THE IRANIAN FATWA LIE / Fatwa does’nt exist – but Obama trusts in it !

According to unofficial sources, the legal advisors of the EU3 made an official request to the Iranian regime in 2005 to provide a copy of the “fatwa,” but in vain.

The Success Of The New Iranian Strategy (I) – The U.S. Administration Swallows The Lie About Khamenei’s ‘Fatwa’ Against Nuclear Arms

In his address to the U.N. General Assembly (September 24, 2013), U.S. President Barack Obama stated: “The Supreme Leader has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons.”[1] In fact, such a fatwa was never issued by Supreme Leader Khamenei and does not exist; neither the Iranian regime nor anybody else can present it.

The deception regarding “Khamenei’s fatwa” has been promoted by the Iranian regime and its spokesmen for several years. Each time it was mentioned, the “fatwa” was given a different year of issue – for example, 2005, 2007, or 2012 – but the text of the “fatwa” was never presented.

MEMRI has conducted in-depth research with regard to this “fatwa” and has published reports demonstrating that it is a fiction. See MEMRI reports:

The Iranian regime apparently believe that their frequent repetition of the “fatwa” lie will make it accepted as truth. To date, the Europeans refuse to accept it. According to unofficial sources, the legal advisors of the EU3 made an official request to the Iranian regime in 2005 to provide a copy of the “fatwa,” but in vain.

[1] http://gadebate.un.org/sites/default/files/gastatements/68/US_en_0.pdf.

Iran Human Rights organization on President Rohani’s remarks

ANF – News Desk 29.09.2013 – The IHR urges the international community to pay closer attention to the wave of executions in Iran. Since the Presidential election of June 14, 2013, at least 213 prisoners have been executed in Iran. 125 of these executions, among them a juvenile offender who had committed an alleged offence at the age of 14, were announced officially by state run media in Iran. At least four women are among those executed. In the same period less than 100 political prisoners have been given amnesty or released. Some of these prisoners had just few weeks left to serve on their sentences.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said: “We are very glad that these prisoners have been released, but we should keep in mind that most of the prisoners released in the past weeks had been sentenced to prison based on false allegations, were subjected to maltreatment and had sentences that were illegal according to international standards. We ask the international community and the media to pay closer attention to the wave of executions in Iran. We want the international community to ask Iranian authorities to stop executing and to say, ‘Don’t empty prisons by executing prisoners’. In addition to the death penalty, which is an inhumane punishment, there are several reports indicating many of those executed in Iran have been subjected to unfair trials, torture and forced confessions. Further, their executions are a clear violation of Iran’s international obligations. We urge the international community to react in strong opposition to the wave of executions in Iran