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VILLEPINTE-PARIS GATHERING
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n Saturday, June 28, more than NCRI as well as working to remove the PMOI
70 thousand Iranians gathered to from the EU terror list.
pledge their support for the Iranian A delegation from Iraq comprised of leaders of
Resistance and its President-elect, Mrs. Maryam political parties and tribal leaders expressed their
Rajavi, in the Paris-Nord Villepinte. support for the residents of Ashraf City. The Iraqi
The gathering incorporated representatives from dignitaries made it clear that they considered the
the Iranian exile community residing in various POMI members as part of their own families
countries in Europe, the United States, Canada and would not allow the mullahs’ agents to harm
and Australia. They all pledged their support them in anyway. Referring to the declaration by
to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran 5.2 million Iraqi citizens in June 2006, and that of
(PMOI) and its members residing in Ashraf three million Iraqi Shiites in June 2008, the Iraqi
City in Iraq, as the backbone of the Iranian delegation reiterated, “Shiites, Sunnis, Christians,
Resistance against the mullahs’ regime. They Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens in Iraq unanimously
called on the European Union and the United support the PMOI and believe that no one but
States to remove the unjust terrorist label from the Iranian regime’s agents are attempting to harm
the PMOI immediately. them.”
Nearly 1,000 parliamentarians and distinguished Another delegation comprised of 12
political, religious and cultural personalities as parliamentarians and distinguished personalities
well as law experts from European countries, came from Jordan. They joined other delegations
the United States, Canada, Australia and Arab in offering unequivocal support for the Iranian
countries such as Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Resistance, saying, “We believe in the PMOI as the
Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria participated in the antidote of Islamic fundamentalism in the region
gathering. and in Iran.”
During her speech, Mrs. Rajavi said, “The Lord Corbett of Castle Vale opened the event as the
mullahs are in the phase of being overthrown. presenter and invited the delegations to go on the
They lack political and religious legitimacy. The stage to address the gathering.
Iranian people’s rage has surrounded them.” The French National Anthem was performed by the
A delegation of British lawmakers comprised Iranian orchestra and the “Partisan,” the song for
of 15 members of both Houses of Parliament, the French resistance was performed in Farsi. Other
including Lord Waddington, former Home pieces of music were performed by the group led
Secretary, Lord Corbett, Lord Russell-Johnston by two renowned Iranian conductors, Mohammad
and Baroness Gould expressed their solidarity Shams and Shapour Bastansiar.
with the Iranian Resistance and its President-
elect and congratulated the removal of the
PMOI from the terrorist list in Britain. They
reiterated that in their belief, the only solution to
the Iranian problem is a democratic change by
the people and the opposition, as proposed by
Mrs. Rajavi.
A delegation from the European Parliament
led by Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice-president
of the European Parliament, highlighted their
commitment to support the PMOI and the
F
ive days ago, the freedom-seeking Resistance revoke the designation of the PMOI.
movement created a magnificent moment Lord Archer said, “This marks the
in Iranian history: The unanimous passage beginning of the end to the pain and
in both Houses of the British Parliament of the suffering of the Iranian people.”
draft Order to remove the name of the People’s Lord Clarke added that a long chapter of
Mojahedin from the terrorist list. shame and disgrace is about to end.
The parliamentary sessions in the Houses of Lords Baroness Harris lauded “the brave
and Commons when the order was ratified was Iranians” in Ashraf City who “are
truly an unprecedented event in developments fighting for the liberation of their
concerning Iran. The Iranian people saw an country.”
adamant defense of the Iranian people’s Resistance Andrew Mackinlay said that he hoped
against religious fascism being presented in both for the day that the regime in Tehran is
Houses of the Parliament in one of the world’s five overthrown.
major powers. Indeed, as they defended the Iranian
A large number of MPs and Peers spoke to the Resistance, they represented the
need to end a disastrous policy of appeasement and conscience of people in the West that is label to block the path of the Iranian Resistance
recounted the suffering of the oppressed people of against the policy of appeasement, connivance and movement.
Iran, with admirable passion, sense of responsibility, humiliation. We, however, proved that this Resistance is
noble humanity, dignity and sense of justice. The Iranian people hail these people’s legitimate, just and supported by the Iranian
With unwavering confidence and courage, Lord representatives who are the symbols of peace and people.
Slynn spoke of the soundness of the judgments democracy. The government had claimed to have classified
of the Courts in Britain and Luxembourg in The unjust terror label against the PMOI brought documents which implicated the Resistance
invalidating the terrorist charge against the PMOI. with it much calamity for us, our nation, the movement.
