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Saturday September 25, 10:17 am ET
PARIS, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Moral Court on Iran concluded its initial three-day session in Paris today and issued its decision in relation to gross and systematic violations of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The President of the International Moral Court, Professor Eric Suy, a Belgian national, and former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in charge of the Department of Legal Affairs read the following resolution adopted unanimously by the Court.

The International Moral Court, established by a decision of a group
of sixty-five eminent Iranian personalities from various backgrounds
and living inside and outside of Iran, for the purpose of permitting
Iranian nationals to give testimony about various aspects of the
human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran;

The Members of the International Moral Court being: Eric Suy
(Belgium) -- President, Il-Yung Chung (Republic of Korea) -- Vice
President, Betty Friedan (United States -- absent), Olivier Warin
(France), Bernard Coughlin (United States), Kathleen Mahoney
(Canada -- absent), Hossein Abghari (Iran), Malika Boussof (Algeria) and Alan Hart (United Kingdom); and Ebenezer Okpokpo (Nigeria) -- Secretary of the Court;

Having met in Paris on 23, 24 and 25 September 2004;

Having formally delivered an invitation to the Embassy of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, in Paris, to send official representatives
to also take part in the Court's deliberations;

The Lawyer representing the victims being Mr. Jacques Boedels
(France) of the Law Firm ARMAND, BOEDELS & ASSOCIES;

Having heard and watched eighteen witnesses on human rights
conditions in the Islamic Republic of Iran testify via VHS, DVD,
written statements, and direct personal interviews before the Court, which are all on record;

Concludes, prima facie, that there is sufficient material evidence
to determine that gross and systematic violations of international
human rights standards have taken place, and are still being perpetrated in the Islamic Republic of Iran. These violations concern, in particular, the civil and political rights, minority rights, torture and other inhumane treatments such as stoning, amputations, and rape. It will be for a court of law to determine if
these findings constitute a crime against humanity;

Therefore calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to authorize
access to the country and to the prisons to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to the International Committee of Red Cross and to other human rights agencies;

Also calls upon governments, in their dealings with the Islamic Republic of Iran, to insist upon strict observance of human rights standards;

Decides to transmit this Conclusion to the Secretary-General of the United Nations;

Decides to meet again, in the Spring of 2005 in order to continue the oversight and evaluation of the human rights situation in Iran; and,

Expresses its gratitude to the French Government for its hospitality and assistance.

International Moral Court Convenes in Paris Today to Investigate Iranian Regime

PARIS, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- An International Moral Court, Paris Tribunal, initiated by the Iranian Action Committee, will begin three days of deliberations in Paris today and will bring together an unprecedented group of prominent legal experts, scholars, diplomats and human rights advocates to hear witnesses, document and investigate the clerical regime of Iran on its crimes against humanity.

The Paris Tribunal is a creation and product of the Committee to Pursue the International Crimes of the Islamic Republic of Iran (www.iricrimes.org), which is composed of 38 Iranian human rights advocates inside Iran and 27 outside Iran.
The Committee is made up of Iranians of all political views and professional orientations who believe in freedom, democracy, civil society, pluralism and separation of mosque and state. Its funding comes exclusively from contributions of Iranians at home and abroad.

Members of the Paris Tribunal, Moral Court, who will hear these witnesses, are individuals from nine different countries with impeccable international respectability with authority on matters of human rights, international law and public diplomacy. The President of the Court is Professor Erik Suy, a Belgian national, who was former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in charge of the Department of Legal Affairs and former Head of the European
Office of the United Nations in Geneva. At the conclusion of its three day initial session, the Paris Tribunal will report its findings and recommendations to the international community.

According to Dr. Manouchehr Ganji, the founding organizer of the Committee who himself was a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, the Paris Tribunal will document for the international community the Islamic Republic's serial and systematic abuse of human rights against the Iranian people and the regime's terrorist nature and activities.

"By hearing from the immediate families of those killed and from many tortured victims of the Iranian Regime, the Paris Tribunal will attempt to arouse the global conscience and seek to shame governments and multinationals into taking actions in support, and not against, the people of Iran," said Dr. Ganji.

In judicious and impartial performance of its function, the Paris Tribunal has formally delivered an invitation to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Paris, to send official representatives to also take part in its deliberations.

The Paris Tribunal will be seated between September 23-25, 2004 at the Paris Hilton La Defense.

For further information please contact 011-336-1280-7992, IMConIran@aol.com or visit www.iricrimes.org.

SOURCE Iranian Action Committee
CO: Iranian Action Committee; International Moral Court
ST: France, Iran
SU: LAW
09/23/2004 07:01 EDT