Iranian human rights activist Abdullah al-Mansouri was sentenced to death today.
His execution may be carried out within 48 hours.
His son claims that he was forced to confess to crimes after being tortured in prison in Iran.
EUX TV reported:
A Dutch-Iranian human rights activist Abdullah al-Mansouri has allegedly been sentenced to death in Iran and may be executed within 48 hours, reports said Monday.More... Sadly, today is Cyrus the Great Day.A Syrian human rights organisation had informed Mansouri's son Adnan al-Mansouri about his father's plight. The Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs could not confirm the information Monday.
Mansouri was born in Iran, but was granted Dutch citizenship after fleeing to the Netherlands as a political refugee. The human rights activist has been involved with the civil rights of minorities in Iran. He received royal distinction for his work from Dutch Queen Beatrix.
Iran, however, claims Mansouri has been involved in terrorist activities.
He was arrested 18 months ago during a trip to Syria and authorities subsequently extradited him to Iran, where he has allegedly been tortured.
His son says he expects his father will be forced to confess to certain crimes on Iranian national television prior to his execution.
The Dutch Foreign Affairs spokesman on Monday had no information about any hearings that have taken place in the case against Mansouri. Iran had earlier promised Mansouri would not be sentenced without hearings.
Cyrus the Great declared the first charter of human rights in the world, also known as the Cyrus Cylinder, back in 539 BC in Persia.
Amil Amani reported today at American Thinker:
Cyrus the Great proclaimed more than 2500 years ago: "Today, I announce that everyone is free to choose a religion. People are free to live in all regions and take up a job provided that they never violate other's rights." Cyrus the Great declared himself not a conqueror, but a liberator and the rightful successor to the crown.But, today the current regime in Iran condemned a human rights activist to death.
How sad.
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ReplyDeletei fully expect to hear & read reports about the entire worlds OUTRAGE.. especially from those who toss their vile condemnations & wild accusations at Bush.. not to mention Amnesty International & their ilk, who have been damn near silent re/ie: Burma, Darfur & Iran.. oh yeah, and America's bass akwards "Free Tookie" clowns & elites, Code Pinkos & Mommy Sheehans as well..
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Heree a promotion video from the organization of the zelf-appointed president al-Mansouri. It was on his website. And here another one.
ReplyDeleteTo know the interests behind this action read:
KHUZESTAN: THE FIRST FRONT IN THE WAR ON IRAN? ZMag November 07, 2005
Events in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan bordering Iraq could serve as a harbinger of U.S.-British intentions in Iran, and expose Khuzestan as Iran's Achilles Heel. Recently, a series of bombings and ethnic clashes has begun to show that something is rotten in Khuzestan, which could be an early warning of a coming war.
Last June, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter warned that the U.S. is building up military capabilities in Azerbaijan, on Iran's northern border, and sponsoring rebel bombings inside Iran. Heb je dit hele artikel gelezen dan ben je goed op de hoogte.
Annexing Khuzestan; Battle-Plans For Iran - Mike Whitney - 02/01/06
The Bush administration's attention has shifted to a small province in southwestern Iran that is unknown to most Americans. Never the less, Khuzestan will become the next front in the war on terror and the lynchpin for prevailing in the global resource war. If the Bush administration can sweep into the region (under the pretext disarming Iran's nuclear weapons programs) and put Iran's prodigious oil wealth under US control, the dream of monopolizing Middle East oil will have been achieved.
OPLAN 1002-04 - The Khuzestan Gambit? - globalsecurity.org
OPLAN 1002-04 has probably been revised to reflect the American occupation of Iraq, and the power projection opportunities this provides against Iran. The Zagros Mountains form a natural pallisade defending Iran from incursions from Iraq. The Iranian province of Khuzestan is the one large piece of flat Iranian terrain to the west of the Zagros Mountains. American heavy forces could swiftly occupy Khuzestan, and in doing so seize control of most of Iran's oil resources, and non-trivial portions of the country's water supply and electrical generating capacity.