The following is an article by UNPO on lobbying by the Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran, which includes the Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz.

Organized by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and in cooperation with Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Marco Pannella (ALDE and Transnational Radical Party), a delegation of the Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran (CNFI) meets with MEPs between 8 and 10 May 2006.

On 8 May, the CNFI delegation, accompanied by UNPO General Secretary Mr Marino Busdachin, started a first round of meetings with MEPs to inform and highlight matters of concern to the various nationalities in Iran regarding the current human rights situation. This included a meeting with Mr Graham Watson (ALDE). read more… »

MANIFESTO OF THE CONGRESS OF NATIONALITIES FOR A FEDERAL IRAN

Iran belongs to all its peoples and nationalities, a right that they have been denied. We understand and feel the national injustice that Iranian nationalities have been subjected to, and therefore, we dearly honour the sacrifices made and the hardships endured by the sons and daughters of Iran for freedom and justice. We believe that the legitimacy of any government is derived from its peoples; this should be the case in multinational Iran as well.
Without the participation of all its nationalities, without the peoples’ opportunity to rule the country and the regions that they live in, the realization of freedom, development, and peace is impossible. We believe that a federalist system of government on the basis of nationality and geography is the only political mechanism that is enduring, and allows all Iranian nationalities to realize their aspirations and exercise self rule in the framework of a free, united and democratic Iran.

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