In a meeting held at the Italian senate, chaired jointly by Senator Paolo Corsini, Deputy Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee and Senator Luigi Manconi, the president of Human Rights Committee of the Italian Senate the situation of human rights in Iran was reviewed. The hearing, also noted the Iranian regime’s meddling in Iraq and the entire region.
Former Foreign Minister of Italy Giulio Terzi described the #Iranian society as a reactive and young society that is in opposition to the current government.
Mrs Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the Iranian resistance, in a message to the hearing referred to the wretched human rights record of the “moderate President” of the Iranian regime, Rouhani with atrocities such as the recent acid attacks on women and the stabbing of girls by agents of the regime. She said that at least 1,200 have been executed since Hassan Rouhani became President in Iran.
The message that was conveyed to the Senate hearing, by Dowlan Norouzi, representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, also referred to the continuous medical siege on the members of the Iranian resistance, stationed at Camp Liberty-Iraq and called on the Italian government to act to end the siege on Camp Liberty. She asked the Camp Liberty file to be handed over to organizations with no ties to the Iranian regime.
Mr. Struan Stevenson, former MEP and the president of the European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) reported on the consequences of the Iranian government’s meddling in Iraq giving a roadmap for the aftermath of the ISIS invasion.
Mr Stevenson said,“The sudden emergence of ISIS became a convenient focal point enabling Maliki to accelerate his sectarian campaign against his political foes. Indeed the reason ISIS made such rapid and spectacular gains across large areas of Iraq was because they faced little or no resistance from the Sunni tribes, who often preferred the Islamic State to the brutal Iranian-led militias that had been terrorizing them for years.”
He added: “The world now looks to Haider al-Abadi to take control and restore order inside Iraq. He must begin by rounding up the savage militias associated with the Iranian regime such as the Badr, Asaib and Kataib terrorists, as well as other criminal gangs that have played a significant role in Maliki’s rule and instigated the sectarian war in Iraq. He must purge the army of Iranian mercenaries and all those that Maliki recruited under his sectarian policy, restoring patriotic officers and turning it into a professional and national army. Only such an army, supported by the tribes and the people will be able to confront extremist and terrorist groups like the Islamic State.”
Many Italian dignitaries including the Secretary General of Hands off Cane Serjio D’Elia, and the former MEP and the financial secretary of the organization, Mrs. Elisabetta Zamparutti attended the hearing.