FM spokesman respond to Holland’s reaction for secret burial of Zahra Bahrami
Many people view Iran as a barbaric and uncivilized nation, however, I have to admit that the Iranian government knows how to protect its people from criminals and foreign enemies. I am strongly against the way the Iranian government treats their people but if we just ignore Iran for imposing the death sentence for homosexuality and many others, and just focus on the way they execute people for the crimes of terrorism, drug trafficking and murder, they are doing an excellent job of fighting crime.
Many people have the mentality that the European Union is leading the world in Human Rights, when the only human rights they are giving to is to protect the rights of criminals. The innocent unborn babies have no human rights when they die by abortion, while the guilty criminals have all the rights to keep their lives. The European Union does not care for the rights of their own countries’ victims. Any country that joins the EU must be forced to be nice to criminals. While the good citizens of Europe who suffer from being victims to criminals have to endure, the EU does nothing to comfort them. The EU who controls the Council Of Europe has fooled the world into believing that they are the leaders of human rights in the world.
If I were a victim’s family member, I personally will applaud Ramin Mehmanparast, the Foreign Ministry spokesman who spoke up for his country, Iran. He is the man who has the courage to expose the hypocrisy of the European Union and their ‘human rights’. For those of us who supports capital punishment and dislike the European Union, we must salute Ramin Mehmamparast who is an excellent example of how one should not give in to foreign governments who choose to protect the bad and not good people of their own nation.
Here are some of his quotes:
On Tuesday 7 September 2010, foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said foreign countries should not make Ashtiani's case a human rights issue. He said if releasing "murderers" is a human rights issue, then those nations that have criticized Iran should release all of their murderers from jail.
Ramin Mehmanparast accused the EU of meddling in their affairs in the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani: “Some western countries try to protect those who have committed grave crimes or serious murders to try and create a political problem and try to discredit our legal system.”
Ramin Mehmanparast told a news conference that the fear over the stoning case was “blown up” by the West to damage Iran: “It’s natural for an individual in our country who has committed a crime to be punish accordingly, especially if the crime is murder. No one can protect a murderer or even mention the topic of asylum for her. We believe the officials of Brazil are looking at this from a humane perspective and due to their close allegiance with us, they have propose this offer. However, with the latest intelligence of their disposal, they will reach the conclusion that the west is using this as an opportunity to plot against the good relationship between us and countries such as Brazil and Turkey.”
On Friday 21 January 2011, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says Western states' claims that Zahra Bahrami's arrest is in violation of human rights is a pretext to exert pressure on the country.
"Apart from an Iranian passport, Bahrami holds other passports, including European ones. She was arrested on charges of carrying more than one kilogram (2.2 lb) of narcotics,” Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted by IRNA as saying on Friday.
“It is expected from the western countries to appreciate Iran's efforts to combat drug trafficking and even cooperate accordingly,” he said.
“Unfortunately, however, we are witnessing their support for Zahra Bahrami and they have even called for her release,” he added.
The West should realize that if the issue of combating drug trafficking is not taken seriously, it will directly affect their own youth who will be entrapped by drug traffickers, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
“Unfortunately the poppy cultivation has increased 20-fold despite the presence of US-led forces in Afghanistan. This is while Iran is very serious in combating drug trafficking,” he noted.
“More than 4,000 Iranian police officers were killed in the fight against drug trafficking,” he said.
On Tuesday 8 February 2011, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast accused the Netherlands of making "a human rights issue out of an indefensible drug case and applying political pressure" on Iran.
"We can see an example of the wrong path of Western countries, especially The Netherlands, in supporting terrorist groups... who have over 12,000 killings in their records," Mehmanparast said at his weekly press conference.He was alluding to the Islamic republic's armed opposition, the People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran, some of whom live in western Europe as refugees.
"The behaviour of these statesmen is turning their countries into a sanctuary for criminals, smugglers and terrorists.
