IHRC is among a list of prominent individuals and organisations from 30 countries to put their name to a blistering letter condemning the US/Israeli war on Iran.
The missive delivers a swingeing critique of US foreign policy and historical conduct, accusing Washington of pursuing a doctrine of absolute predation.
In the wake of last month’s military attack, the letter calls for a new international order centred on sovereignty and resistance to Western domination.
The open letter, titled ‘A Declaration to the Conscience of Humanity,’ was signed by over 170 signatories from countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Serbia, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Russia, China, Malaysia, India, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, South Africa, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iran.
The signatories include former UN officials, retired career diplomats, former ministers, scholars, politicians and former parliamentarians, military and security professionals, artists, lawyers as well as journalists, activists, and anti-war campaigners, have released an open letter sharply criticising the global role of the United States.
The public figures describe the current US posture as an expansionist strategy aimed at dominating global resources. The policy is driven by “the demonic creed of ‘everything for us, nothing for others’,” which seeks control of global resources ranging from “the oil of Venezuela” to “the mineral wealth of Greenland” or “the energy reserves of Canada”. US policy now “fixates on Iran” because the country possesses “over seven percent of the world’s mineral and energy wealth.”
The letter says that “moral collapse” of the US-led West finds its nadir in the genocide in Gaza and is embodied in the vulgar figure of President Trump.
Beyond its criticism of US policy, the announcement sets out several demands that the signatories say are necessary to end the current conflict. These include the immediate dismantling of all US military installations in the region and an end to war on all regional fronts.
The declaration also condemns US involvement in major wars of the 20th and 21st centuries, referring to what it calls “the genocidal horror of Vietnam,” “the annihilation of Cambodia,” and the “systematic slaughter of Koreans,” as well as the destruction of Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan.
The full text of the declaration, along with the complete list of signatories, can be read here.
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