Bagheri: 623 thalassemia patients have been killed since May 2017 due to US sanctions.
According to the reporter of Fars News Agency’s foreign policy group, Political Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Bagheri today (Wednesday), November 11, in a briefing meeting with the presence of ambassadors and heads of foreign political agencies residing in Tehran, while thanking all the countries that condemned the cowardly terrorist attack in the holy shrine. Motahar Shahcharagh of Shiraz, declared their solidarity with the people of Iran, and said: terrorism is a threat that everyone should be disgusted by. No sane person can approve of a phenomenon that violates all common human values by targeting innocent fellow human beings without distinction.
* The Shiraz terrorist attack will make the Islamic Republic of Iran more resistant and stable in the fight against terrorism
He added: The terrorist attack in Shiraz is a proof of the rightness of our cause and solidarity to stand relentlessly against violent extremism and ISIS terrorism in the region. This terrorist attack showed how much we, and in fact the whole region and the world, owe to the proud martyr of Lieutenant General Soleimani; A martyr who proved to be the strongest power against ISIS terrorism. It is not surprising that he was assassinated by the same Trump who had previously admitted that ISIS is a product of the United States.
The Political Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs continued: “It would be naive to attribute the ISIS terrorist attack to a destabilizing campaign supported by a number of Western countries by publishing fake inflammatory stories and inciting violence and hatred on social media and television channels based in London and in other countries.” to separate
He said: It has been proven to everyone for a long time that ISIS and other extremist groups use every situation they consider illegal and disorderly to spread terrorism and violence. The terrorist attack in Shiraz, which took the precious lives of 15 innocent people, including children and women, will make the Islamic Republic of Iran more resistant and stable in the fight against terrorism. With extreme regret and despair, we have to announce that some western countries did not express their disgust towards this terrorist attack and even refrained from condemning this terrorist attack orally and even with a child who lost his father, mother and brother in this He lost the terrorist incident, they did not express sympathy.
* Spreading hatred and promoting violence by a number of Persian-language TV channels based in America, Europe and England
This senior diplomat of our country stated to the ambassadors present in this meeting: The Islamic Republic of Iran has reached enough maturity and awareness not only to not allow terrorism to take advantage of the peaceful gatherings of its people, but also not to allow terrorist groups to take these demonstrations out of a peaceful state. do
Bagheri continued: The peaceful gatherings that took place after the tragic death of Mehsa Amini were a manifestation of the Iranian spirit of kindness, solidarity and sympathy with their young fellow countrymen and also showed that Iranians all over the country, regardless of their ethnicity and religion, share in each other’s sorrows and joys. . This event was a display of common values and feelings among the people of Iran.
He reminded: However, these peaceful gatherings turned violent following the interventions of some opportunistic and terrorist groups who have a long history of creating violence and hatred. A number of Farsi-language television channels based in America and some European countries, including England, and social media, in order to fulfill part of the pre-divided tasks, started spreading hatred and promoting violence.
The deputy foreign minister, noting that the scope and volume of false information and false information that was produced and published during the last six weeks, is unprecedented, and stated: During this period, false claims were spread, facts were easily ignored or distorted. , and misleading narratives proliferated with extraordinary speed. The violence that was imposed on the peaceful gatherings of our citizens with provocative interventions and malicious intent took the lives of innocent people, including 30 policemen, and destroyed and burned hundreds of public and private places, even ambulances and fire engines were not spared from this violence, and many Health and firefighting staff were attacked and injured.
He also said: Even in the face of brutal attacks by some rioters who infiltrated peaceful gatherings, the security and law enforcement agencies showed behavior in accordance with the new guidelines to exercise maximum restraint. The high number of casualties in police units is proof of this claim. The key point is that some terrorist hate groups and separatist elements were able to infiltrate peaceful gatherings and turn them into violence by using firearms against the police and also by targeting innocent demonstrators with the aim of inciting more violence.
According to Fars, this senior Iranian diplomat mentioned that the role of some western networks and media in fueling violence is undeniable, and noted that terrorist groups and separatist elements enjoy absolute immunity under the guise of freedom of the press. They are actively pursuing violence and vandalism. These media are supported and financed by some European countries, without being accountable for the consequences of their malicious campaign, which can be considered part of a wider war against the Iranian nation.