"It is really deplorable that those countries which claim to defend human rights and pose as civilised support cases involving crime, adultery or drug trafficking," Mehmanparast said.Iran lashes out at West over executions
TEHRAN — Iran lashed out at Western nations on Tuesday, saying a spate of executions in the Islamic republic was none of their business, as it defended the hanging of an Iranian-Dutch woman.Iran has hanged 67 people so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on Iranian media reports, and foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said 80 percent of those hanged were drug smugglers.
"If Iran does not combat drugs, Europe and the West will be hurt," Mehmanparast told reporters at his weekly press conference when asked to react to Western criticisms against Iran for the recent jump in executions.
US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said on Monday that Washington was "deeply concerned that Iran continues to deny its citizens their human rights."
"We are particularly troubled by the recent execution of Dutch-Iranian national Zahra Bahrami, who was denied access to Dutch consular officials."
Given the current rate of around two executions a day since January 1, the number of hangings in Iran is set to exceed the 179 reportedly executed in 2010.
In 2009, the last year for which complete statistics are available, Iran executed 388 people, according to international human rights groups, making it second to China in the number of people it put to death.
Bahrami, 46, an Iranian-born naturalized Dutch citizen, was reportedly arrested in December 2009 after joining an anti-government protest while visiting relatives in the Islamic republic.
She was later charged with drug trafficking for which she was hanged on Saturday. Following her execution, the Netherlands froze diplomatic contacts with Iran.
"Her execution is one of dozens carried out in recent weeks amid serious questions about the motives of the Iranian government and whether these prisoners were granted their rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights," Crowley said.
"The United States urges the Iranian government to halt these executions and to guarantee the rights of its citizens in accordance with its international obligations."
Human rights group say China leads the world in executions. The death penalty is also practiced in the United States, where 46 convicts were executed in 2010, according to the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington.
Mehmanparast said Iran did not consider Bahrami as a Dutch national as the Islamic republic's constitution does not recognise dual nationality.
"Iranian-Dutch national is a forged term. Our constitution does not recognise dual nationality. It is totally unacceptable that Dutch officials interfere in an Iranian national's case," he said.
"We do not allow any country to do that. The case (of Bahrami) had strong evidence. The defendant had clearly confessed to buying, selling, importing and exporting drugs," he said, adding the Netherlands had been hasty in reacting to Bahrami's hanging as it was unaware of her drug smuggling activities.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton also condemned Bahrami's execution, saying on Monday she was "dismayed" Iranian authorities denied Bahrami access to consular officials before her execution and failed to ensure a "fair and transparent judicial process."
Concerned about a "steep increase" in executions, Ashton wants Iran to "halt all pending executions immediately and declare a moratorium on the death penalty," her spokeswoman Maja Kocijanci told reporters in Brussels.
When I hear of the EU standing up for people like Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and Zahra Bahrami, I always get reminded of murdered victims like PC Sharon Beshenivsky and Marwa El-Sherbini who were innocently murdered and their children have to grow up without their mothers. Sharon and Marwa are two murdered victims that we need to remember more than those two Iranian women who broke the law in their country. One might argue that the two Iranian women have children too, but they broke the law in Iran and have to face up to their consequences. Not only did those two murders occurred in Europe, but the EU parliament did not have a meeting to condemn those two murders. They only have a great parliamentary meeting to condemn the execution of Zahra Bahrami and also stop the stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani .
In conclusion, we can see many flaws in how the EU treats other countries’ judicial system, it is time for them to help their own people and not others. The ex-Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is only being made used by the EU to interfere with Iran’s affair, he is not to be blame here. Zahra Bahrami had past criminal convictions like forging passports and drug trafficking. She trafficked drugs in Iran, so she had to pay her price, the Dutch government (who is under the spell of the EU) should be caring for the family members of those who died in the Alphen aan den Rijn shopping mall shooting Massacre on Saturday 9 April 2011,Pim Fortuyn and Theo Van Gogh. If you are looking for another Eurosceptic or a death penalty supporter, Ramin Mehmanparast is a great candidate.
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