Lord Corbett lamented the execution of 120,000 people of Iraq and the Middle East. Not least But, in this campaign, we shed light on the dark
sons and daughters of the Iranian people at the were the cranes, from which Iranians were being and secret chambers of classified documents to the
hands of the mullahs’ regime. hanged in cities, and the onslaught of terrorism and point where the UK Court proclaimed that the
Lord Waddington followed by insisting that the last bloodshed in Lebanon, Palestine and Afghanistan. classified documents ironically further vindicate the
page had to be turned, namely that the EU must For years, these governments invoked the terror PMOI.
Those in the West who conceive that 17 dossier. Everyone recalls that this episode, and finally compel you to accept the rights of the
fundamentalism only threatens the people of the the sweeping raid on the offices of the National Iranian people to attain freedom and abandon
Middle East and Muslim nations should glance at Council of Resistance of Iran in 2003 was fueling the mullahs’ murder machine.
the history of these designations and fabrications. the result of a direct deal between the Chirac-
They will see how the mullahs ruling Iran have Villepin government and the clerical regime. The Terror listing in the US
taken law, justice and democracy in important subsequent dossier was essentially empty and
European countries hostage under the pretext of unfounded. Because it lacked any credible evidence, Let’s turn to the United States of America now.
terrorism. it had been formed on the basis of the EU’s On October 8, 1997, a senior U.S. government
Indeed, how are those who acquiesce to a blacklisting of the PMOI. That listing no longer official said, “The inclusion was a goodwill gesture
reactionary and murderous dictatorship, qualified has any legal basis and citing it is unlawful. to the newly-elected Iranian president Mohammad
to defend justice and law? If this dossier is not empty and invalid, as you Khatami.”
For this reason we say that the removal of the claim, then why do you not resolve it five years They expected that offering ransom and sending
PMOI from the terror list not only opens the after it was initiated? And if this case is without goodwill gestures to those who massacred
way to democratic change in Iran, but it also merit and your conduct appears to confirm this political prisoners would moderate the velayat-e
distances Western governments from a betrayal of view, then why are you invoking it to justify the faqih regime. They contended that a viper will
democracy, justice and human rights. Removing terrorist tag? give birth to a dove. But that viper gave birth to
this tag could mark an end to a chronic idiocy I therefore caution that any effort to support the Ahmadinejad.
which has afflicted Western policy. maintaining of the PMOI on the EU terrorist list Isn’t a show of goodwill towards the mullahs and
Now, we must act to return Iran to the community amounts to a despicable scandal for French policy religious fascism in Iran ultimately a show of ill-will
of nations. But the first step must be to transform and is contrary to France’s international obligations towards the people in Iran, the Middle East and
Iran from being the central banker of terrorism in the fight against terrorism and fundamentalism, democratic forces in this part of the world?
to the central banker of democracy and peace in particularly since in two days France will assume I must therefore ask, after all this experience, why
this region of the world. And this would only be the rotating presidency of the European Union. are you still pursuing the legacy of giving in to the
possible through changing the regime in power. I caution that complying with the demands of the mullahs’ blackmail?
A nuclear-free Iran could be within reach now, but mullahs constitutes the greatest treachery to the After the terrorist designation of the Islamic
only after pushing back against religious fascism, laws of the French Republic and the European Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Qods
namely the velayat-e faqih regime. Union. And the anti-Islamic Ayatollahs in Tehran Force, why should the demands of the mullahs to
A peaceful Iran which values coexistence and peace will be emboldened. designate the PMOI continue to be met?
with her neighbors instead of intervention and From this platform, I call on the Council of Why should the mullahs and their agents in Iraq
terrorism is possible, but in the course of a struggle Ministers of the European Union to abide by the be allowed to continue the intolerable restrictions
to uproot religious dictatorship. legal ramifications of the vote in both Houses of the placed on the “protected persons” in Ashraf City?
British Parliament, and remove the PMOI from A majority in the U.S. Congress have voiced
Unlawful bid to maintain PMOI in their terrorist list. support for the PMOI and the NCRI on five
terror list The only competent national authority that sought different occasions and described it as the only
to include the PMOI has now bowed to the solution to fundamentalism. On the other hand,
In recent weeks, the clerical regime, through decision of its own courts and Parliament and has you bombed the PMOI camps in Iraq under the
blackmail and deception, has tried to coerce France stepped aside. The EU Council of Ministers no pretext of the terrorist label.
into supporting the maintaining of the PMOI on longer has any excuse to continue this listing. A 16-month investigation by nine different
the terror list. Indeed, the force of justice and conscience will agencies of the U.S. Government into the status
The pretext for this unlawful effort is the June compel you to abandon this unjust designation of the PMOI confirmed that there was no basis
to charge any member of this movement with errors, in search for moderation and ways of temeratures as high as 60°C to 70°C.
terrorism. changing the behavior of the velayat-e faqih They called for an end to abductions of the
If you stand with the Iranian people as they stand dictatorship, the time has come for you to stand on Mojahedin, two of whom have so far been
for liberty, then end the terrorist designation of the side of history. Stand on the side which heralds kidnapped in Baghdad.
