(NCRI), and (PMOI / MEK Iran): With regards to the new human rights sanctions regime adopted by the EU on 7^th December, it is bad news for the Iranian regime because it is allowing European countries to target bodies, individuals, and entities – state actors or otherwise – that are involved with the violation of human rights that have taken place anywhere in the world.

At the end of November, the trial of Iranian diplomat terrorist Assadollah Assadi started in Belgium. This was very welcome news to the Iranian Resistance, the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI), and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran), as it is the first time one of the regime’s diplomats has been held accountable for participating in terrorist activities.

Another welcome development for the Iranian Resistance, the (NCRI), and the (PMOI / MEK Iran) is the European Union’s adoption of a global human rights sanctions regime.

Assadollah Assadi and his three accomplices were as good as caught red-handed plotting to bomb the Iranian Resistance’s Free Iran gathering by the (NCRI), and the (PMOI / MEK Iran). Assadi tried to get himself out of the situation by playing the diplomatic card. As the third secretary of the regime’s embassy in Vienna, he believed that he could get away with his terror activities. But it was not to be.

Had the plot not been foiled by European authorities, hundreds or even thousands of people could have been killed. It has become clear that Assadi is not an alone terrorist, rather he is working with and on the orders of the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the foreign ministry.

His three accomplices have been living in Europe and have been gathering intelligence about the Iranian Resistance, the (NCRI), and the (PMOI / MEK Iran). They were on the MOIS’ payroll. During the trial, it came to light that the regime has been using diplomatic privileges to pursue its terrorist activities on European soil. Not that this is new information because the Iranian Resistance, the (NCRI), and the (PMOI / MEK Iran) has been warning about this for years.

The (PMOI / MEK Iran) was first established in 1965 and was an important factor in the Iranian Revolution of 1979 which deposed the Shah, but installed the mullahs instead, led by Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini.

With regards to the new human rights sanctions regime adopted by the EU on 7^th December, it is bad news for the Iranian regime because it is allowing European countries to target bodies, individuals, and entities – state actors or otherwise – that are involved with the violation of human rights that have taken place anywhere in the world.

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Just a few days later, the seven Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations wrote a letter to the Iranian regime calling on it to investigate the 1988 Massacre in which more than 30,000 political prisoners were killed. The Special Rapporteurs warned that they would call on the international community to open an investigation if the Iranian regime could not live up to its obligations under international human rights laws.

The EU and the wider international community have failed to hold the regime accountable. With the recent trial of Assadi and his accomplices and the new human rights sanctions regime, now is the time for the EU to really establish some effective policy towards Iran.

Instead of prioritizing economic interests, the EU has the chance to prioritize human rights. And to protect its own territory too against the Iranian regime’s terrorist plots. The EU values human rights so it should apply these same values to citizens in the countries in which trade deals are negotiated.

The EU could lead an international investigation into the 1988 Massacre. It will not make up for its previous silence to this crime against humanity, but it is a start.

and People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran – MEK IRAN – YouTube