To:
– H.E. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations,
– H.E. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President of the Security Council, Ambassador of the
United States of America to the United Nations,
– H.E. Zhang Jun, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations,
– H.E. Nicolas de Rivière, Ambassador of France to the United Nations,
– H.E. Nebenzia Alekseevich, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations,
– H.E. Dame Barbara Woodward, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United Nations,
– H.E. Sven Jürgenson, Ambassador of Estonia to the United Nations,
– H.E. T.S. Tirumurti, Ambassador of India to the United Nations,
– H.E. Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ambassador of Ireland to the United Nations,
– H.E. Martin Kimani, Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations,
– H.E. Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Ambassador of Mexico to the United Nations,
– H.E. Abdou Abarry, Ambassador of Niger to the United Nations,
– H.E. Mona Juul, Ambassador of Norway to the United Nations,
– H.E. Inga Ronda King, Ambassador of Saint Vincent and Grenadines to the United Nations,
– H.E. Tarek Ladeb, Ambassador of Tunisia to the United Nations,
– H.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 regimes 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 andAyatollah 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 provide the opportunity for Iranian people to live in harmony, safety, security and peaceful coexistence with other nations in the 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 undisputed fact that a referendum in Chile was held only after accusation of grave human rights violations by the United Nations that forced Augusto Pinochet, 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 the 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:
1 Ahmad Alinejad Chiraz Civil Rights Activist
2 Hooshang Abdollah-Nejad Behbahan Human Rights Activist
3 Ehteram Abdous Tehran Civil Rights Activist, Mothers of the Park Laleh
4 Vahid Ahangari Ardebil Political Activist
5 Zartosht Ahmadi-Ragheb Shahriar Human Rights Activist, Signatory of the Declaration 14+14, Fire fighter
6 Hamed Aineh-Vand Tehran Political Activist, Journalist
7 Raha Ajoudani Tehran Human Rights Activist
8 Rasoul Akbari Kermanchah Civil Rights Activist
9 Rouzbeh Akradi Tehran Human Rights Activist, Engineer
10 Mehrdad Alipour Bojnord Political Activist
11 Hashem Amini Bojnord Civil Rights Activist, Farmer
12 Akbar Amini-Armaki Tehran Political Activist, Member of Third Way for the Salvation of Iran
13 Asghar Amirzadegan Firouzabad Union Activist, Retired Teacher
14 Ebrahim Amiri Tehran Political Activist, Physician
15 Sohrab Amiri Chiraz Union Activist, Teacher
16 Abdollah Amiri Pasargad Human Rights Activist
17 Kamran Assa Kermanshah Human Rights Activist, Victims’ Familly of the November 2019 Repression
18 Ghassem Bahrami Tehran Civil Rights Activist
19 Mehran Bakhtiar Tehran Political Activist
20 Massoud Cheraghi Sarpol-e Zahab Civil Rights Activist, Yaresan Religious Minority, Journalist
21 Freshteh Cheraghi Sarpol-e Zahab Civil Rights Activist, Yaresan Religious Minority, Journalist
22 Saeed Damvar Karaj Human Rights Activist, Victims’ Familly of the November 2019 Repression
23 Morteza Damvar Karaj Human Rights Activist, Victims’ Familly of the November 2019 Repression
24 Mahnaz Damvar Karaj Human Rights Activist, Victims’ Familly of the November 2019 Repression
25 Massoud Damvar Karaj Human Rights Activist, Victims’ Familly of the November 2019 Repression
26 Somayeh Damvar Karaj Human Rights Activist, Victims’ Familly of the November 2019 Repression
27 Mohamad Dehghan Shahr Kord Political Activist, Solidarity for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran
28 Kambiz Deljavan Tabriz Political Activist, Solidarity for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran
29 Shahla Entesari Rasht Women Rights Activist, Signatory of the Declaration 14+14
30 Assadollah Fakhimi Tgehran Civil Activist
31 Saeed Farahani Isphahan Political Activist, Journalist
32 Mansour Faraji Tehran Political Activist, Iran Democratic Front, Former Political Prisonner
33 Mohamad Reza Farhadpoor Tehran Civil and Human Rights Activist, Journalist
34 Mehdi Fathi Chiraz Political Activist, Teacher
35 Mohamad Ghaem-Maghami Tehran Iran National Front, Sixt Council, Researcher in Physics
36 Abbas Ghafari Tehran Civil Rights Activist
37 Ali Reza Ghassemi Kuhrang Political Activist
38 Morteza Ghassemi Mazandaran Civil Rights Activist, Farmer
39 GholamReza Gholami-Kandazi Chiraz Civil Rights Activist, Teacher