their Resistance movement. This is a resistance with freedom for the people of Iran. They also called for an end to missile attacks on
120,000 martyrs lost to the cause of freedom. Look at the experience of the UK government: If Ashraf, one case of which happened as recently as
Do not deprive the world of the most effective resistance and sacrifice for freedom against religious May 26th of this year.
counterweight to fundamentalism and terrorism. fascism is righteous and just, if this is the course of The mullahs falsely claim that the Mojahedin had
The third president of the United States, and history, two important lessons of this experience massacred Iraqi Shiites. But now, three million
author of the US Declaration of Independence, must be learned. Iraqi Shiites emphasize in their declaration, “The
Thomas Jefferson, eloquently described the state The first is that designating just resistance to PMOI… acts as the counterbalance to this regime
of oppressed people. It could well be a description dictatorship and religious fascism that pays no heed and is a strong bulwark against the regime’s
of the Iranian people and Resistance today. He to the people’s will and opposes free elections is not meddling in Iraq, and has always stood with the
said, “When patience has begotten false estimates a source of honor. It only brings shame. Iraqi people.”
of its motives, when wrongs are pressed because it The second is that the force of justice and good The declaration shook the foundations of the
is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes conscience, and those who advocate it, will mullahs’ rule in Tehran. The regime recognized
morality.” ultimately triumph. Indeed, freedom is within the threat this posed to its influence, meddling
And I quote the Declaration of Independence, reach, and we will ultimately achieve the goal of and crimes in Iraq. There was nothing better than
“Whenever any form of Government becomes freedom. this that could have pushed back the mullahs who
destructive of these ends, it is the right of the were exploiting the credibility of the revered Shiite
people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Three million Iraqi Shiites support Imams. The mullahs and their policy of sowing
government.” PMOI discord by taking advantage of Shiites’ grievances
Today, many American thinkers, parliamentarians were dealt a strategic blow. It was obvious that the
and personalities acknowledge that the policy of Amid the horrific killings and tragedies that rock mullahs’ Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] feared
rapprochement with the mullahs’ regime has been Iraq everyday, two weeks ago, we were witness to for his investments in Iraq. This was particularly
quite harmful to U.S. national security. a stunning political, social and cultural movement the case because those who drafted this historic
Of course, we have always said: “Go ahead and against the influence and interference by the declaration chose to announce it in Ashraf City.
negotiate with the mullahs as much as you want.” Iranian regime in that country, manifesting itself in Immediately after the declaration, paid agents
Today, there are many in the U.S. and Europe who the declaration of three million Iraqi Shiites. of the IRGC’s Qods Force in Iraq mimicked the
have recognized that investing in dialogue with the Three million Iraqi Shiites demanded a halt to the mullahs by condemning millions of Iraqis who
mullahs’ regime is a waste of time, as if one were to Iranian regime’s meddling and crimes and called for voiced support for the Mojahedin. So furious
cook a piece of rock. its expulsion from Iraq. They demanded an end to were the mullahs that they made no effort to
I must remind you that the Iranian Resistance has the injustice and restrictions against the Mojahedin, disguise their intention to export their inhuman
never asked the U.S. or any other country to send who are themselves Shiites. punishments to Iraq to be meted out to anyone
their men and women to war in order to confront They called for an end to scenarios similar to the who had supported this declaration.
the mullahs. killing of workers going to Ashraf when their bus They declared, “Any individual, party, organization
We only ask that you remove the shackles of your was bombed. and institution in Iraq that would cooperate with
terrorist list from the hands and feet of the Iranian They called for an end to the bombing of a water the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq, whether Iraqi or
people. pumping station serving Ashraf, and which also otherwise, would be subject to anti-terrorism
After marching down a long path riddled with provided water to 20,000 Iraqi inhabitants in legislation and will be handed over to the judiciary.”
In the mullah’s book, the three million Iraqi Shiites Today, the Iranian people and people in regime will pursue the bomb. He said that if the
who signed this declaration are guilty; countries that are the targets of terrorism and West does not tolerate the regime, it might face a
135 parties, groups and associations which fundamentalism are suffering from the policies of fait accompli. Earlier this month, IAEA Chief El
sponsored the declaration are guilty; Western countries, which have emboldened the Baradai was given the same message from Iran’s
Any association which procured medicine, food religious fascism. Their policies, according to the rulers that if they are given sufficient incentives,
or clothing for the Mojahedin in Ashraf has British courts, are perverse. It is treachery because it they can build the bomb in the near future.
committed an offence; undermines global peace and security.
In addition, all dignified and free-thinking Disaster of appeasement policy
representatives and spokespersons of the Iraqi Mullahs’ nuclear bomb
people who are present here are guilty; In Iraq as well, these gentlemen have followed the
And those courageous and heroic deputies in Iraq’s In the past six years, this movement has acted as the strategy of incentive packages to the regime.
