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.
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."
Dehghani stressed that Iran, like the US, does not breach the sovereignty and borders of nations under the pretext of fighting terrorism, does not create double standards, does not wage a war, but addresses one of the fundamental issues and challenges of peace, security and justice today with a judicial and legal method.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Judiciary official added: "Today, because of the very serious threat to peace, security and justice in the world by terrorist organizations and groups and terrorism like Israel, which is a global threat to global security, Iran has to deal with them under the laws with the United Nations charters."
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.
