December 2020

In this issue you read:
No to the assassination, No to execution
Relationship with the United States: Yes, no, how?
Letter to Mr. Josep Borrell
Restricting the already restricted independence of lawyers.
Execution, Prosecution, Hostage-Taking, Kidnapping of Dissidents and Detention of Civil Activists.

In our view, the way to neutralize foreign provocations, whether by the Netanyahu administration or Trump or any other administration, is not to resort to provocative reciprocal actions, but to declare adherence to the provisions of the JCPOA and express readiness to negotiate with the United States unconditionally. We condemn the tense actions of the US and Israeli governments and consider any action by the Islamic Republic that further inflames the current situation against the national interests of the Iranian people.

We call on progressive humanity and international human rights institutions to confront these crimes. With the aim of halting the death sentences and freeing political and civil prisoners, we urge political, civil and human rights activists to spare no effort to force the Islamic Republic to retreat. The experience of the last four decades has shown that the Islamic Republic can be forced to retreat only through a united and nationwide struggle. Let us not to let the criminal regime to shed the blood of the children of the Iranian people.

That is why we believe that a condemnation of murder of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is missing from the resolution to underline Europe’s universal commitment to human rights and to make a credible show of our European values. Unfortunately, the resolution is also lacking a clear condemnation of the U.S. policy of maximum pressure on Iran, which leave countless Iranians suffering who were already in a precarious social and economic situation following the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

We welcome the resumption of negotiations and believe that any action to bring the Islamic Republic to the negotiating table toward improving Iran's relations with other countries will help to bring peace and detente to the region. In this regard, we consider the lifting of many of the Trump administration's sanctions against Iran and the appropriate return of Iran to its obligations in the JCPOA framework as appropriate measures to express goodwill and build mutual trust.

Ruhollah Zam was brought up in the Islamic Republic system. His execution is primarily a desperate message to the people protesting in January 2017 and October 2019 to intimidate them. On the other hand, it was a message to the forces inside the regime as well. With this execution, the Islamic Republic warns its internal elements about the punishment for leaving the regime and exposing them, wherever they are, they are not immune from punishment.

With the recent developments in the White House and the announcement of the policy of conditional return of the United States to the JCPOA by Joe Biden, a new space for interaction with the world, de-escalation of relations between the Islamic Republic and the US government, start of negotiations within the P5+1 and lifting of the paralyzing economic sanctions has been created.

The purpose of Issuing such a circular and the result of such interference in the affairs of bar associations is continuous control of lawyers and filing of cases against them to the point of revoking their licenses. This trick of the Judiciary is aimed at hunting lawyers with judicature independent personality in order to weaken the ability of the Bar Association to defend its imperfect independence.

In This Issue You Read:
Solution Seeking and appreciation
Calm before the storm?
Welcoming the end of the war, end the occupation, and reaching an agreement!
A noble opportunity
Stop violence against women
NO to execution
Iran: Revoke death penalty against Swedish citizen immediately