National Assembly who said they are proud to biggest factor in alerting the world to the dangers Of course, through the mediation of Mr. Jack Straw,
stand with the victim, no matter what the cost, are of a nuclear-armed religious dictatorship by making the camps of the Iranian opposition in Iraq were
guilty; no less than 80 revelations about different aspects of bombed and then Iraq’s borders with Iran were left
The International Committee of Jurists in Defense the mullahs’ nuclear weapons program. open and unguarded to the mullahs’ infiltration.
of Ashraf has in official letters to U.S. and Iraqi Western governments, however, have done nothing In the next step, the mullahs’ regime murdered
officials, repeatedly declared that the PMOI and but waste the international community’s time and Iraqi men, women and children in cold blood,
residents of Ashraf welcome the opportunity to buy the mullahs more time instead. and destroyed the country by exporting its bombs
appear in any international court in Europe or When the mullahs unilaterally broke the seals to it. It did not even spare mosques and the holy
North America to defend against any allegations of their nuclear facilities, and resumed uranium shrines. But officials refrained from admitting the
levied against them by the Iranian regime and its enrichment, Western governments retreated by obvious fact that all the bombings and the killings
proxies in Iraq. offering an incentive package. were being carried out on the orders of the Iranian
The International Committee When the regime refused regime’s leadership and its Supreme Leader.
of Jurists has emphatically The removal of to permanently suspend And now as you look at Lebanon, Palestine
stated that it recognizes the the PMOI from the enrichment, the 5+1 retreated and Afghanistan, you notice that the policy of
International Fact Finding by conceding to suspension incentives and appeasement has swung open the
Commission, a credible terror list not only only during negotiations. gates to the regime’s infiltration and intervention
international agency affiliated
with the United Nations, as the
opens the way to And when the mullahs
rebuffed even this offer,
everywhere.
The mullahs boast of this brutality before the
competent authority to engage democratic change Western governments Iranian people in order to conceal their utter
in an impartial examination of accepted a nominal weakness. They say brazenly that we have
any allegation against the PMOI
in Iran, but it also suspension. Islamicized the Middle East and turned it into our
and accepts its arbitration so distances Western And in the next step, the P5+1 strategic depth.
as to dismiss the misguided retreated from suspension to But, there is hardly anyone who does not know
information and demonization
governments the request that the regime not that the onslaught by Khamenei and Ahmadinejad
campaign of the mullahs’ regime. from a betrayal of install any new centrifuges. is beholden to appeasement and the pathetic
Indeed, this was a turning point
in the struggle of the people democracy, justice This is the essence of Javier
Solana’s package offered to
weakness of the West.
Indeed, the evil of fundamentalism has been riding
of Iraq in rejecting the fascism and human rights Tehran two weeks ago. on the shoulders of the guardians of appeasement
of the velayat-e faqih in their At one time, they were from one corner of the world to the next.
country. insisting that they are not And it is even more astonishing that some have
It was a turning point in the expression of support prepared to offer the Iranian regime security not realized that religious fascism cannot change
by Iraqis for the Mojahedin as a bulwark against guarantees. But, then again, they retreated from its behavior because that would immediately and
the regime. that position as well. inevitably lead to its overthrow.
The regime, having reached an impasse in Iran, In Security Council resolutions, they give the They opine that they are paying a lesser price today.
was determined on dominating Iraq as a way to regime two or three months to comply. But then But all the while they are actually imposing war and
continue its survival. again they take a year to pass each resolution. catastrophe on the world.
But, today, its policy of meddling and terrorism in In all these years, Western governments have always We tell them that instead of appeasement act firmly
Iraq is backfiring in the face of the mullahs’ regime acquiesced to the mullahs’ demands to crackdown and recognize the Resistance movement working
in its entirety. on the PMOI. In the words of diplomats engaged to change the Iranian regime. As such, change
When the UK Court of Appeal revoked the in these talks, this has been on top of the regime’s would be within reach and the specter of war will
terrorist label against the PMOI, Ashraf City came priorities. dissipate. This is to your own advantage.
under the mullahs’ missile attacks. And now that And after moving along and encouraging the long We say, “Do not invest in the continuation of the
the Shiites have rebelled against this regime, Ashraf path of negotiations, they gave so much leeway to mullahs’ rule.”
is again the target of vengeance. Why is that? the mullahs’ deception and concealment that the We say, “Do not continue the futile effort to ignore
Because Ashraf is a bastion of resistance with deep Americans suddenly discovered that the mullahs the Iranian people’s Resistance.”
roots among the Iranian nation. Ashraf is present had stopped the production of nuclear weapons This Resistance movement cannot and will not be
in the unrelenting protests of young Iranians five years ago. intimidated.
and workers’ uprisings and students’ strikes. As These incentives and concessions have so We are the voice of the voiceless in Iran. We are the
Massoud Rajavi said, “Ashraf is the symbol of emboldened the mullahs that three days ago, Majlis voice of those who want us to represent their hopes,
perseverance and inevitable victory.” Speaker Ali Larijani implicitly warned that the ideals and dreams.
