Thread by @AlinejadMasih

THREAD

Exclusive video of #RuhollahZam playing with his daughter in a tiny room in a Parisian migrant hostel, sent to me by a documentary maker. Zam wasn't just a statistic

Europe must recall their ambassadors from Iran. Silence means more terrorism, assassinations & abductions

1-Calling EUROPE: Today, the Islamic Republic executed Iranian journalist, #RuhollahZam, who was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Guards from Iraq. The clerical regime kills Iranian dissidents as it takes Western hostages to use as pawns.

2-Kidnapping, arresting, and even executing dual nationals has been the part of the toolkit of the Islamic Republic. Today, more than 20 dual nationals are behind bars. Ahmad-Reza Djalili, Swedish-Iranian doctor, faces death on trumped up charges

https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1331402777747206145

3-The Islamic Republic is using hostage diplomacy and blackmail to extort concessions from the West because it has worked in the past. Just like ISIS, the Islamic Republic acts like a mafia organization

https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1331997237778522114

4-What happened to #RouhollahZam personally touches me. Had it not been for my brother, the Islamic Republic had already planned to kidnap me from Turkey & arrest or even execute me. My poor brother has been jailed for revealing these plots of the regime

https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1290292456378916864

5-If the West does not take action today, more of its citizens will be taken hostage and more dissident Iranians will face death. You shouldn’t legitimize the Islamic Republic, which arrests and executes political prisoners and dual nationals.

6-What can be done? The EU shouldn’t negotiate with our oppressors. It should LINK any diplomatic relation with Iran to human rights. There should be no deal with the regime as long as dual nationals are HELD and Iran’s jails FILLED WITH political prisoners are not freed.

7-Diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic should be predicated on human rights. The EU should cut off diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic as long as it keeps jailing political prisoners

8-I also call on Human rights organizations like @Amnesty, @HRW and others to pressure EU to boycott Islamic Republic.