Constitution of The National Council of Resistance of Iran: A Terrorist Organization???????????????

Article 1 The National Council of Resistance has been formed to overthrow the Khomeini regime and to establish the Provisional Government.

Article 2 Until the formation of the National Legislative and Constituent Asscmbly, and, declaration of its readiness to assume its responsibilities, this Council will undertake temporary duties of the state's legislation and supervision of the administration of th e country's affairs.

Article 3 Every personality or political current(whose membership of the Council is accepted), is entitled to one vote.

Article 4 The Council's decisions are made with the approval of two-thirds of the attending members provided that no objection is made by any of the member-organizations.

Article 5 Acceptance to the Council 6f Any new member requires the applicant's undertaking of the program of the Council and the Provisional Government, of the Provisional Government's urgent tasks, and of other ratification's by the Council. It must be accompanie d by the written application for membership of the applicant and be presented to the President of the NCRI. This application will be set forth in the earliest sitting of the Council and provided its acceptance is approved (in accordance with article 4 la id above) the applicant will be considered as a "Member of the Council" thereafter.

Article 6 All members of the Council and the Provisional Government must comply with the decisions made by the Council.

Article 7 The responsibility to form the Provisional Government and to appoint the cabinet ministers is entrusted upon Mr. Massoud Rajavi who is the representative of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. This government will act in accordance with the prog ram and the immediate tasks assigned to the Provisional Government and in accordance with the Council's future ratifications.

Article 8 Within the framework of the Council's ratifications, the right to question and to interpolate the Provisional Government, or any of its members, is reserved for every member of the Council.

Article 9 Personality-members of the Council attend the Council's session in person. They may not send representatives or deputies instead.

Article 10 The expenses of the Council are met by means of membership fees and voluntary donations made by those who wish to see a free and independent Iran. With the agreement of each member, the President of the NCRI will determine the amount of financial contrib ution each member undertakes to provide. He will submit fiscal reports to the Council.

These guys are terrorists????

I'm suprised they fit the state departments FTO requirments. Why were they put on the list and when?

Legal Criteria for Designation (Reflecting Amendments to Section 219 of the INA in the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001)

It must be a foreign organization. The organization must engage in terrorist activity, as defined in section 212 (a)(3)(B) of the INA (8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(3)(B)),* or terrorism, as defined in section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. § 2656f(d)(2)),** or retain the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity or terrorism. The organization’s terrorist activity or terrorism must threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security (national defense, foreign relations, or the economic interests) of the United States.

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Is it funny to anyone else that terrorism is a function of our economic interests. "BUY MORE BIG MACS OR WE"LL BOMB YOU!!!!"

The state department claims the MEK, Mojahedin (PMOI) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) are the same organization. They also claim that they are a terrorist organization. I don’t know how many terrorist organizations have a constitution like the one I posted.

To contrast the NCR’s constitution I also posted the State Department’s requirements to designate an organization a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). I didn’t read in the body of the constitution that the NCR had anything to do with threatening US Interests.

Too much in one posting?

I would like for you / every one to read their constitution and comment on it instead of the media coverage. Let’s give a platform to the so called terrorist and judge for ourselves.

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