In an interview with Global Politician, Brian Binley, Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, asked for ending the West appaesement policy toward the fascist dictatorship ruling Iran and supporting the Iranian Resistance.

Brian Binley: The West should concentrate on ending appeasement with the Iranian regime and getting on with supporting the Opposition forces in Iran. Only in this way can we effectively respond. The Iranian Opposition is capable of bringing about change in their country and all we should do is to remove the egregious limitations that have been put on them in hopes of conciliation with Tehran. The West would do well to listen to the recent court rulings in Europe and remove some Opposition parties from the terrorism blacklist.

Responding to a question about the necessity of recognizing the Iranian Resistance, Brian Binley said: It is quite clear that internal dissent has brought about the downfall of many corrupt regimes in the past. To hamper those who wish to achieve internal regime change in Iran seems not only foolish, but also to be in direct conflict with our national interest. And that simply does not make sense. The West pinned all its hopes on an impossible mission, to reform the mullahs’ regime by hoping that a moderate would emerge within that regime and the EU and US gave the mullahs concession after concession to achieve that objective which has clearly failed. Sadly, the principles which Europe prides itself on, including universality of human rights, freedom of speech and opinion, and right to resist fascism and dictatorship were all sacrificed to that objective and as a result they proscribed the main Iranian Opposition movement, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) and listed it as a terrorist organization. Tragically, it turned out to be one of the most important concessions made to the mullahs. Furthermore, the PMOI is built on the ideals of bringing democracy and freedom to the Iranian population through free and fair elections.

Brian Binley added: Much has been done to bring the EU governments to realize the folly of the designation, politically and legally. The European Court of First Instance ruled in December 2006 to annul the EU designation of the PMOI as a terrorist organization. This ruling has not been honored by the European Commission yet but they will surely have to answer for it again in court. The EU human rights watchdog has strongly criticized the EU’s flouting of the CFI ruling recently. In Britain, 30 Members of Parliament and Peers, petitioned the Proscribed Organizations Appeal Commission to rule whether the Home Secretary’s designation of the PMOI as an organization involved in terrorism was illegal. A ruling is due on this soon and the government’s case is without any merit. A groundswell of public opinion and political support for de-proscribing the PMOI has been building for some time and now is the time to actually do the right thing and remove them from the list.

The only effective action in my view is to support the Iranian resistance in achieving its declared goal of changing the regime in Tehran. The world must stop appeasing the mullahs and support change in Iran or face a horrific choice of either acquiescing to a nuclear Iran or a very unpredictable and tragic war in that region. It is in our national interest to remove the obstacles to democratic change by the Iranian people and their Opposition movement. We must stop legitimizing the current regime and support the PMOI and NCRI. Furthermore, we must blacklist the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and its front companies, which act as the financial base to the entire nuclear weapons programme. The drying up of finance to the IRGC will act as a significant obstacle in the path of Iran’s nuclear weapons programme.