Iran calls on SCO countries to confront ‘state terrorism’, citing US, Israeli crimes

Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Movahedi-Azad has proposed establishing a committee within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to strengthen cooperation against state terrorism.

Speaking at the 24th Meeting of Prosecutors General of SCO member states in Kazan, Russia, on Thursday, Movahedi-Azad called for greater international vigilance and joint action, citing attacks on civilians and children in Iran.

“We must make the world understand that those who spill the blood of children in schools can never claim to protect the rights of children and minors,” he said.

Movahedi-Azad said the incidents highlighted the need to “establish a committee under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Prosecutors General meeting to strengthen cooperation aimed at combating crime and state terrorism.”

“We are gathered today at a time when the world is witnessing a historic contradiction: while some global powers verbally defend human rights and the protection of children, in practice they commit unprecedented crimes against the most innocent human beings,” he said.

The Iranian prosecutor general slammed the United States and Israel for their recent aggression against Iran, citing the martyrdom of children at a school in Minab, attacks on civilian facilities, residential areas and cultural and educational sites, as well as strikes on medical centers, hospitals, emergency facilities and nuclear facilities under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) supervision.

He described such attacks as violations of international obligations and noted that they constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

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Movahedi-Azad also urged countries that cooperate with Washington and Israel to reconsider their policies.

“Some countries that in one way or another cooperate with the United States and the Zionist regime should get out of America and Israel’s ‘bottomless pit’ and, relying on their own peoples, understand that their future will be shaped alongside the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he said.

Turning to cyberspace, the Iranian official said the digital environment has become a battlefield for efforts to undermine national identity, morality and the family.

He also cited cyberattacks against peaceful nuclear and civilian infrastructure alongside targeted psychological operations intended to create fear and spread hopelessness, particularly among young people.

Movahedi-Azad outlined three areas in which Iran proposed practical measures to the SCO prosecutors general.

The first was greater accountability for global digital platforms. He said digital service providers and international platform operators should not operate outside legal frameworks and that governments should supervise them and hold them accountable for illegal content, promotion of violence and child exploitation.

As a second measure, he proposed greater cooperation among SCO members to counter ideologies of violence and extremism.

He also presented Iran’s approach to child protection, referring to measures including separate access arrangements for children and adults through protected SIM cards and special identifiers, as well as restrictions on access to certain internet services and websites.

Upon his arrival in Russia on Tuesday, Movahedi-Azad met with the President of Russia’s Supreme Court, the country’s highest judicial official, in Moscow.

On Wednesday, on the sidelines of the Kazan meeting, he also met with his Russian counterpart and signed a two-year judicial cooperation program between the two countries.

The SCO was established in 2001 and currently has 10 member states: Iran, China, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus.

The organization also has observer states and dialogue partners. The SCO maintains a Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure focused on coordination among member states in combating terrorism, separatism and extremism.

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