Jerusalem (CNN) -- Citing what its author called "a clear and present danger," a report compiled by an international group and released Tuesday calls on individual countries to use their own sanctions to pressure Iran on human rights and international terrorism issues. The Responsibility to Prevent Coalition -- an independent group that describes itself as "an international consortium of 100 leading scholars, jurists, parliamentarians, government leaders, and Iranian human rights activists" -- held a press conference in Jerusalem to release its 200-page report on the Iranian regime. The primary author of the report, former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, outlined the four categories that he said represented the Iranian threat. "Iran is in standing violation of international legal prohibitions against the development of nuclear weapons, Iran has already committed the crime of incitement to genocide prohibited under the Genocide Convention, Iran is a leading state sponsor of international terrorism, and Iran is engaged in widespread and systematic violations of rights of its own people," said Cotler, who is currently a member of the Canadian Parliament. Read more: http://links.assetize.com/links/7eb435
