Mohsen Hashemi: The global consensus against the Islamic Republic is unprecedented

In an interview with a Tehran newspaper, the former head of Tehran City Council warned that the global consensus, including the consensus of governments and the consensus of world public opinion, against the Islamic Republic is unprecedented.

Mohsen Hashemi told the Tuesday, January 3, issue of the "Islamic Republic" newspaper: "The consensus that has currently formed in the world against the Islamic Republic is unprecedented, not only for Iran, but even for other countries in the world."

He emphasized that "fifteen years of effective sanctions have weakened the country's strength and reduced national income."

Since the nationwide protests began in Iran on September 16 of this year in response to the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Ershad patrol, major cities around the world have also witnessed widespread marches and demonstrations in support of the Iranian people's protest movement against the Islamic Republic's regime.

Many world officials, international organizations, and human rights groups have also strongly condemned the repression and killing of protesters by the Islamic Republic's security forces, and the European Union, the United States, and Canada have imposed broad sanctions against perpetrators of human rights violations in Iran.

At the same time, the UN Human Rights Council voted to form a fact-finding committee to document human rights violations during the nationwide protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, and on the other hand, the UN Economic and Social Council expelled the Islamic Republic from the UN Commission on the Status of Women on December 13.

In another part of his statement, Mohsen Hashemi emphasized that the UN Human Rights Council did not appoint a fact-finding committee on human rights violations in Iran "even in the case of Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yugoslavia, and African countries that witnessed the massacre of tens of thousands of people."

Regarding the consensus of world public opinion against the Islamic Republic, he said: "Today, there is no serious opposition in Western public opinion to intervention in Iran."

The UN Human Rights Council, at its 35th special session on December 25, voted in favor of establishing a fact-finding committee to investigate reports of "human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran in connection with the protests that began after September 15."

This is the first time that such a committee has been formed to investigate human rights violations in Iran. On December 19, the council appointed three female lawyers as members of the committee.

The task of the members of this fact-finding committee is to document the suppression of protests in recent months in Iran, to collect evidence of human rights violations, with the aim of identifying the responsible officials and prosecuting them.

Islamic Republic officials have described the formation of this committee as a "hostile political act."

Source: Radio Farda