Mitt Romney Wants Iran's President Indicted For Genocide Incitement

Mitt Romney: Indict Ahmadinejad for Genocide

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA)

Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney has written United Nations Chief Ban Ki-Moon to bar Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York city in September 2007.

The reason, of course, is the utterly false translation of Ahmadinejad's speech, interpreted as a threat to destroy Israel and kill all of its people, which has been used to justify aggression against the nation of Iran. For irrefutable proof of the faulty nature of this allegation, see the award- winning article: "WIPED OFF THE MAP" - The Rumor of the Century and its follow-up, Caught Red-Handed" Media Backtracks on Iran's Anti-Israel Threat.

Here is the text of the Mormon candidate's letter:

September 16, 2007

To His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,

With the disturbing news that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is planning to address the United Nations General Assembly next week, I call on the United Nations to revoke any invitation to President Ahmadinejad to address the General Assembly. The only way he should be greeted in the United States is with an indictment under the Genocide Convention.

The Iranian regime under President Ahmadinejad has spoken openly about wiping Israel off the map, has fueled Hezbollah’s terror campaign in the region and around the world, and defied the world community in its pursuit of nuclear weapons – capabilities that make these threats even more ominous. As General Petraeus testified last week, Iran is also supporting Shia militia extremists and violence that is taking the lives of American soldiers and undermining the Iraqi government.

A failure by the United Nations to take a strong stand against Iran’s President Ahmadinejad would be especially disturbing given the United Nations’ record of failure to prevent genocide in other circumstances and the failure of the United Nations Human Rights Council to confront the Iranian regime and others among the world’s worst human rights abusers. Failure to act would mean that the United States must reconsider its level of support and funding for the United Nations as we look to rebuild and revitalize effective international partnerships to meet 21st century threats.
If President Ahmadinejad sets foot in the United States, he should be handed an indictment under the Genocide Convention. This approach has been called for by experts as diverse as Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel, human rights advocate and former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton and law professor Alan Dershowitz.

The United States and the world must take a strong stand against the terrorist Iranian regime and the time for action is now.

Sincerely,
Mitt Romney