Iranian Justice Collective

We support the #IranRevolution through justice initiatives. Non-Partisan. Global. سازمانی فراحزبی و جهانی، حامی انقلاب ایران از مسیر عدالت

[Hamed Esmaeilion @esmaeilion]

مقاله‌ی امروز من در روزنامه‌ی نشنال‌پست در واکنش به اظهارات اخیر آقای نخست‌وزیر کارنی در مورد باز کردن سفارت ج ا در کانادا.

#دادخواهی
#PS752justice

[Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay @NazaninAJ]

CANADA DO NOT RE OPEN THE EMBASSY OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC!

Our organization, @IJCollective, was the first to report a couple days ago that Mark Carney and his government were privately making the case for why reopening Canada’s embassy in Iran would be beneficial.

When journalists followed up on our lead, they were told the information was incorrect or merely a rumour. We stand by our work. We do not publish reports without credible evidence and reliable sources.

Now, the truth is out. (See article below). Canadians must speak up and oppose any effort to normalize and restore diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic. This is a regime responsible for the killing of children, the systematic oppression of women under gender apartheid, the sponsorship of terrorism, and the enforcement of a repressive theocratic dictatorship. It has also engaged in transnational repression, targeting dissidents, journalists, activists, and members of the Iranian diaspora far beyond its borders. The regime bears responsibility for the deaths of Canadians, including the victims of Flight PS752, and has repeatedly demonstrated contempt for international law and fundamental human rights.

At a time when Canadians continue to face concerns about foreign interference, intimidation, and transnational repression, reopening an embassy would send precisely the wrong message. We should not be creating new opportunities for a regime that has consistently sought to silence and threaten its critics abroad.

Just months ago, the regime intensified its brutal repression of the Iranian people with the slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent Iranians. Now, it appears poised to be rewarded with renewed diplomatic engagement. Mr. Carney, this is tone-deaf and cruel, not only to Canadians who have suffered because of this regime, but also to the countless Iranians who have sacrificed, suffered, and died in the struggle for freedom, justice, and human rights.

Canada must not allow the Islamic Republic to re-establish a diplomatic foothold in this country or reopen a platform from which it can advance its influence, intimidate diaspora communities, export its hateful ideology or activate its sleeper cells.
Canada, the time to act is now!

https://t.co/Rr714dbjCp

[Kaveh Shahrooz کاوه شهروز @kshahrooz]

We at the @IJCollective broke the news two days ago that PM @MarkJCarney is moving ahead with plans to re-open Iran's embassy and to re-engage with diplomatically with the IRI.

Perhaps PM Carney could have waited until the blood of Iran's protesters was dry before doing this.

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

🚨کانادا نباید سفارت جمهوری اسلامی را دوباره بازگشایی کند!

کالکتیو عدالت برای ایرانیان (IJC) اطلاعات موثقی دریافت کرده است مبنی بر اینکه دولت کانادا قصد دارد روابط دیپلماتیک خود را با جمهوری اسلامی ایران از سر بگیرد و سفارت این کشور را که در سال ۲۰۱۲ توسط نخست‌وزیر محافظه‌کار هارپر بسته شده بود، دوباره باز کند. قطع روابط دیپلماتیک از آن زمان تاکنون سیاست درست و فراحزبی‌ای بوده است که دولت لیبرال نیز آن را ادامه داده‌اند.

این رژیم شهروندان کانادایی را به قتل رسانده است، همچنان در خاک کانادا به دخالت خارجی و سرکوب ادامه می‌دهد، در ماه‌های اخیر مرتکب کشتارهای گسترده شده است و هرگز برای جنایات خود پاسخگو نبوده است.

نباید به این رژیم پاداش داده شود.

IJC به تعامل با نمایندگان پارلمان، متحدان و جامعه مدنی ادامه خواهد داد تا با هر اقدامی که بدون تغییر معنادار و پاسخگویی، روابط را عادی‌سازی کند مخالفت کند.

@MarkJCarney
@AnitaAnandMP
@stephenharper
@PierrePoilievre

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

🚨Canada must not reopen the Islamic Republic's embassy!