To those who have accepted to deal with and the banner of Islam and Shiism, and has in the The real base of support for the regime is those in
appease this regime, or are afraid of changing it, past three decades discredited the so-called Islamic the IRGC, the Bassij and the infamous Intelligence
we say: foundations of the ruling regime in the eyes of the Ministry. All of this barely constitutes three percent
You are suffering from four major miscalculations. Iranian people and exposed its demagoguery. of Iranian society in its entirety.
First, you have believed the mullahs’ posturing. This Resistance movement is the standard bearer The dire economic crisis is also a grave threat for
They are selling their terrorism and brutality as a to the Third Option. And, the struggle and the the survival of the regime.
sign of strength for their faltering regime. You have sacrifice of its members and supporters will render Ten million unemployed, 8 million dwellers on the
been intimidated by that. the Third Option victorious. outskirts of cities, and millions of embittered youth,
Your second major mistake is that you either have This Resistance enjoys the leadership of Massoud all constitute a viable force, which could eventually
no understanding of the extent of the Iranian Rajavi, who has symbolized the ideal of the Iranian bring the downfall of this regime.
people’s resentment towards the regime or you are people’s freedom in the context of a deeply-rooted
deliberately covering it up. and capable movement and has preserved and Conclusion
The Iranian regime’s lobby propagates the belief strengthened it in the midst of storms. He has
that the Iranian people would unite in support of plucked much good from much evil and amid The ruling mullahs cry out that they will forever
the regime in the face of the world community’s the most complex circumstances in the past three safeguard and maintain their absolute rule
firmness, such as that exuded by international decades has advanced a principled strategy. And embodied in the velayat-e faqih.
sanctions. And, you are repeating these absurdities. through painstaking patience and great sacrifice, he Appeasers tell us that freedom is nothing but mere
Do you not know that the Iranian people, more has brought victory into the horizon. hope worthy of being forgotten.
than anything else, despise the ruling mullahs, who The regime’s apologists claim that the people are
ravage, pillage and raise cranes to hang people in Repression and rising protests too fatigued by experience to rise up once again
the streets? and change the ruling regime. Using a taunting
And your third mistake is that you ignore the Since three years ago, when the mullahs’ Supreme tone, they say that sacrifice and love of freedom are
explosive potential of Iranian society. Leader propelled Ahmadinejad to power, the ancient relics.
The mullahs and their spin doctors are bent on regime has dramatically stepped up repression, But, we say that there is a certain energy and force
covering up the Iranian people’s yearning for hangings and amputation of limbs. in the Iranian society and its history. We say that
democratic change. They are bent on using the Nevertheless, at no other time, has the Iranian there is a never-ending thirst in the oppressed,
services of the international movement for peace in society been broiling with protests as it is today. In which is foreign to a world outlook of surrender,
favor of making peace with and appeasing religious the past three years, there have been 4,700 acts of shame, and disgrace.
fascism. protest on average every year. The day will come when life in the hell the mullahs
And your fourth error is that you ignore the real Officials say the number of those imprisoned for have created will give way to life in a democratic
solution to the Iranian problem, which is the “acting against public security” is “between 10 to 15 society, so that everyone would have the right to
people’s Resistance. thousand people.” part take in decisions about the most important
By demonizing the Iranian Resistance, the mullahs Indeed, thousands of prisons, torture chambers political affairs of society; And, when the right to
are trying to distort its credibility and its deep roots and execution centers have been set up in order to change the government is respected.
in Iranian society, in order to suggest that there is help the mullahs maintain their grip on power at The day will come when the horrific abyss
no force which could overthrow them. any cost. of bigotry will give way to tolerance and
understanding. No religion will be privileged. No
The solution to Iran problem Regime in its faltering state one will be denied his/her right because of the
belief or non-belief in a religion; And there is the
The Iranian crisis is a major one. But there is a The mullahs are in the phase of being overthrown. separation of church and state.
force that can resolve it and that force is the Iranian They lack political and religious legitimacy. They The day will come when suppression and
Resistance. are surrounded by the rage of the Iranian people. discrimination against Iranian women will crumble
This is a Resistance movement which will stir social Today, they are relying on an insignificant minority. and gender equality will steer the Iranian society
uprisings and major movements by the Iranian According to the regime’s figures, during the towards a new world.
people. parliamentary elections, the highest number of And that day is very close.
