{"id":3668,"date":"2020-11-29T18:09:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T18:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopoi.org\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2021-01-29T02:33:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T02:33:46","slug":"hopi-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopoi.org\/?p=3668","title":{"rendered":"HOPI Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Assassinations should be condemned. The assassination of Iran\u2019s \u2018nuclear mastermind\u2019 during an attack in Absard, near Tehran, is no doubt part of what the Israeli paper Ha\u2019aretz<\/em> called Trump\u2019s \u201cscorched earth\u201d policy, aided by Netanyahu.
If an Arab country or Iran had assassinated an Israeli, European or North American nuclear scientist in broad daylight, there would have been no end to the condemnation of the act by leaders of the \u2018free world\u2019. We would have heard lectures about the \u2018rule of law\u2019, the importance of adhering to \u2018international law\u2019 \u2026 yet, when an Iranian physics professor and at least three of his companions are assassinated, in what is assumed to be an action organised by Mossad, the media prefers to bury the news and you can barely hear a murmur of condemnation from western politicians.The plot may have been finalised during last week\u2019s gathering of Pompeo, bin Salman and Netanyahu in Neom in Saudi Arabia – a meeting confirmed to have taken place by Israeli ministers, yet denied by Saudi Arabia.If reports from Tehran are correct and at least one group involved in the assassination were suicide attackers, Friday\u2019s plot involved not just Mossad agents, but Muslim \u2018religious martyrs\u2019 associated with Saudi Arabia. Mossad agents don\u2019t take part in suicide missions.The news is even more worrying in these last weeks of the Trump presidency, when you consider the fact that around the 12th of November the US president was seriously considering air attacks on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities, only to be dissuaded by military advisors.Hands Off the People of Iran is against Iran\u2019s nuclear plan and indeed we campaign for a nuclear-free Middle East. However, this aim cannot be achieved through assassination of individuals involved in the development of the nuclear industry in Iran, Israel or anywhere else. Such acts must be condemned – especially when they are part of the desperate last actions of a discredited US president, who seems to be obsessed with creating chaos before his departure.Of course, Iran\u2019s Islamic Republic doesn\u2019t come out of this very well either. Over the last few years, academics, worker and student activists arrested by the Islamic regime in Tehran have been given long sentences following false accusations of spying for foreign powers – mainly the US, UK and Israel. Some have been tortured and forced to appear on the regime\u2019s TV stations, where they \u2018confessed\u2019 to the most bizarre claims of spying. No-one, except the most diehard supporters of the supreme leader, believe these \u2018confessions\u2019 obtained under torture.Yet in less than four months it appears that Mossad and\/or CIA agents have succeeded in hitting hard at the very centre of the regime\u2019s security zones. The first time was in August, when it is alleged that Israeli agents assassinated al Qa\u2019eda\u2019s number two, Abu Mohammed al Masri, in a zone controlled by the ministry of intelligence in Tehran. Then there was Friday\u2019s assassination. Clearly Mossad agents have infiltrated the tightly-controlled Islamic state security. Unlike the labour activists, academics, lawyers, environmentalists, etc accused of spying, the real Mossad agents involved in terrorist plots are within the ranks of the ministry of intelligence. Instead of torturing innocent individuals to force false confessions, the regime\u2019s security forces in Tehran should look at their own agents.Hopi condemns terrorist attacks in the Middle East, be they perpetrated by Israel, Iran or Saudi Arabia.We oppose any imperialist intervention and call for the immediate and unconditional end to sanctions on Iran. While we remain opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran, we believe its overthrow must come from below. We oppose US-style \u2018regime change from above\u2019 and that is why we support all working class and progressive struggles in Iran against poverty and repression.For a Middle East free of nuclear weapons as a step towards worldwide nuclear disarmament!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hands Off the People of Iran<\/strong>November 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Assassinations should be condemned. The assassination of Iran\u2019s \u2018nuclear mastermind\u2019 during an attack in Absard, near Tehran, is no doubt part of what the Israeli paper Ha\u2019aretz called Trump\u2019s \u201cscorched earth\u201d policy, aided by Netanyahu.If an Arab country or Iran had assassinated an Israeli, European or North American nuclear scientist in broad daylight, there would have … <\/p>\n

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