The Iranian Justice Collective ("IJC") has received credible information that the Government of Canada intends to restore diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic and reopen its embassy, closed by Conservative Prime Minister Harper in 2012. The ending of diplomatic relations has been the correct, bipartisan policy pursued by Liberal governments since then.

This regime has murdered Canadians, continues to engage in foreign interference and transnational repression on Canadian soil, has engaged in mass murder in recent months, and has never been held accountable for its crimes.

It must not be rewarded.

The IJC will continue to engage with parliamentarians, allies, and civil society to oppose any move that normalizes relations absent meaningful change and accountability.

@MarkJCarney
@AnitaAnandMP
@stephenharper
@PierrePoilievre

[Hamed Esmaeilion @esmaeilion]

به نام دخترم ری‌را

دخترم ری‌را امروز شانزده ساله می‌شد. ری‌را و مادرش - همسر عزیزم پریسا- از مسافران پرواز پی‌اس۷۵۲ بودند که در روز هجدهم دی‌ماه ۱۳۹۸ بر فراز فرودگاه تهران با موشک‌های سپاه پاسدار��ن کشته شدند.

در تمام تولدهایی که بدون ری‌را می‌آید و می‌گذرد به لحظاتی فکر می‌کنم که از ما، از من، او و پریسا، دریغ شد. فرزند من به دست حکومتی جنایتکار به قتل رسیده است اما هر آن‌کس که فرزند از دست داده است می‌داند که سالیان آتی به مرور ناتمام تصاویری می‌گذرد که هیچ‌گاه رنگ واقعیت به خود نمی‌گیرد. بسیاری می‌خواهند بدانند اگر فرزندشان زنده بود اکنون چگونه می‌خندید، اگر زنده بود چگونه حرف می‌زد، اگر زنده بود موهایش را می‌بست یا می‌گذاشت معوج و سرگردان بر شانه‌هایش بریزد، اگر زنده بود پاییز را بیشتر دوست می‌داشت یا همچنان بهار را، اگر زنده بود…

برای من همه‌ی این‌ها بوده است و نبوده است اما آن‌چه بیش از هر چیز خاطرم را تاریک می‌کند گفت‌وگوهایی‌ست که با ری‌را ��ز دست داده‌ام. با تماشای هر غروب، با بیدار شدن ناگزیر هرروزه، با به یاد آوردن برخی کتاب‌ها و برخی فیلم‌ها، با تک‌تک وقایع تلخ و شیرینی که هر روز در دنیا رخ می‌دهد با خودم می‌گویم گفت‌وگوی دیگر�� با او از من ربوده شده است. پس گاهی حدس می‌زنم که اگر او بود در این‌باره چه می‌گفت اگر او‌ بود چگونه فکر می‌کرد درباره‌ی‌ مسایل مختلف چه احساسی داشت و اگر او بود… هیچ‌کس این تعلیقِ بی‌پایان را درک نمی‌کند مگر عزیزی را به ظلم از دست داده باشد.

ری‌را دونده‌ی خوبی بود و در یکی از تیم‌های فوتبال در شهر ریچموندهیل بازی می‌کرد. اگر او را زنده می‌گذاشتند ورزشکار خوبی هم می‌شد. هر پدری برای تولد شانزده سالگی فرزندش برنامه‌های کوچک و بزرگی دارد. من نمی‌توانم از تعلیق بی‌پایانِ زندگی‌ام دریاره‌ی ری‌را چیز بیشتری بگویم. عناصر این تعلیق در ذهن من مدفون شده‌ان�� اما از دو سال پیش گمان کردم می‌توانم به یاد او در روز تولد شانزده سالگی‌اش در یک ماراتن شرکت کنم. او‌ که نیست اما با دویدن با تصویر او می‌توانم به هرکس که این چهره را می‌بیند بگویم دنیا بدون ری‌‌را دنیای زیبایی نیست. دنیا بدون بچه‌هایی که به ظلم کشته شدند، با موشک، با گلوله، با بمب، فرقی نمی‌کند، دنیای زیبایی نیست.

