Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi addressed the European Parliament and urged its members to look at the slogan of the Iranian demonstrators and understand its message.
Narges Mohammadi, a spokeswoman for the Iranian Human Rights Defenders Association, said her country’s people demonstrated through their protests that they “do not want an Islamic Republic.”
Mohammadi stressed in her message, which was sent from the Evin prison, north of the capital Tehran, that “what the world is seeing these days is the Iranian people’s declaration of rejection of the regime of the Islamic Republic.”
She described the Iranian regime as “authoritarian and woman-hating”, calling on the European Parliament to exert maximum pressure on the Iranian government, achieve and strengthen civil society and guarantee human rights.
Narges Mohammadi emphasized that stable support for the governments of the world can support the movement of the Iranian people for “victory over tyranny” and the achievement of freedom and democracy.
The human rights activist accused some countries of the world of ignoring the wishes of the Iranian people – always striving to achieve their economic interests, and considered the issue of human rights “a trifle” in the face of the Iranian regime.
In her open letter to the European Parliament, Narges Mohammadi wrote: “You hear my voice as a human rights and student activist, women and human rights activist in 12 civic institutions over the past 29 years and some a long time ago and for my civic activities I have 13 once arrested and sentenced to prison.” 34 years and 154 lashes.
Adding that she spent seven years of her life in prison, with another eight and a half years left before serving her current sentence, stressing that “she has no remorse and there is no doubt that she is confident in the victory of the Iranian people.”
Narges Mohammadi addressed the representatives of the European Parliament in Brussels and wrote: “The world cannot doubt that the Iranian people have used all social, political and civic tools to achieve democracy, achieve human lives and pay huge costs, but the government has stubbornly resisted the demands of the rights of the people and started with repressions, violence and murders.”
Narges Mohammadi, who is currently in Evin prison, has continued her civic and peaceful activities inside the prison in recent years.
In the more than 70 days since the nationwide protests in Iran, a number of Western leaders, including Germany and France, have supported the demonstrators and demanded that the Iranian authorities uphold human rights standards and respect the right to demonstrate peacefully. and assembly.
The European Union has also imposed sanctions on dozens of officials and institutions in Iran for their involvement in a wide-ranging crackdown on demonstrators in Iran.
In addition, a week ago, the UN Human Rights Council approved a resolution that would establish a fact-finding commission to investigate the latest developments in Iran.
“Opposing executions, supporting the families of those killed during protests in the country, defending political prisoners, criticizing solitary confinement, describing the physical and psychological torture of prisoners, and providing information about prison conditions” are the most important accusations made by Narges Mohammadi. persecuted in recent years, and are the basis for her sentence to imprisonment and flogging.
