Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi on Wednesday urged the United States not to reach any deal with Iran that would allow access to additional funds.
Lawyers have previously supported At least some sanctions against Tehran, Ebadi’s intervention appears not only after six weeks of protests in Iran, but also in the United States, which in recent weeks has shown reluctance to negotiate to revive the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action). . Under the restored JCPOA, Iran would gain access to frozen funds abroad and the lifting of US sanctions in return for curbing its nuclear program.
Ebadi is Speech at the United Nations Security Council’s “Aria” Conferencecouncil members or other state-sponsored informal gatherings to provide useful information Input from expert or non-state groupsThe meeting was attended by U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas to discuss weeks of protests in Iran following the September 16 death of Masa Amini after her arrest by Tehran’s “morality police”. Sponsored and introduced by Greenfield and Albanian Ambassador Ferit Hoxha.
Ebadi, speaking online from London, said “demands for justice” by the Amini family “have so far yielded no results.” Ebadi said, “I called on Western governments, especially the United States, to refrain from participating. [to] Instead of spending money on the welfare of the people, the Islamic Republic will, on the contrary, provide and buy more weapons, which will cause more killings in Iran and the region, so that anything that helps the regime survive. agreement of sorts. “
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi in undated photo
Ebadi, who left Iran in 2009, said the UN should launch an investigation into “the recent crackdown in Iran”. Myanmar 2017 precedent, and called for the withdrawal of the ambassadors of the “government of the free world” from Iran, with their representatives reduced to Acting Ministers. She demanded withdrawal from Iran. United Nations Commission on the Status of Womenand for the establishment of a “democratic and secular government”.
Also speaking virtually at the Arria conference, Javaid Rehman, the US special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, stressed the “lack of accountability” in Iran, and that the official investigation into Amini’s death “has no minimum requirements.” I wasn’t satisfied,” he said. [standards] Rehman argued that Iran’s family law, age of criminal responsibility, and employment practices were all discriminatory, creating a situation of “gender apartheid.”
“The Moment of Powder Barrels”
Mr Rehmann called for an international “independent investigation mechanism” to investigate the state’s response to the six-week protests, in which at least 277 people died, including those in Sistan Balchestan province. 67 people were included.
A third speaker, Iranian-born Hollywood actress Nazanin Boniadi, who was present in New York, called Amini’s death “murder” and “the powder barrel moment that ignited this recent riot.” said. She said the slogan “Women, Life, Freedom” was “a declaration against a regime built on being anti-woman, pro-martyrdom and oppressive.”
Boniadi challenged “the myth perpetuated by the world’s experts that hijab compulsion is a cultural issue and should not be intervened.” She also denied “another myth that this administration can be reformed,” arguing that no presidential or any other election could “make a difference.” “The potential for the current protests to transform Iran from a theocracy to a representative government is a geopolitical game-changer and could be the single most important key to bringing stability to the Middle East,” she said. There is,” he said.
US Ambassador Thomas Greenfield, sitting in front of White House Special Envoy Rob Murray, says the US supports an international investigation into Iran’s human rights and has already sanctioned Iran’s “morality police.”1992 The Aria Conference, first established by Venezuelan Ambassador Diego Aria, has sometimes led to UN Security Council resolutions.