فردا صبح در ماراتن اتاوا به یاد دخترم ری‌را می‌دوم و مرارتِ این دو سال تمرین بی‌وقفه را، رنجش را، انضباطش را، تنهایی‌اش را، تقدیم می‌کنم به او که برای من زیباترین دختر جهان بود، هست و خواهد بود. تا زنده‌ام عاملین قتل او را نخواهم بخشید و تا زنده‌ام قتل همسرم پریسا و دخترم ری‌را را فراموش نخواهم کرد.

#دادخواهی

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

The IJC stands with the @TheRWCHR and Professor @IrwinCotler to speak out in defense of human rights defenders such as Nasrin Sotoudeh.

[Irwin Cotler @IrwinCotler]

I strongly condemn the arrest and detention, yet again, of Iranian human rights hero #NasrinSotoudeh whose case and cause I first took up as a member of Parliament in 2011 and have represented ever since; who was convicted in a sham trial in 2018 and sentenced to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes, which I characterized then as a "virtual death sentence for a woman in her late 50s"; who, in ill health, was released on medical furlough before this recent arbitrary detention - while her husband Reza Khandan remains in prison - amidst a wave of massive repression in Iran, where it has been reported that over 30,000 were massacred in two days on January 8th and 9th, followed by an unending wave of mass arrests, torture in detention and extrajudicial executions, amidst the "fog of war" of Iranian missiles raining down on the Gulf State neighbours and Israel.

@TheRWCHR and I, in joint partnership with @IJCollective, call for Nasrin Sotoudeh's immediate release and call on the Canadian Parliament, leaders of the G7 and the human rights community to join the call for her immediate release and for an end to the Iranian regime's massive domestic and transnational repression and assassination.

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

3/3 We hope that this tragic event serves as a wake-up call to Canadian officials that transnational repression is an issue that needs immediate and urgent attention.

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

1/3 The Iranian Justice Collective (IJC)extends its sincere condolences to the family of Masood Masjoody, an Iranian-Canadian mathematics professor and political activist, following his tragic murder.

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

2/3 There is a strong likelihood that Mr. Masjoody's murder is an example of political violence, which we condemn in all its forms. The murder may also constitute transnational repression, an issue on which the IJC has long warned Canada's policymakers.

[Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights @TheRWCHR]

At this pivotal inflection moment  for the people of #Iran, the @IJCollective and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR) announce a partnership grounded in a clear and urgent purpose to stand with the people of Iran in their struggle for #freedom, #justice, and #humanrights.

For more than four decades, the Iranian regime has waged war on its own people targeting women, imprisoning dissidents, persecuting minorities, and exporting repression beyond its borders, including through transnational intimidation and violence.

Together, IJC and RWCHR will advance accountability and support the Iranian people’s pursuit of self-determination, grounded in democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights. We will amplify the voices of political prisoners and victims of repression, strengthen the link between those inside Iran and the international community, and drive coordinated legal, policy, and multilateral action to confront a regime whose domestic repression underpins its broader pattern of global threat.

We stand with the people of Iran in solidarity, and in the pursuit of justice.

https://t.co/fcVFX38t8B

[Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights @TheRWCHR]

À ce point d’inflexion crucial pour le peuple #iranien, l’@IJCollective et le Centre Raoul Wallenberg pour les droits de la personne (CRWDP) annoncent un partenariat fondé sur un objectif clair et urgent : se tenir aux côtés du peuple iranien dans sa lutte pour la #liberté, la #justice et les #droits de la personne.

Depuis plus de quatre décennies, le régime iranien mène une guerre contre son propre peuple, en ciblant les femmes, en emprisonnant les dissidents, en persécutant les minorités et en exportant la répression au-delà de ses frontières, notamment par l’intimidation et la violence transnationales.

Ensemble, l’IJC et le CRWDP feront progresser l’obligation de rendre des comptes et soutiendront la quête d’autodétermination du peuple iranien, fondée sur la démocratie, l’État de droit et le respect des droits de la personne. Nous amplifierons les voix des prisonniers politiques et des victimes de la répression, renforcerons les liens entre ceux qui se trouvent en Iran et la communauté internationale, et mènerons des actions juridiques, politiques et multilatérales coordonnées pour faire face à un régime dont la répression intérieure alimente un schéma plus large de menace mondiale.

