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Iran
National Front-Abroad
New York Office
P.O. Box 136
Audubon
Station
New York City, NY 10032
July 1, 2009
The Honorable Ban Ki-moon,
Secretary General of the
United Nations
United Nations
New
York City, NY
10017
Your Excellency,
The Iranian government,
which is suffering from crisis of legitimacy, is using violence to subdue
a people who use nonviolence to gain their freedom and basic human rights.
The United Nations is the world’s most legitimate international
organization concerned with human rights.
The United Nations was
founded, according to its Charter, “to reaffirm faith in fundamental human
rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights
of men and women and of nations large and small.”
The Iranian government is
a signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which obligates
it to adhere to all its stipulations including Article 21, which declares:
“Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country,
directly or through freely chosen representatives...
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of
government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine
elections...”
As you are fully aware,
the elections in Iran
are neither democratic nor free.
The regime only allows trusted members of the ruling oligarchy to
run. What has caused the
recent protests is that the government does not even respect the votes for
candidates that the regime itself had already approved.
The Iran National Front
(INF) was founded by Iranian democrats under the leadership of Dr.
Mohammad Mossadegh in 1949 with the main objectives of securing free and
fair elections. The INF
continues to be the main pro-democracy organization in
Iran.
The INF strongly opposes the gross violations of the human rights
of the Iranian people by the Iranian government.
We, the Iran National
Front-Abroad, would like to request your attention to the massive and
flagrant violations of human rights of the Iranian people.
The UN could play a constructive role in preventing the current
crisis from deteriorating into massive bloodshed.
The UN has helped resolve disputes around the world including those
in South Africa,
Namibia,
Cambodia, and
the assassination of Rafiq Hariri in
Lebanon.
The UN could reaffirm its historical role and actively work toward
the resolution of conflict engulfing Iran
by supporting the following proposals.
As you are aware, following the fraudulent
presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the state security
forces have suppressed and arrested large number of pro democracy
activists and the protesters against election rigging. Invasion of the
dissidents’ homes and violent attacks on dormitories of university
students by state-sponsored plain cloth agents have been particularly
egregious and cruel. We appeal to you to make a public statement in
defense of democracy movement in
Iran
and openly support the appointment of a Special Rapporteur by the UN Human
Rights Council to investigate the atrocities the Iranian government has
committed against peaceful demonstrators and pro democracy activists.
Dr. Mohsen Ghaemmagham,
M.D. and Ahmad Pakzad (retired judge) have been authorized by the Iran
National Front-Abroad to personally discuss this matter and provide
details of how the UN’s diplomatic efforts could assist in resolving the
ongoing conflict and prevent further atrocities being committed in
Iran.
Iran
National Front-Abroad
Executive Committee
Dr. Homayoun Mehmaneche (Germany)
Bahman Mobasheri (Germany)
Kambiz Ghaemmagham (U.S.A.)
http://www.jebhemelli.net/
http://www.melliun.org/
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