Reza Pahlavi Submits Demand for Ali Khamenei’s Indictment to UN Security Council

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Reza Pahlavi Submits Demand for Ali Khamenei’s Indictment to UN Security Council
by Darius Kadivar
26-Jan-2012
 

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran submitted a report to the United Nations Security Council accusing the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, of ordering crimes against humanity. 

Interview with Crown Prince Reza :

For Immediate Release 24 January 2012  

For Further Information Contact: 

The Secretariat of Reza Pahlavi rpsec@rezapahlavi.or+1 301 765 7008   

REZA PAHLAVI OF IRAN CHARGES IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER ALI KAHMENEI OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY  

Submits Report to United Nations Security Council Urging Swift Referral to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor  

Washington, DC – January 24, 2012 – Reza Pahlavi of Iran today submitted a report to the United Nations Security Council accusing the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, of ordering crimes against humanity.  

The filing, “Report on Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Iran on the Orders of Mr. Ali Khamenei – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran”, focuses on the crimes against humanity committed to suppress popular dissent after President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad’s fraudulent re-election in June 2009.

The report contains sufficient evidence for the United Nations Security Council to take up this matter immediately and promptly refer it to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.  Reza Pahlavi commented: “For the past thirty-three years, the so–called Supreme Leaders of the Islamic Republic implemented a policy of oppression against ethnic communities and religious minorities.

And the historical record testifies to these facts. Today, I call on the Heads of State and Governments of member countries of the Security Council to refer these crimes to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in accordance with Article 13 (b) of the Rome Statute, for a full investigation of the crimes committed by leaders of the Islamic Republic against Iranian civilians.” 

 “The people of Iran have suffered far too long. Today they need help and support from the international community,” Reza Pahlavi continued.

“I, therefore, urge all who cherish justice around the world to take action now and demand their respective governments - particularly those members of the United Nations Security Council - to take affirmative and immediate action on this complaint.” 

 Reza Pahlavi intends to file further supporting documentation regarding the abuses of Iranian citizens and will summarize these crimes in future reports. 

Original Link Here

Download :Download a copy of Reza Pahlavi’s letter submitted to members of the United Nations Security Council: Here 

Download a copy of the full report submitted to the United Nations: Here 

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I want IR gone as much as the most anti-IR person does. But I don't want to shoot myself in the foot in the process. You can talk about Israel being a democracy in America. It sells well around here; not in Iran.

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Just as Khomeini used PLO and other terrorist organisations to help him with his revolution, now the opposition should use any means ( Israel included) to fight back. By the way unlike IR we should not have any problem with Israel. After all Israel is the only democracy in Middle East.


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No it will not if done right. I posted this a minute ago on another blog:

//iranian.com/main/blog/yasmine/make-your...

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As a skeptic but long-time observer of the former crown prince, I must admit this is quite an intriguing move.

Bold, for sure!  Out of the box, for sure!  More than we have seen for a loooooong time
from any, I mean any, member of our opinion maker, "elites!"     

True, it may be a long-shot or an exercise in futility, but it is a novel way of staging our
national cause for the international community to respond to. 

Sure the mollah’s allies on the UN Security Council
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I wish him every success in this endeavor. We just have to wait and see what happens.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.


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The cornered rat syndrome

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Doctrine of command responsibility, where commanders,  all the way up the chain of command to the leader (Rahbar), can be held liable for war crimes their inferiors commit if the commander knew or should have known they might be committed and did nothing to stop or prevent them


Would the success of RP’s request not make a dangerous rat even more dangerous.


Up until now a lot of the IRI criminals from Rahbar downwards, have been hoping that if one day the proverbial S**t   hits the fan, they can catch a chopper to a deserted airfield and fly out of Iran.


If on the other hand they become internationally wanted criminals they would no longer have that option and may then have to stay and fight to the bitter end.


Most these dictators seem to have a group of people prepared to stay with them to the end.  As a so called Shia Islamic leader Khamenei can end up having a lot more followers resulting in a bloody civil war. 

This could drag the situation on,  causing a lot more deaths and destruction, when otherwise the potential of a quick getaway and a sanctuary may just get the rat out of its hole. 

We can then use international law to go after them just as they think they’d gotten away with it.