Nous nous tenons aux côtés du peuple iranien, dans un esprit de solidarité et dans la poursuite de la justice.

https://t.co/B2WanCEB3I

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

The only sustainable path forward is a democratic government that represents all Iranians — across ethnicity, gender, and faith.

We stand with the people of Iran. 🕊️
#Iran #HumanRights #Democracy
#woman_life_freedom

[Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights @TheRWCHR]

📢Today, as Mr. Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs of Iran, speaks before the UN Human Rights Council, we announce our intention to recommend that he - along with several of his colleagues - be #sanctioned for complicity in crimes against humanity and other grave human rights violations.

The Human Rights Council was established to uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights.

Granting a platform to senior representatives of a regime that has been credibly accused of widespread and systematic human rights violations, including the repression of peaceful protest, arbitrary detention, torture, and the execution of political dissidents, risks undermining the Council’s credibility and the trust placed in it by victims worldwide.

#Iran’s record is well documented by successive UN mechanisms, including the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, which has detailed grave violations arising from the state’s violent suppression of peaceful protesters.

Survivors, families of victims, and political prisoners continue to seek #justice and accountability.

Human rights institutions must remain steadfast in their mandate: to protect victims, confront impunity, and uphold international law.

Platforms designed to advance human dignity must not be used, directly or indirectly, to confer legitimacy on those alleged to have so profoundly violated it.

#sanctions #crimesagainsthumanity #IranMassacre @UN_PGA @UN @UNGeneva #HRC61

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

@kshahrooz, lawyer & IJC co-founder, testified before the Canadian Parliament, clarifying on how our government can strengthen its support for the Iranians, better protect the safety of Canadians, & respond to the regime’s foreign interference & transnational repression.

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

@NazaninAJ, human rights activist & co-founder of the IJC, testifies before the Canadian Parliament, addressing the regime’s repression, propaganda tactics, survival strategies, the threat posed by the IRGC & its affiliates to Canadians, and how we can support Iranians.

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

Thank you to the Canadian Parliament for organizing this important event: Senator @mivillej, RWCHR representatives; @lenz_kimberly & Brandon Silver; MPs @honjudysgro & @shuvmajumdar; the IJC @ijcollective co-founders @NazaninaAJ & @kshahrooz. Silence is not neutral!

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

Today’s move by the EU toward designating Iran’s #IRGC as a terrorist organization is historic and long overdue.

Congratulations to all those who fought tirelessly for this cause.

[Sima Sabet | سیما ثابت @Sima_Sabet]

سپاه پاسداران، به فهرست تروریستی اتحادیه اروپا افزوده شد؛
واکنش هانا نیومن، عضو پارلمان اروپا، در برنامه سیما ثابت
@HNeumannMEP

[Iranian Justice Collective @IJCollective]

The IJC was proud to support a letter, signed by hundreds of Iranian-Canadian community members, opposing @pnpcbc’s decision to give the Iranian Canadian Congress a platform to spread misinformation about the Iranian uprising. We appreciate the CBC for acknowledging this error.

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

David Cochrane apologizes for his no pushback interview with the Iranian Canadian Congress Islamist regime apologist

"And you criticized that interview for falling short of standards and really allowing a platform for the narrative of the Iranian regime."

"And look, I'm not going to argue with you."

"...And we fell short as a team and I'm sorry about that. And I fell short as a host because I'm ultimately responsible for what happened."

"So I do want to apologize to you for that because I know this is a source of great consternation and some hurt and that was not our intention and I'm sorry that happened and I'm glad you're here to sort of speak about it."

Arsalan Kahnemuyipour "The fact of the matter is people distrust the organization."

"And to suggest that this was instigated by Israel or foreign forces is obviously offensive to the Iranian Canadian community."

"But within the Iranian Canadian community, they're definitely, this is a fringe type of ideology. They probably represent more than less than 0.5, 0.5% of the Iranian Canadian community population."

Cochrane "How do they get standing at something like a foreign interference inquiry when you and so many others voice concern that essentially this is, this organization supports the positions of the Iranian regime in practice and in word?"

That is something CBC itself should do a separate news expose on... not as a posed question to a guest after a formal apology