40 Yasmin Hanifeh-Tabatabaii Tehran Political Activist, Iran Democratic Front, Former Political Prisonner
41 Issa-Khan Hatami Tehran Executive Secretary of Solidarity for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran, Journalist
42 Reza Hazarati Babol Civil Activist
43 Reza Ilor Tehran Civil Rights Activist
44 Mahan Jalal Doust Tehran Political Prisoner, Civil Activist
45 Bijan Janfeshan Tehran Political Activist, Solidarity for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran
46 Pouya Jegarvand Tehran Civil and Human Rights Activist, Author & Poet
47 Mohamad Karimi Tehran Civil Rights Activist, Former Political Prisonner
48 Hassan Kazemi Mashad Human Rights Activist
49 MohamadReza Khansari Tehran Political Activist, Iran Democratic Front
50 Hashem Khastar Tehran Political Prisonner, Signatory of the Declaration of 14+14, Teacher
51 Ahmad Khodabandeh Tehran Political Activist
52 Amin Kord Tehran Political Activist
53 Javad Laal-Mohammadi Machad Union Activist, signatory of the Declaration of 14+14, Teacher
54 Behfar Lalehzari Tehran Civil Activist, Student
55 Bahman Layeghi Tehran Civil Rights Activist
56 Hajieh Malak Mohammadi Tehran Civil Activist
57 Sadigheh Maleki-Fard Mashad Civil Rights Activist, Political Prisonner’s Wife
58 Narges Mansouri Tehran Human Rights, Woman Rights and Union Activist, signatory of the Declaration 14+14
59 Rada Mardani Tehran Political Activist, Teacher
60 Shokrollah Massihpoor Tehran Member of Third Way for the Salvation of Iran
61 Abdol-Hamid Massoumi- Tehrani Tehran Ayatollah, Source of Emulation
62 Farangis Mazloum Parand Civil and Human Rights Activist, Political Prisonner’ Mother, Signatory of the Declaration of 14+14
63 Mohamad Mir-Soltani Karaj Political Activist
64 Esmail Moftizadeh Tehran Political Activist, Iran Democratic Front, Former Political Prisonner
65 Zahra Mohamadi Tehran Political Activist
66 GholamReza Mohammadi Shahriar Civil Rights Activist, Retired Teacher
67 Saeed Mohammadi Tehran Member of Third Way for the Salvation of Iran, Lawyer
68 Borzan Mohammadi Tehran Former Political Prisoner
69 Hamideh Molaii Tehran Civil Activist
70 AmirAli Moradi Tehran Civil Activist
71 Farideh Moradkhani Tehran Human Rights Activist, Engineer
72 Kaveh Mortazavi Tehran Political Activist
73 Mojtaba Moussavi Ahwaz Political Activist, Iran National Front Party, Sixt Council, Engineer
74 Nasser Moussavi Pasargad Civil Activist, Teacher
75 Mohammad Najafi Shazand Political Prisonner, Human Rights Activist, Lawyer
76 Pouran Nazemi Kerman Civil Rights Activist, Signatory of the Declaration 14 + 14, Author &
Poet
77 Mohammad Nikbakht Golpaygan Political Activist
78 Nikou Nikoukar Tehran Civil Rights Activist, Member of ‘The Mothers of the Laleh Park, Teacher
79 Kambiz Norouzzadeh Tehran Political Prisonner, Civil Rights Activist
80 Nasser Norzizadeh Tehran Civil Activist
81 Mohammad Noorizad Tehran Political Prisonner Signatory of the Declaration 14 + 14, Filmmaker, Journalist
82 Ario Parseh Tehran Political Activis
83 Zahra Rafeii Tehran Civil Rights Activist, Mothers of the Park Laleh
84 Hejatollah Rafeii Tehran Political and Civil Activist, Teacher
85 Iraj Rahnama Chiraz Union Activist, Retired Teacher
86 Ebrahim Ramezan-Nia Tehran Civil Rights Activist
87 Babak Safari Tabriz Political Activist, Journalist
88 Parviz Safari Karaj Political Activist, Senior Member of Iran Democratic Front, Former Political Prisonner
89 Shahram Safari Sarpol-e Zahab Civil Rights Activist, Yaresan Religious Minority, Journalist
90 Davood Saki-Hosseinkhani Andishmak Political Activist
91 Reza Salmanzadeh Tehran Human Rights Activist, Victims’ Familly of the November 2019 Repression, Orthopedist
92 Jamal Sarvi Mashad Polltical Activist, Solidarity for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran
93 Nazanin Shahidi Tehran Political Activist
94 Iman Shahvandi Pasargad Civil Activist
95 Latifeh Shaker Tehran Human Rights Activist
96 Arash Soleimani Tehran Polltical Activist, Solidarity for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran
97 Heshmat Tabarzadi Tehran Secretary General of Iran Democratic Front, Political
Prisonner
98 Kamran Takouk Kermanshah Civil Rights Activist
99 Soussan Toulouii Jalfa Political Activist, Siciologist
100 Javad Vafaii Rasht Political Activist
101 Hossein Zad-Issa Rasht Political Activist, Iran National Front Party, Sixth Council
102 MohammadAli Zahmatkesh Chiraz Union Activist, Retired Teacher
103 Kourosh Zaim Tehran Member Leadership Committee, Iran National Front Part, Sixth Council
104 Zahra Zareh-Saraji Rasht Political Activist
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
