Charter of Iran National Front-Abroad

 

From the Constitutional Revolution (1906) to the present, the pro-democracy struggles of the Iranian people to establish liberty, democracy, independence, and social justice have made great achievements and surpassed the monarchy and is surpassing the ruling religious dictatorship.  The violent methods of the Islamic Republic in repressing and suppressing the popular movement and the popular protests, has put the country at a critically vital juncture.

 

The dangers from these developments is so alarming that no responsible and concerned Iranian can remain indifferent.  The struggles of Iran National Front under the astute leadership of Dr. Mossadegh to establish independence and democracy was able to take memorable steps in defending the national interests of Iran, which were destroyed by the shameful coup on August 19, 1953.

 

To the present time, the pro-Mossadegh activists have fought against the monarchist dictatorship and the religious dictatorship in order to establish democracy, civil society, and popular sovereignty.  Great legacies are left from the struggles against ruling monarchist and religious dictatorships.

 

Iran National Front-Abroad in the support of the struggles of the Iran people and the Central Council of Iran National Front inside Iran, demands:

 

1. The establishment of a democracy based on the consent of the people, human rights and rule of law.

 

2. The implementation of individual liberties and social freedom enumerated in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all the legal conventions attached to it and to accept all the consequences and ramifications of these conventions and treaties.

 

3. Legal guarantee of the safety and security of individuals and groups from state and para-state repression.

 

4. The just access for all Iranians to our resources, national treasures, prosperity, tranquility, happiness, and the right to all the fruits of these for all the citizens.

 

5. The establishment of a parliamentary republic based on free universal elections, and the abolishing of any inherited privilege or ideological advantage.

 

6. The juridical equality of all citizens (male and female) in all political, economic, social, and legal matters.

 

7. The equality of all citizenship rights regardless of ethnic, linguistic, religious, or theological differences.

 

8. Support for cultural renaissance of all ethnic groups and respect for principles of pluralism, bureaucratic decentralization within territorial integrity of Iran, solidarity, and national interests.

 

9. The implementation of a secular and laic society, freedom of all religions and ideologies, separation of religion and ideology from the state structures, without forbidding of the participation of any individual holding any belief in state institution.

 

10. Countering ethos and mores of violence, the abolishment of any form of torture and violence in political, social, and family relations, and the institution of civil and criminal codes compatible with human rights and thus the abolishing of all laws on hodood [cutting off hands and feet, lashings, and other physical punishments], qesas [stoning, lashes, couching of eyes, and the like], and diyh [blood money] and any form of punishment which is in contravention to human rights conventions and treaties.

 

11. The protection of the environment and cultural heritage.

 

12. The guarantee of civil liberties including freedom of thought, speech, press, assembly, political parties, and the mass media.

 

13. The de-legitimization of totalitarian politics, and the creation of an atmosphere allowing the flowering of civil political discourse and the possibilities of various like-mined parties and groups making coalitions.

 

14. Support for modernity, progress, and modernization.

 

15. Belief in the peaceful methods of struggle and the use of non-violent policies and methods in resolving the political and social problems in Iran.

 

16. The adoption of a foreign policy based on the respect for the charter of the United Nations, international conventions and relevant treaties, protecting the national interests and global peace, and based on friendly relations with all the nations of the world.

 

Iran National Front-Abroad, will utilize all honorable and decent methods compatible with the principles and values of Iran National Front and the political legacy of Dr. Mossadegh to attract international institutions to support the just struggles of the Iranian people.  INF-Abroad is committed to mobilizing the global public opinion and institutions around the world in solidarity with the pro-democracy movement of the honorable nation of Iran in establishing democracy in Iran.

 

INF-Abroad is solely responsible for its policies and views.

 

 

 

This Charter was approved at the General Meetings of INF-Abroad in Guttenberg, Sweden, August 29-31, 2003.