Iran Press/ Iran news: The MKO terrorist group is responsible for the killing of over 17,000 Iranian citizens and officials during the 1980s. Its members now live in exile and are scattered across Western countries. It was once recognized as a terrorist group internationally, but Western states pushed for its removal from the list of terror organizations after they figured they could use the group to carry out their anti-Iran operations.
The trial is presided over by Judge Amir-Reza Dehghani. Also, Hamid Nouri, an Iranian prisoner who was recently released from Swedish jail after over 4.5 years of illegal detention, was in attendance. He has shared his harrowing account of the mistreatment he endured behind Swedish bars.
The head of the court stated that considering the Islamic Republic of Iran and the judiciary have the foundation to create a legal regime to fight terrorism so that it is possible to act based on this legal measure for peace, justice and security in the world.
He added: "Numerous international documents have been adopted in numerous conventions to fight terrorism."
Judge Amir-Reza Dehghani in his pre-speech agenda stated: "I hereby announce to the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Counter-Terrorism Office that Iran and its judiciary system, try to create a complete framework to fight terrorism and deal with it, especially following the resolution of the Security Council of 1373, the legal will."
The Court Will Use All Legal Capacities to Extradite the Accused
The judge also addressed the defendants in the case and said: "This court will use all legal capacities to extradite them, according to the regulations and fair trial.
The judge noted that although there are numerous international frameworks aimed at combating terrorism—such as UN resolutions, including the 1994 resolution and Resolution 2011 from the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee—some international bodies have displayed a double standard in their approach.
Effects of terrorist crime
Later, the defendant's advocate took the stand and talked about the effects of the terrorist crime and the legal elements of this crime, adding: "Different international documents, including the regional assistance, expressed the definitions of terrorism appropriately, in which they considered terrorism to include criminal acts that, along with creating There is terror among the people and its intention in most cases is to force a reference or destabilize political and social structures.
Yaser Ziyai, a professor of international law, explaining the position of terrorism in international law, said: "Terrorism is one of the crimes that has attracted the attention of the international community and international documents. Therefore, there have been numerous treaties, resolutions and judicial decisions to prevent and prosecute the perpetrators of this crime."
