In an article in US Global Politician website, David Ames, member of UK Parliament emphasized that the only way to fight fundamentalism whose heart was in Tehran was to support the Iranian Resistance and removal of the PMOI off the terrorist list.
David Ames wrote: The Islamic fundamentalism espoused from Tehran is the biggest threat that faces our nation today. Iran has become a nation of horror stories. I have heard of young children tortured as their mothers are forced to watch. I have also seen vivid images of this brutality on videos. These videos have included public hangings. Such crimes are carried out on the Iranian people on a daily basis.
The heart of Islamic fundamentalism most definitely beats in Tehran where the theocratic rulers of the Iranian nation have used the phenomenon to spread death and destruction at home and abroad through the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Qods Corps. It is therefore extremely significant that we deal with Islamic fundamentalism at its root, which is the Iranian regime.
The solution lies with two groups, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the PMOI, which is a member group of the NCRI. The NCRI is lead by Mrs Maryam Rajavi. The significance of a lady leading the struggle against the theocratic rulers of Iran should not be underplayed. Mrs Rajavi’s democratic view of Islam offers a real solution to the crises surrounding the Iranian regime and the Middle East.
However, unfortunately the British Government has taken a shameful stance against the PMOI, who as a member group of the NCRI have played a significant role in attempting to spread the word of democratic Islam and offering a solution to the long suffering people of Iran. The PMOI in 2001 was listed as a terrorist organisation in the UK by the then Home Secretary Jack Straw. This act of appeasement has restrained an organisation dedicated to democracy and has in fact allowed the Iranian regime to continue its spreading of Islamic fundamentalism and the death and destruction that it causes.
David Ames added: I and my colleagues within Parliament felt so strongly about these issues that we took the British Government to Court and the case was heard in July 2007. In November 2007 we were victorious. The Proscribed Organisations Appeals Commission (POAC) ruled in our favour, indicating in its forceful judgment that the Secretary of State’s decision not to remove the PMOI from its list was ’perverse’, ’flawed’ and ’must be set aside’. The UK Government asked for leave of appeal, which was rejected by POAC.
This was a major victory in the struggle against Islamic fundamentalism and also lay a major stepping stone for achieving a democratic Iran. This judgment came on the back of a judgment made by the European Court of First Instance (CFI) in December 2006 in which the CFI found in favour of the PMOI and ruled the EU’s listing of the organisation annulled.
The PMOI must be immediately de-listed from both the EU and UK terror lists. However, this is not all. We must support Mrs Rajavi’s third option for Iran. Mrs Rajavi and the NCRI can bring about democratic change for Iran without the need for a further war in the region, an option which should not be contemplated. Democratic change through Mrs Rajavi and the NCRI will not only free Iran from its dictatorial rulers, but will put an end to the regime which most supports terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism throughout the world. This is an option, which I feel all of us should support.