Norouz, March 23, 2021

Letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations,

President and Members of the Security Council of the United Nations

To:

• E. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations,
• E. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President of the Security Council, Ambassador of the
• United States of America to the United Nations,
• E. Zhang Jun, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations,
• E. Nicolas de Rivière, Ambassador of France to the United Nations,
• E. Nebenzia Alekseevich, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations,
• E. Dame Barbara Woodward, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United Nations,
• E. Sven Jürgenson, Ambassador of Estonia to the United Nations,
• E. T.S. Tirumurti, Ambassador of India to the United Nations,
• E. Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ambassador of Ireland to the United Nations,
• E. Martin Kimani, Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations,
• E. Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Ambassador of Mexico to the United Nations,
• E. Abdou Abarry, Ambassador of Niger to the United Nations,
• E. Mona Juul, Ambassador of Norway to the United Nations,
• E. Inga Ronda King, Ambassador of Saint Vincent and Grenadines to the United Nations,
• E. Tarek Ladeb, Ambassador of Tunisia to the United Nations,
• E. Dang Dinh Quy, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the United Nations

Your Excellencies,

We, the signatories of coalition of committed for a Secular Democratic Constitution in Iran are writing to you on behalf of millions like-minded of Iranian people supporting political, civil, religious, women rights and ethnic activists in advocating for a peaceful transition of power from the current Iran’s religious kleptocratic Government and its Constitution to a Secular Democratic Constitution through a national referendum to be sponsored and monitored by the United Nations Security Council.

Iranian people over last 42 years have been subjected to a brutal and inhuman treatment by the religious kleptocracy of Iran’s Islamic Republic rulers. Equally in past years, Ali Khamenei the leader (velayat-e faqih) of Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for ordering the security forces to confront the peaceful protesters such as in November 2019 that resulted in killing of over 1,500 people and arrest of over ten thousand innocent citizens.

Today, despite the regime’s brutal confrontation against protesters and the lack of competency for proper medical planning against the COVID-19 crisis, Iranians continue their protests and strikes against the Islamic Republic and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, nationwide. The theocracy in Iran has lost its legitimacy with its people and the greater Middle East.

Since 2015, the aspirations of the Iranian people for a Secular Democratic Government have appreciated, significantly. Iranians are demanding the resignation of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the elimination of the Islamic Republic Constitution in favor of a non-violent transition to a Secular Democratic Constitution through a free, fair and impartial ballot.

We believe the United Nations Security Council has the power and moral obligation to enforce such transition for the “Human Rights” of Iranian people that are suffering, tortured and killed every day in the prisons of the Islamic Republic. Equally, this action by the Security Council will provides the opportunity for Iranian people to live in harmony, safety, security and peaceful coexistence with other nations in Middle East and beyond.

As with the case of South Africa in the 1990’s, the world can come together, especially with the leadership of the permanent members of the Security Council to utilize sanctions to bring an end to the horrible human rights abuses being committed by the Islamic regime in Iran. The world can do this through the use of a national referendum on the legitimacy of the government as was done in Chile in 1978. It is an un-disputed fact that a referendum in Chile was held only after accusation of grave human rights violations[i] by the United Nations[ii] that forced Augusto Pinochet, the Chile’s absolute leader, to hold such a referendum.

It is also a matter of fact that in today’s international community there is a growing consensus that human rights transcend national boundaries, limiting the protection of former heads of states and even the privileges of national autonomy.

We are respectfully requesting that the international community through United Nations Security Council to engage, on behalf of innocent Iranian population that have been killed, missing, tortured and imprisoned by Iranian religious kleptocratic regime for expressing their democratic views, for a peaceful transition to a Secular Democratic Government.

We the coalition of committed in Iran are ready and willing to participate in such engagement.

With Kindest Regards,

Signatories from Iran,

Contact Information

+33 7 88 80 62 30

IranHamava@gmail.com

CC:

Honorable Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Honorable Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative in Foreign and Security Policy

Honorable Javid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran

Mr. Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch

Mr. Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International

[i] shorturl.at/elBL3

[ii] shorturl.at/atzE8