This is a Resistance movement, which by virtue votes for the candidates in larger cities was between I call upon everyone to expand the struggle for the
of the PMOI, is the antithesis to fascism under six to 14 percent. overthrow of the ruling religious fascism.
Lord Corbett leading the British delegation. From left; Lord Waddington, Lord Dholakia, Baroness Gould,
Lord Russell-Johnston, Lord Cotter, Malcolm Fowler (Jurist), Baroness Verma and her spouse,
Baroness Gibson, Joe Benton MP, Lord King and PMOI lawyers Ed Grieves and David Vaughan
Lord Waddington
(Conservative)
Former Home Secretary
Nareeman Al-Rousan on the tradition of fighting for freedom to future the land of the East, and we Eastern women
Assistant Speaker of Jordan’s Parliament generations. are proud of her. She has been fighting against
Our greetings to the martyrs of the PMOI who tyranny and injustice along with her other sisters
I have come here today, together with H.E. Mr. lost their lives in the course of their struggle; and brothers. She gives us, and all the oppressed
Mamdouh Al-Abbadi, first deputy speaker of Those who fought for the freedom of their people people who believe in their rights, self-confidence
the Jordanian Parliament; Dr. Mohammad Abu- and a free Iran; Those who had only one thing and great inspiration.
Houdeib, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee on their minds, and that was to build a new I salute you and all those who support the PMOI.
of the Parliament; H.E. Mofleh Alrouheimi, democratic country. And our salutations and best wishes go to the
leader of the majority in the Parliament and I salute my sister, Maryam Rajavi, a woman from heroes in Ashraf.
former government minister; Munir Husni
Soubar, MP and former government minister;
Fakhri Eskandar, MP; Abdullah Gharyebeh, MP;
and Dr. Ebrahim Al-Amoush, MP. Mullahs react to Jordanian MPs’ visit
Maryam Rajavi, my dear sister, the greatest
political champion, President-elect of the Iranian The clerical regime summoned the Jordanian ambassador in Tehran to its foreign ministry to
protest the participation of a delegation of Jordanian members of Parliament and the deputy
Resistance.
speaker at the June 28th gathering of Iranians in Paris.
It is rather sad that while we gather here today, the At the same time, the regime’s Charge de affairs in Amman, Naser Kanani, met with the
land of Iraq is under the occupation of bandits. Jordanian deputy foreign minister, Mr. Naser Jodeh, to warn that the regime “would not
They have taken away the hopes and dreams of all tolerate support for the PMOI by any country and considers contacts with this organization
the people living on that land. as a red line not to be crossed, and one which would be responded to accordingly.” He told the
The evil forces in the world want to impose regime’s official news agency that it was unacceptable for Tehran to see Jordanian dignitaries
darkness and hopelessness, and deprive people take part in the PMOI’s gathering. In view of the number of MPs, which included the deputy
of their bright futures. These oppressed people speaker of the Parliament, Kanani said the government should compensate and demanded
cherish only one hope and one dream. That reparations. The news agency added: “33 Jordanian political dignitaries and members of press
hope is pinned on people like you who spread including 12 MPs participated in a recent gathering by the Mojahedin in Paris.”
brightness and raise the torch of freedom. We The Jordanian foreign ministry reacted to pressures of the regime by expressing its utter
surprise for summoning its ambassador in Tehran for questioning on this matter and
hail those who fight tirelessly, those who aim
described the MPs visit as their personal decision. The Speaker of the Jordanian Parliament
to free their land and to promote their national also reacted to the regime’s furor and said the decision by 12 MPs to attend the gathering of
values. We hail those who shatter the darkness in the PMOI in Paris was a personal one.
their homeland’s horizon, and thus save future In a report by the Arab Aljazeera network’s website, Mrs. Nariman al-Roussan, an MP who
generation. had addressed the gathering in Paris, expressed her amazement about the regime’s reaction
Our eternal good wishes go to those who have and asked: “What kind of a rotten regime is this in Tehran which is shaken by the attendance
inherited the struggle for freedom and continue of a few Jordanian people’s representatives in a meeting?”
to fight. And to those who have pledged to pass
French Delegation
expresses its
solidarity with the
Iranian Resistance
lesson through their elected representatives, not overthrown, peace in Iran, Iraq, Palestine,
Sid Ahmed Ghozali members of parliament and the House of Lebanon or in the rest of the Moslem world is
Former Algerian Prime Minister Lords who have enforced justice through impossible.
their own government. And all of this was Peace was signed in April 1975 between
Dear Mrs. President of the National Council carried out by devotion for human rights and Iran and Iraq, through the mediation of the
of Resistance of Iran, and I also greet, since democracy. deceased president Boumediene. Everybody
I see that the widow of the late Algerian I salute and honor all UK parliamentarians remembers that with president Boumediene’s
President Houari Boumediene is here among who brilliantly gained a unanimous vote in mediation an agreement was signed, however,
us. This gives somewhat reduces the unkind the House of Commons and the House of it did not last long. Five years later war
absence of representatives of the Algerian Lords to remove the horrible and cynical started. This war was one of the most lethal
government and Arab governments in this injustice of proscribing the PMOI. The wars, because there was no chance of any
large gathering. horrible measure that has emanated from accord between the two dictatorships.
