serious human rights abuses in Iran since the disputed presidential elections of 2009. The UK’s addition of 50 new individuals from various governmental bodies in Iran to the already existing travel bansimposed by the European Union on 32 Iranian officials last April is an important step in further ensuring the end of impunity for Iran’s worst human rights violators.
Irans Quds-Einheit: Unterstützung für Terror weltweit
Die Europäische Union verhängte am vergangenen Mittwoch neue Sanktionen gegen Irans elitäre Quds-Einheit. Die Sanktionen sind eine Reaktion auf die technische und materielle Hilfe, die die Quds-Einheit dem syrischen Präsidenten Baschar al-Assad bei dessen brutaler Unterdrückung der Proteste in seinem Land zukommen lässt. [1]
Am selben Tag verkündete Generalmajor Jeffrey S. Buchanan, der oberste Sprecher des US-Militärs im Irak, dass nicht mit al-Qaida verbündete Terroristen, sondern vom Iran unterstützte Milizen die größte Bedrohung für die Sicherheit im Irak darstellen. Laut Buchanan versorgt die Quds-Einheit die Milizen mit Personal und Ausrüstung sowie geheimdienstlichen Informationen. [2]
Iran: Roundup of Today’s International News 15/09/11
Alarmed West dismisses Iran nuclear “charm offensive”
Western powers said on Wednesday an Iranian “charm offensive” had failed to dispel mounting fears Iran may be working to develop a nuclear bomb, but Washington’s envoy did not rule out engaging with Tehran after it offered fresh talks. Glyn Davies, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. atomic watchdog, said a letter from Iran’s nuclear negotiator to the European Union’s foreign policy chief did not contain any new commitments by Tehran to address international concerns about its aims.
Ahmadinejad to bring book on Iran’s occupation by Allies to UN General Assembly
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to give copies of a book about Iran’s occupation by the Allies during World War II as gifts to the political delegations attending the 66th session of the UN General Assembly. […] “Iran’s occupation by the Allies during World War II is an international issue… this book contains many documents referring to the abuses practiced by the Allies against the Iranian people,” he added.
URGENT: Letter-Writing Action: Stop Sweden’s Illegal Deportation of Kurdish Opposition Activist Fouad Velzi!
Send this sample letter (adjust to your own taste) to stop the Swedish government’s illegal attempt to deport Kurdish Iranian opposition activist Fouad Velzi.
Fouad Velzi is currently being held in detention by the government of Sweden with the intent to illegally deport him to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Swedish government intends to return Fouad to detention, torture, and possible execution at the hands of a regime that has executed at least 37 people over the past 10 days. It is up to us to do all in our power to stop this crime.
Statement by the Spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran
The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement yesterday: The High Representative wishes to express her serious concern about the recent wave of arrests of Baha’i citizens, and the shutting down of an educational centre of the Baha’i community in Iran. The European Union recalls that freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief are fundamental rights which must be guaranteed under all circumstances according to article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Iran has signed up to and ratified. The European Union calls on Iran to immediately release all individuals detained on religious grounds, to put an end to the ongoing persecution of the Baha’i community, including in the field of education, and to refrain from all forms of discrimination against religious minorities, so as to guarantee the full respect for freedom of religion or belief in Iran. Quelle: EU
URGENT: Stop the Illegal Deportation of Mitra Kahrom to the Misogynist Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mitra Kahrom was forced to endure extreme violence at the hands of a brutal husband whose crimes against Mitra are endorsed by a brutal and misogynist regime. Unable to tolerate life under such repression, Mitra went to the streets in protest against the Islamic Republic; she was identified and hunted by the regime. Subsequently, she fled to Sweden and has been openly and vocally active in organizations that oppose the Islamic Republic regime. Mitra has numerous grounds on which to claim asylum in Sweden. Despite this, the Swedish government wants to send her back to a place in hell where the flames burn hotter for women: the Swedish government wants to deport Mitra back to Iran. We at Mission Free Iran oppose the Swedish government’s illegal efforts to deport Mitra, and we ask that you join us in demanding Mitra’s right to asylum in Sweden. A sample letter-writing action appears below Mitra’s story.
EU-Parlament: Delegation for relations with Iran (D-IR)
7th PARLIAMENTARY TERM – 7ième LEGISLATURE
MEETING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE – DOCUMENTS DE REUNION DISPONIBLES
2011
EU-Parlament: Dokumente zum Iran
EU approach towards Iran – 10/03/2011EU approach towards Iran EN
Approche de l’Union européenne vis-à-vis de l’Iran FR
Vorgehensweise der EU gegenüber dem Iran DE
The case of Nasrin Sotoudeh – 20/1/2011EP resolution on Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh EN
Résolution du Parlement européen sur l’Iran, en particulier le cas de Nasrin Sotoudeh FR
Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu Iran – der Fall von Nasrin Sotoudeh DE
Human Rights in Iran – the case of Zahra Bahrami – 08/09/2010Human Rights in Iran – the cases of S.M. Ashtiani and Z. Bahrami EN
Situation des droits de l’homme en Iran (les cas de S.M. Ashtiani et de Z. Bahrami) FR
Menschenrechte im Iran (die Fälle S.M. Ashtiani und Z. Bahrami DE
Situation in Iran – 10/02/201Situation in IranEN
Situation en Iran FR
Lage im Iran DE
EP Resolution on Iran – 22/10/2010Iran EN
Iran FR
Iran DE
EU: Iran and Human Rights
The EU is greatly concerned about the steady deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran following the June 2009 presidential elections. The EU has issues numerous statements calling on Iran to respect the international human rights obligations it has entered into, including theInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
On 21 March 2011, EU Foreign Ministers 
expressed their alarm at the dramatic increase in executions in recent months and the systematic repression of Iranian citizens, including human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, women’s activists, bloggers, persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities and members of the opposition, who face harrassment and arrests for exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
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