The words of an Iranian woman criticizing the UN's 'silence' in the face of massacres in Iran
A statement made by Masih Alinejad at the UN Security Council
The massacre perpetrated by Iran's Islamist dictatorship against protesters demanding freedom reached the UN on Thursday.
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The UN Security Council was able to hear firsthand the testimony of Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident activist, journalist, and blogger living in exile in the United States. Despite being far from her country, she remains in danger. Yesterday, the AJN news agency reported: "In October, two Russian mobsters were sentenced to 25 years in prison for hiring a hitman to assassinate Alinejad at her Brooklyn home on behalf of the Iranian government."
Yesterday, Alinejad wrote: "I am a woman from a small village in northern Iran. Jailed for protesting. Beaten for showing my hair. Expelled from parliament for exposing their corruption. Forced into exile. My sister was paraded on state TV to publicly disown me. My brother was imprisoned as punishment. My mother was interrogated to stop her from expressing love for me. Assassins were sent to New York, three times, to kill me. And now I’m supposed to sit next to them at the U.N. Security Council."
This Thursday, Alinejad was invited by the United States delegation to the Security Council to offer her testimony. Yesterday, UN Watch reported on her criticism of the UN's response to the massacre:
"The United Nations has failed to respond with the urgency this moment demands. The Secretary-General himself has not spoken publicly against the massacre unfolding in Iran — only a written statement through his spokesperson.
Silence at this moment sends a signal. Sends a message to the killers of young protesters alongside their family members. I strongly believe that the regime in Iran heard the clear message from the Secretary-General.
I think the members of this body have forgotten the privilege and responsibility of sitting in this room. Secretary-General, I know you hear me. I want to directly talk to you. Why are you afraid of the Islamic Republic?
Millions of innocent and unarmed protesters have been silenced with bullets, mass arrest, prison and a total communications blackout.
I now address the representative of the Islamic Republic directly: You have tried to kill me three times. I have seen my would-be assassin with my own eyes in front of my garden in my home in Brooklyn.
In the United States of America, in the courthouse, I have seen my would-be assassin confessing that they have been hired by the Revolutionary Guards to end my life.
My crime? Simply echoing the voice of innocent people that you killed. Let me be very clear: The Islamic Republic behaves like ISIS and the Islamic Republic must be treated like ISIS.
This is how you can save lives. Thank you so much."
You can listen to Masih Alinejad's full statement in this video published on Thursday by DWS News:
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Image: DWS News.
