At least 107 former world leaders signed an open letter in support of Iranian pro-democracy protesters, and demanded to blacklist the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).
This request is made this Tuesday, by means of a collective letter, a few days after the regime executed three protesters. The initiative is carried out by world leaders representing 45 nations.
Iran’s regime executed three men on Friday convicted of participating in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini last year, drawing condemnation from Western governments.
Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi They were found guilty of “moharebeh” – or waging a “war against God” – for allegedly shooting dead three members of the security forces at a demonstration in the central city of Isfahan on November 16, the judiciary reported. he said on his news website Mizan Online.
During the protests, which Tehran called foreign-instigated “riots,” thousands of Iranians were arrested and hundreds were killed, including dozens of security personnel.
Friday’s hangings bring to seven the total number of Iranians executed in connection with the demonstrations.
The collective letter of 107 former heads of state asked the leaders of Canada, the EU, the UK and the US to demand that the “leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran be held accountable for its crimes.”
“We encourage you to stand in solidarity with the people of Iran in their desire for a secular and democratic republic where no individual, regardless of religion or birthright, has any privilege over others. Through their slogans, the Iranian people have made it clear that they reject all forms of dictatorship, be it that of the deposed Shah or the current theocratic regime, and therefore reject any association with either,” the open letter states. .
“We believe that it is up to the Iranian people to decide their future. However, we recognize that for four decades, the democratic National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) coalition has constantly and tirelessly sought democratic change. In this regard, we believe that the Ten Point Plan articulated by NCRI President Ms. Maryam Rajavi deserves support. His commitment to free elections, freedom of assembly and expression, the abolition of the death penalty, gender equality, the separation of religion and state, the autonomy of Iran’s ethnic groups and a non-nuclear Iran is in line with our own democratic values,” the letter says.
The signatories to the letter include 50 former presidents, 47 former prime ministers, one former foreign minister and nine other former heads of state from around the world. Two former presidents of the European Commission and three Nobel Peace Prize winners are among those who signed it.
European signatories include former prime ministers of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and Ukraine. In South America, they include former presidents of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico and two former General Secretaries of the Organization of American States (OAS). Other signatories are two former Prime Ministers of Canada.
“Decades of apparent silence and inaction by the international community have helped fuel a culture of impunity in Iran. Since the 1980s, the Iranian authorities have executed tens of thousands of protesters and political prisoners. Tragically, in the summer of 1988 alone, more than 30,000 political prisoners, the vast majority of whom were members of the opposition MEK, were brutally massacred,” the letter reads.
“We urge your nations to support the Iranian people in their quest for change and to take decisive action against the current regime. This includes blacklisting the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and holding regime officials accountable for their crimes against humanity.”
The European Union condemned the executions “in the strongest possible terms,” foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.
He called on Tehran to “refrain from applying the death penalty and from carrying out future executions,” adding that the authorities must comply with “their obligations under international law” and respect “the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.”
The list of signatories:
Jean Claude Juncker – Former Prime Minister, Luxembourg; former president of the European Commission
Romano Prodi – Former Prime Minister, Italy; former president of the European Commission
Lech Wałęsa – Former President of Poland; Nobel Peace Prize
Juan Manuel Santos – Former President, Colombia; Nobel Peace Prize
Oscar Arias Sánchez – Former President, Costa Rica; Nobel Peace Prize
Liz Truss – Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom
Bernard Cazeneuve – Former Prime Minister, France
Yulia Tymoshenko – Former Prime Minister, Ukraine
Stephen Harper – Former Prime Minister, Canada
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría – Former President, Costa Rica; Former Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS)
César Gaviria – Former President, Colombia: Former Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS)
