Struan Stevenson
Struan Stevenson is (2006) a Conservative member of the European Parliament for Scotland. Stevenson also co-chairs the Friends of a Free Iran Inter-group in the European Parliament, and has been active in events sponsored by the Iran Policy Committee -- the "group is dedicated to regime change in Iran".[1]
This seasoned political campaigner is a former leader of Kyle and Carrick District Council and also headed the Tory group on the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.
Stevenson has also served as his party's spokesman for environmental issues, transport, the media, arts, heritage, and tourism.
A fromer lobbyist, he was one of the directors of the Edinburgh-based PS Communications Ltd. He is also the director of a long established family farming and tourism business in Ayrshire.
Activities: events with the IPC
The Iran Policy Committee is lobbying to confront Iran and obtain "regime change". Part of its activities are coalition building, lobbying for the removal of an Iranian terrorist group from an official U.S. terror list (so that it can then be funded by the U.S.). On 28 July 2006, the IPC met together with European parliamentarians to discuss Iran, and in front of this gathering Stevenson stated:
- "Iran is surely the most important issue facing the world today; the mullahs are playing a game with the West; and they are not serious about the nuclear negotiations." Instead of getting tough with Iran, "We've decided to hamstring the Iranian opposition. We've put the Mujahedeen-e Khalq and, here in the United States, even the National Council of Resistance of Iran, on the terror list without any justification," [2]
Affiliations
- European Parliament
- Friends of a Free Iran Inter-group
- Iran Policy Committee
- Indigo Strategic Communications
