Selkirk, MB \u2013 James Bezan, Shadow Minister for National Defence, issued the following statement today on the 30th anniversary of the political assassination of Kurdish leader Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou by Iranian state actors:<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Kurdish people in Canada and around the world observe the 30th anniversary of the July 13th, 1989 assassination of Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou and his two associates by Iranian state actors in Vienna, all nations sworn to uphold the values of justice, human rights and the rule of law should remain concerned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe failure to address extra-judicial killings and other human rights abuses by the Iranian regime has emboldened it to continue targeting political opponents including religious and ethnic minorities, particularly the Kurdish people who continue to struggle for survival.<\/p>\n
\u201cCanada must continue to condemn the brutal dictatorship of Ayatollah Khamenei and President Rouhani and take action through the enforcement of the Conservative Magnitsky sanctions law and the designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity. We also stand with the Kurdish people who fought shoulder to shoulder with our Canadian Armed Forces troops against ISIS terrorists and forged a strong people to people relationship.<\/p>\n
\u201cConservatives have never hesitated to denounce and take action against the oppressive Iranian regime and we will continue to call on Justin Trudeau to join us in standing up for the Canadian principles of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law for people everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
For additional information:<\/strong> Selkirk, MB \u2013 James Bezan, Shadow Minister for National Defence, issued the following statement today on the 30th anniversary of the political assassination of Kurdish leader Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou by Iranian state actors: \u201cAs Kurdish people in Canada and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/James.jpg?fit=2048%2C1366&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p12yuy-1sI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5642,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/carol-prunhuber-our-demand-has-never-changed-we-insist-that-justice-be-done\/","url_meta":{"origin":5624,"position":0},"title":"Carol Prunhuber: Our demand has never changed. We insist that justice be done","author":"Ali","date":"July 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The 13th of July marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. A. R. Ghassemlou, one of the prominent leaders of the Kurdish nation and former General-Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), along with his aide Abdullah Ghaderi-Azar, PDKI\u2019s representative in Europe. On the 13th of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest"","block_context":{"text":"Latest","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/latest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/about_carol1.jpg?fit=600%2C402&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/about_carol1.jpg?fit=600%2C402&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/about_carol1.jpg?fit=600%2C402&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6483,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/baluchistan-peoples-partys-statement-on-the-35th-martyrdom-anniversary-of-dr-a-r-ghassemlou\/","url_meta":{"origin":5624,"position":1},"title":"Baluchistan People’s Party\u2019s statement on the 35th Martyrdom Anniversary of Dr. A R. Ghassemlou","author":"Ali","date":"July 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"With respect to the blood of all Kurdish warriors who bravely stood up against the criminals of the Islamic Republic of Iran for freedom, equality, and the attainment of human and historical national rights of the Kurdish nation. Among them, the martyrs of the proud Kurdish nation rooted in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest"","block_context":{"text":"Latest","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/latest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_0308.jpeg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_0308.jpeg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_0308.jpeg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_0308.jpeg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5613,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/gathering-in-brussels-to-demand-justice-in-the-case-of-dr-ghassemlous-assassination\/","url_meta":{"origin":5624,"position":2},"title":"Gathering in Brussels to demand justice in the case of Dr. Ghassemlou’s assassination","author":"Ali","date":"June 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The 13th of July marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. A. R. Ghassemlou, one of the prominent leaders of the Kurdish nation and former General-Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), along with his aide Abdullah Ghaderi-Azar, PDKI\u2019s representative in Europe. On the 13th of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest"","block_context":{"text":"Latest","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/latest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ARG4.png?fit=814%2C573&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ARG4.png?fit=814%2C573&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ARG4.png?fit=814%2C573&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ARG4.png?fit=814%2C573&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5862,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/the-31th-anniversary-of-the-assassination-of-dr-ghassemlou\/","url_meta":{"origin":5624,"position":3},"title":"The 31th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou","author":"Ali","date":"July 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The 13th of July marks the 31th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. A. R. Ghassemlou, one of the prominent leaders of the Kurdish nation and former General-Secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), along with his aide Abdullah Ghaderi-Azar, PDKI\u2019s representative in Europe. On the 13th of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest"","block_context":{"text":"Latest","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/latest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ghassemlou.jpg?fit=843%2C832&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ghassemlou.jpg?fit=843%2C832&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ghassemlou.jpg?fit=843%2C832&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ghassemlou.jpg?fit=843%2C832&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5633,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/hijris-speech-at-the-commemoration-ceremony-of-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-assassination-of-dr-ghassemlou\/","url_meta":{"origin":5624,"position":4},"title":"Hijri\u2019s speech at the commemoration ceremony of the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou","author":"Ali","date":"July 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"On the evening of the 9th of July 2019, a ceremony was organized by PDKI in Brussels to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. A. R. Ghassemlou, one of the prominent Kurdish leaders and former General-Secretary of the PDKI, and his aid Abdullah Ghaderi-Azar. Both were victims\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest"","block_context":{"text":"Latest","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/latest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hijri.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hijri.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hijri.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hijri.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5302,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/pdki-supports-the-u-s-departement-of-states-statement-on-irans-assassination-of-dr-ghassemlou\/","url_meta":{"origin":5624,"position":5},"title":"PDKI Supports The U.S. Department of State’s Statement on Iran\u2019s Assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou","author":"Admin English","date":"July 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In a statement, the Executive Board of PDKI welcomes and supports the United States recent efforts to raise international awareness on the global assassination campaign and other terrorist activities of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1979 to the present. In particular, PDKI welcomes and supports U.S. efforts to remind\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Press Release"","block_context":{"text":"Press Release","link":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/category\/pressrelease\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/23579.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/23579.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/23579.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/23579.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/23579.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5627,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5624\/revisions\/5627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOffice of James Bezan, MP
\nPhone: 613-992-2032
\nJames.Bezan.a2@parl.gc.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"