Dear brothers, people of Iran, wherever you governments of democratic countries in the The Iraqi people were not mistaken when
are, in Abadan, Tehran, Qom or Isfahan or in EU as well as the US administration where they supported the Iranian Resistance. The
Ashraf. Greetings and congratulations to you. the prime victims of terrorism in Iran are large majority of the Iraqi people support the
Massoud Rajavi if you see me, thanks to designated as terrorists. Iranian people. The Iraqi people know very
your sacrifice and to those combatants who This is a victory, but the struggle continues. well their direct neighbor in Iran and that
come in many thousands from the PMOI, For France, whose people I greet here, whose peace will never be realized in Iraq so long as
the Iranian people have just prevailed over a government committed a big act of injustice democracy has not prevailed in Iran.
large legal and political battle. I know that vis-à-vis the Iranian Resistance five years With great joy I congratulate you all and
you know that one day you will announce the ago. I hope that the French government will I congratulate the CNRI represented by
victory of all battles, the victory of the end open its eyes to the injustice and take hold Mrs. Maryam Rajavi and the Resistance
of a regime that calls itself Islamic, and one of this opportunity since it will take over the organization, the PMOI, under the auspices
which has tortured and slaughtered 120,000 presidency of the EU to follow the example and under the leadership of Mr. Massoud
innocent people, simply because they are of the United Kingdom. It is not only about Rajavi. I congratulate them for this battle
Iranians who fought to regain liberty and to putting an end to an injustice and to freeing and I am convinced that they will reach their
establish democracy. the Iranian Resistance movement, but also to final victory. Long live the Iranian Resistance,
I also greet and congratulate the people of the overturn the injustice and to open their eyes long live the Iranian people and long live
United Kingdom who have just given a vivid to the reality. So long as the mullahs’ regime is democracy.
Cheering supporters,
neighbors, and local residents
greeted Mrs. Maryam Rajavi at
her Auvers-sur-Oise residence
after she returned from the June
28th gathering in the Villepinte
Exhibition Hall, north of Paris.
Holding hundreds of lit torches,
supporters and neighbors
reaffirmed their support for Mrs.
Rajavi and the Resistance, and
congratulated her on the latest
victories.
In a brief speech at Auvers-
sur-Oise, Mrs. Rajavi expressed
her gratitude to supporters, and
joined them in declaring that the
struggle will continue unabated
until freedom and democracy is
established in Iran.
On June 29, Parliamentarians and dignitaries “I believe with this achievement, you have Lord Corbett
from Britain, Canada, Australia, and Italy met broken the backbone of the policy of
with Mrs. Maryam Rajavi at her residence in appeasement. That is why I believe even at the We believed that we will win when we started
Auvers-sur-Oise. She expressed her delight over European level and in the United States you will this battle in both Houses of our Parliament
the great victory achieved in Britain where finally have a key role in pursuing the same objective,” because we had the truth on our side and the
the Parliament ratified the order to remove the Mrs. Rajavi added. government had nothing on its side. This really
PMOI from the UK proscribed list and praised She also noted, “Regarding the EU, Lord was a battle between truth and lies.
the efforts of the British parliamentarians in this Bassam, British Home Office Minister, was very The facts presented to the courts in Britain spoke
campaign. She also underscored the urgency of clear when he said in the debate that ‘it would be for themselves. They dictated one clear verdict
getting the PMOI out of the EU list. strange if EU did not follow our lead. They will and the real test for the British legal system was
The participants in this meeting chaired by need to be advised again and reminded that we whether the independence which would like
Lord Corbett congratulated Mrs. Rajavi for have now deproscribed and that that order is in to claim for our judiciary in a highly charged
the great achievement in Britain and expressed effect’. Therefore, you are in a unique position to political case like this was going itself to stand
their determination to get the unjust terror label demand from the EU to end the injustice against that test. Our courts did demonstrate their
removed from the PMOI in the EU and other the Iranian people.” independence and I have to tell you that our
countries. They also expressed confidence that Mrs. Rajavi reminded that, “The West has failed government was deeply, deeply upset.
the final victory is imminent and reassured Mrs. to change the mullahs’ behavior or to contain Last Monday in both Houses of Parliament the
Rajavi of the continuing of their support until them. Time is running out. The international ministers were less than generous. They want to
Iran is freed. community must take appropriate measures be grudging about that, ok, be grudging. Because
Addressing the UK lawmakers, Mrs. Rajavi before it is too late. The solution for this crisis is as Mrs. Rajavi said, we have not finished yet.
