Supporters of the Iranian resistance and families of Ashraf residents in New York staged a demonstration and started a sit-in in front of the United Nations headquarters and asked UN Secretary General to guarantee protection and rights of Ashraf residents according to the Fourth Geneva Convention and the international law.

At the beginning of the sit-in, participants described the threats facing the Ashraf residents by Iran’s clerical regime and referred to the legal status of Ashraf residents based on international conventions and laws and asked for immediate measure of the UN Secretary General for guaranteeing these rights.

The speakers of the sit-in were Lloyd Land, the progressive reverend from Staten Island, Moslem Eskandar Filabi, Mohammad Qorbani, Iranian national champion wrestler and former world champion, representatives from Ashraf residents’ families and the American Committee for support of Ashraf Residents.

Reverend Lloyd Land said in his speech: How can somebody trust a regime that arrests 1600 persons in one night? How could it be trusted not to conspire against its main opposition and how it could be guaranteed protection of that regime’s opposition? Reminding historical instances of human tragedies, he stressed on the United Nations responsibility on this issue and asked UN to prevent a human tragedy.

At the end a delegation from the sit-in participants delivered a letter addressed for Ban Ki-moon regarding asking his immediate intervention for prevention of Ashraf residents and prevention of a human catastrophe to the bureau of the UN Secretary General.