On March 1, the International Trade Center intends to initiate a three-day summit on European-Iranian trade relations, on the basis of its dual mandate from the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The event was originally scheduled for December but was postponed after several of the European participants withdrew in response to the news that Iran had executed an opposition journalist and resident of France, after kidnapping him.
The Iranian regime has failed to atone for the internationally condemned killing of Ruhollah Zam or to provide any assurances that it won’t pursue similar actions in the future. Quite to the contrary, the regime has remained publicly defiant and given every impression that it will continue to hunt down dissidents outside its borders.
The mullahs have had an atrocious track record. In 1988, the regime’s founder Khomeini issued a fatwa declaring opposition activists to be enemies of God, thereby making them subject to summary executions. In the summer of that year, “death commissions” in various Iranian prisons implemented that edict.
Approximately 30,000 peaceful activists were hanged by the death commissions over just a few months during the 1988 massacre, and to this day not a single Iranian official has been held accountable for the killings.
They’re Trying to Shut Us Down
Over the last several months, I’ve lost count of how many times the powers-that-be have tried to shut us down. They’ve sent hackers at us, forcing us to take extreme measures on web security. They sent attorneys after us, but thankfully we’re not easily intimidated by baseless accusations or threats. They’ve even gone so far as to make physical threats. Those can actually be a bit worrisome but Remington has me covered.
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JD Rucker