Australian Supporters of Democra©cy in Iran
Austrralian Supporrterrs of Democcra©cy in Iran
Australian Supporters of Democra©cy in Iran
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PO Box 73, MORTDALE NSW 2223
PO Box 733, MORRTDALE NSW 2223
PO Box 73, MORTDALE NSW 2223
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Contact
Mohammed Sadeghpour
fipmoi2003@yahoo.com
Telephone: 0415 - 536 443
Peter Murphy
pmurphy@search.org.au
Telephone: 02 - 9211 4164
Treasurer - Mohammed Sadeghpour
Secretaries - Peter Murphy & Fr Claude Mostowik
Committee
Councillor Dr Meredith Burgmann – Senator Claire Moore - Penny Sharpe MLC - Sylvia Hale MLC - Sonia Hornery MLA
Stephen Pitt Walker - Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans - Bruce Childs - Dr Jocelynne A. Scutt - Dr Nina Burridge
Phil Glendenning - Professor Stuart Rees - Kerry Heubel - Richard Walsham
Media Release
January 15, 2010
Condemn exclusion of Iraqi leader from
upcoming elections
The Australian Supporters of Democracy in Iran condemn the exclusion of Dr Salih Mutlak
from parliamentary elections due in Iraq, and urged the Iraqi government and the
international community to prevent the Iranian regime’s interference in the Iraqi elections.
We note with deep concern reports indicating that Dr Salih Mutlak and the Iraqi National
Dialogue Front have been excluded from the upcoming parliamentary elections in Iraq. This
has caused widespread anxiety in democratic countries. There are many indications that this
is a devious plot by the Iranian regime which is extremely frightened of a free and democratic
election in Iraq.
One of the objectives of the recent visit to Iraq by the regime’s Foreign Minister was to
exclude Dr Mutlak from taking part in elections.
A free parliamentary election in Iraq will lead to elimination of the regime’s proxies from
many posts in the state and therefore to cutting off the supply of arms to the mullahs in Iraq.
The clerical regime has turned Iraq into a field for its terrorist and fundamentalist objectives.
Any exclusion of Dr Mutlak from elections in Iraq will undermine the legitimacy and
credibility of parliamentary elections in that country. This is a pattern of sham elections
exported by the Iranian regime to Iraq.
We strongly condemn this undemocratic move and call on the United Nations, the Australian
and US Governments and the European Union to intervene to prevent the exclusion of Dr
Mutlak and other democratic forces from taking part in the elections and not allow the future
of Iraq to sink in darkness and violence.
While millions of people are calling for the downfall of the dictatorship and for democracy in
the streets of Iran, we should not allow the ominous policies of that regime to be imposed
upon Iraq.
For further comment: Mohammad Sadeghpour 0415 536 443; Peter Murphy 0418 312 301
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