Matteo Renzi – Former Prime Minister, Italy
Mariano Rajoy – Former Prime Minister, Spain
Janez Janša – Former Prime Minister, Slovenia
Aníbal Cavaco Silva – Former President and Former Prime Minister, Portugal
Guy Verhofstadt – Former Prime Minister, Belgium
Mary McAleese – Former President, Ireland
Micheline Calmy-Rey – Former President, Switzerland
Heinz Fischer – Former President, Austria
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca – Former President, Malta
Ricardo Lagos Escobar – Former President, Chile
Mauricio Macri – Former President, Argentina
Danilo Türk – Former President, Slovenia
Sebastián Piñera E. – Former President, Chile
Vicente Fox – Former President, Mexico
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas – Former Prime Minister, Yemen
Carlos Alvarado Quesada – Former President, Costa Rica
Giuliano Amato – Former Prime Minister, Italy
Pedro Angulo Arana – Former Prime Minister, Peru
Andrus Ansip – Former Prime Minister, Estonia
Mercedes Aráoz – Former Prime Minister, Peru
Rosalía Arteaga Serrano – Former President, Ecuador
Alexandru Athanasiu – Former Prime Minister, Romania
José María Aznar – Former President of the Government, Spain
Gordon Bajnai – Former Prime Minister, Hungary
Nicolás Ardito Barletta – Former President, Panama
Jaume Bartumeu-Cassany – Former President of the Government, Andorra
Gian Nicola Berti – Former Captain Regent, San Marino
Georgi Bliznashki – Former Prime Minister, Bulgaria
Emil Boc – Former Prime Minister, Romania
Luca Boschi – Former Captain Regent, San Marino
Felipe Calderón – Former President, Mexico
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier – Former President, Costa Rica
Kim Campbell – Former Prime Minister, Canada
Miro Cerar – Former Prime Minister, Slovenia
Laura Chinchilla Miranda – Former President, Costa Rica
Matteo Ciacci – Former Captain Regent, San Marino
Emil Constantinescu – Former President, Romania
Carlo Cottarelli – Former Prime Minister, Italy
Édith Cresson – Former Prime Minister, France
Iván Duque – Former President, Colombia
José María Figueres – Former President, Costa Rica
Ántero Flores-Aráoz E. – Former Prime Minister, Peru
Federico Franco – Former President, Paraguay
Mario Frick – Former Prime Minister, Liechtenstein
Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert – Former President, Bolivia
Lawrence Gonzi – Former Prime Minister, Malta
Dalia Grybauskaitė – Former President, Lithuania
Alfred Gusenbauer – Former Chancellor, Austria
Geir H. Haarde – Former Prime Minister, Iceland
Avdullah Hoti – Former Prime Minister, Kosovo
Osvaldo Hurtado – Former President, Ecuador
Toomas Hendrik Ilves – Former President, Estonia
Enda Kenny – Former Prime Minister, Ireland
Andrej Kiska – Former President, Slovakia
Bronisław Komorowski – Former President of Poland
Andrius Kubilius – Former Prime Minister, Lithuania
Milan Kučan – Former President, Slovenia
Aleksander Kwaśniewski – Former President, Poland
Zlatko Lagumdžija – Former Prime Minister, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vytautas Landsbergis – Former Head of State, Lithuania
Yves Leterme – Former Prime Minister, Belgium
Moritz Leuenberger – Former President, Switzerland
Igor Lukšić – Former Prime Minister, Montenegro
Jamil Mahuad – Former President, Ecuador
Pandeli Majko – Former Prime Minister, Albania
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz – Former Prime Minister, Poland
Moncef Marzouki – Former President, Tunisia
Giuseppe Maria Morganti – Former Captain Regent, San Marino
Mireya Moscoso – Former President, Panama
Michele Muratori – Former Captain Regent, San Marino
Joseph Muscat – Former Prime Minister, Malta
Jiří Paroubek – Former Prime Minister, Czech Republic
Pedro Passos Coelho – Former Prime Minister, Portugal
Andrés Pastrana – Former President, Colombia
Ernesto Pérez Balladares – Former President, Panama
Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramírez – Former President, Bolivia
Iveta Radicova – Former Prime Minister, Slovakia
Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé – Former President, Bolivia
Taavi Rõivas – Former Prime Minister, Estonia
Petre Roman – Former Prime Minister, Romania
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle – Former President, Chile
Francisco Sagasti – Former President, Peru
Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera – Former President, Costa Rica
Vladimír Špidla – Former Prime Minister, Czech Republic
Hanna Suchocka – Former Prime Minister, Poland
Aníbal Torres Vásquez – Former Prime Minister, Peru
Aminata Touré – Former Prime Minister, Senegal
Elbegdorj Tsakhia – Former President and Former Prime Minister, Mongolia
Guntis Ulmanis – Former President, Latvia
Raimonds Vējonis – Former President, Latvia
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga – Former President, Latvia
Juan Carlos Wasmosy – Former President, Paraguay
Andrea Zafferani – Former Captain Regent, San Marino
Rosa Zafferani – Former Captain Regent, San Marino
Guerrino Zanotti – Former Captain Regent, San Marino
Valdis Zatlers – Former President, Latvia
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