* The United States, the European Union and other countries that comply must be responsible for the heavy consequences of the sanctions
He added: The Israeli regime, which has long dreamed of destabilizing Iran and has a history of military intervention and invasion, terrorist attacks and systematic sabotage against many countries in the region, is pursuing its evil goals.
Continuing his speech, Bagheri said to the audience: Please don’t forget that Iran has been under the most severe unilateral economic sanctions by the United States and its European allies following the country’s illegal exit from the JCPOA. I would like to emphasize again that not only the United States as the main agent of imposing sanctions, but also the European Union, the European Troika and other countries that follow them must also be responsible for the heavy consequences of such sanctions on the basic human rights of the Iranian people.
He asked: While European countries are knowingly complicit in America’s crimes against Iranian citizens, how do they expect the Iranian people to believe that they really care about human rights?!
Bagheri called the illegal and cruel unilateral sanctions against the Iranian nation the biggest project of systematic violation of human rights in the world, in which the United States is the project manager and many western countries are its brokers and executors, and added: The purpose of this project is simply to make the Iranian nation put two ways: either surrender or death!
* So far, no name has been heard from ten-year-old “Zahra Papi” from Lorestan, ten-year-old “Amir Hossein Naroi” from Zabul, and 623 thalassemia patients who have been killed since May 2017 due to cruel unilateral sanctions and denial of access to needed medicines. Is?
Addressing the audience, he asked: Do you know how many of my compatriots have been killed, injured, made unemployed, severely reduced their income, or deprived of access to even humanitarian items? Now, the question of the innocent people whose fundamental rights have been violated is, which countries are going to deal with the systematic, widespread and continuous violation of the rights of the Iranian nation through unilateral sanctions in the Human Rights Council?
The Political Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs added: Have you ever asked yourself that despite the fact that in the past few weeks you have heard the name of the Iranian girl “Mehsa Amini” many times in the positions of Western officials and in the news and reports of the Western media, but so far no name of ” 10-year-old Zahra Papi from Lorestan and 10-year-old Amir Hossein Naroi from Zabul and 623 thalassemia patients who have been killed since May 2017 due to cruel unilateral sanctions and denial of access to needed medicines, have you not heard? The answer is very clear, the embargoers are not willing to admit to the crimes caused by the embargo, let alone create political and media space for it.
According to Fars report, Ali Bagheri continued his speech to the ambassadors and heads of foreign missions residing in Tehran, stating that the Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates its firm belief in human rights, including the right to peaceful assembly, and added: We condemn the malicious media that normalize such peaceful gatherings into violence. The influence of extremist and terrorist elements in peaceful gatherings should be condemned, not tolerated or appeased.
* Warning about the consequences of continuous abuse of international organizations to advance political interests
He continued: As previously stated by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of assembly and peaceful association: “Protest demonstrations and gatherings must be peaceful in order to be protected by international human rights laws.” “The right to peaceful assembly should not be an excuse to commit violence.” We believe that it is the duty of governments to distinguish between peaceful and non-peaceful demonstrations. While the former should be supported and respected, the latter should be prosecuted and brought to justice.
He also called on all countries to adhere to the rule of law and respect the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter, and added: Resorting to unilateral coercive measures of any kind and interfering in the internal affairs of other countries are two sides of the same coin. Both of them must be condemned and ended.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran also seriously warned about the consequences of the continuous abuse of international organizations to advance political interests and said: The malicious campaign of the United States against the Islamic Republic of Iran in New York and Geneva is in line with the endless hostile positions of this country to demonize Iran and It is putting pressure on my country. The United States is going to reduce the level of the United Nations, including the UN Security Council and the Human Rights Council, to a tool for rewarding its friends and punishing its enemies. No independent and responsible country could allow the United States and its allies to use the United Nations system instrumentally against its own members.
He said: We ask all countries to be vigilant and not allow the United States to create another dangerous practice of distorting and abusing international organizations.
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