referred to the parliamentary debate on June an Iranian solution, and the Iranian Resistance It was the UK which talked the rest of the
23 when it was decided unanimously by both is the answer to the mullahs. That is why the European Union into putting this copycat ban
Houses of Parliament to remove the PMOI regime fears the Resistance so much. Two weeks on the Iranian Resistance. Our courts have now
from the UK’s list, and said, “I watched the ago, in a joint statement three million Shiites swept that aside, therefore it has no legal basis in
debate last Monday. My feeling was that what expressed support for the PMOI and demanded the rest of the European Union and we will do
we witnessed in the Parliament was a historic the eviction of the mullahs’ regime from Iraq. all we can to see that as soon as we are able that
and glorious defense of justice and the right The mullahs’ angry reaction exhibited their ban is lifted right across the European Union.
of the Iranian people to resistance by the MPs utter weakness. Therefore, the West is making And then altogether the whole of the EU can
and Peers. It was a formidable line up of proud a mistake in propagating the false belief that if turn across to the United States.
parliamentarians, speaking out against the the PMOI is removed from the terror list, the Trying to appease the mad men in Tehran has
policy of appeasement. The Iranian regime had mullahs would become more hostile. This is a done nothing except take them along the road
unsuccessfully tried, up to the very last minute, miscalculation of the mullahs’ capabilities. On acquiring nuclear weapons and allowing them
to prevent the deproscription of the PMOI. Not the contrary, recognizing the Iranian Resistance murder more British and coalition troops in
only did the fail, but you rightly reminded the will send a message of firmness to Tehran. I Iraq and Afghanistan. Every time a coffin comes
British government of its obligation to seek the believe the time has come to make sure that off a plane with the Union Jack draped over it,
immediate removal of the PMOI from the EU Western governments recognize this reality.” from Iraq or Afghanistan that is a shame on our
terror list.” government because they know who is behind
Mrs. Rajavi stressed, “You crushed the most After Mrs. Rajavi’s speech, Lord Corbett of it and the Iranian Resistance have provided the
difficult barrier and unjust measures. You Castle Vale, Chairman of the Parliamentary intelligence.
demonstrated that belief in human ideals and Labour Peers and Chairman of the Iran Freedom We are not going to go away Madam Rajavi, we
values has no limit. Nothing is impossible. We Parliamentary Committee, addressed the are with you on doing our level best to ensure
have a saying in our movement, ‘we can and we meeting. that that new dawn will come in Iran and that
must’.”
proud nation from whom freedom has been with success and bring justice back to Iran. Corbett, Lord Waddington and many others by
stolen by these mullahs deserves better than saying that I am sure the increasing support in
this. I do not doubt that the overwhelming Lord King the Parliament in going to be tremendous now
majority of the people of Iran want a new start, that we have had this great success.
want a democratic country and can take their Thank you very much for your wonderful
It is important to note that all three major
rightful place among the rest of the international hospitality and all power to the campaign.
British political parties have come together to
community.
fight the evil mullahs who have committed so
many crimes against Iranians. The sooner this Raymonde Folco
Lord Waddington, regime goes the better it would be for everyone. Member of Parliament at the federal
Former Home Secretary Yesterday was a celebration for the PMOI government in Ottawa in Canada
coming off the list; the next step should be to
We have got to make sure that the EU does act, get the PMOI and the NCRI recognized by After the recent victory, we must shift our
the legal basis for the EU ban has disappeared. the EU and finally I hope to see you in Iran to efforts to Europe, Canada, and the US to
They must not be allowed to adjourn this celebrate your victory. remove the PMOI’s name from the terror lists.
matter. Time matters greatly to you, it matters
This is certainly a goal in line with the goal of
greatly to those who are working to bring
democracy to Iran.
Baroness Verma democracy in Iran. It is in line with the aim of
providing the Iranian women with the same
I want you to be assured that we will continue
I was hooked to your cause from the moment democratic rights that, for example, Canadian
working for a cause which we hold very dear. I
I heard about it through your representatives. women enjoy.
hope certainly that I will live to see democracy
brought to Iran. When I first met you in February, I knew then
that whatever was happening and we were Antonio Stango
working for in the UK was right. Chairman of the Italian Radical Party, and
Baroness Gould The world needs to have a different version head of the human rights organization of
of Islam and that is what you and all your Helsinki Watch in Italy
I joined the parliamentary committee because
I was extremely concerned about what was representatives are showing that there is a very
happening to women in Iran and it has been softer and a very approachable Islam. After the great success in the court in the
getting worse. I hope to join you in Tehran very soon with the United Kingdom we should urgently proceed
We look very much to you to give us advice free people of Iran. in the European Union to achieve the same
and support to continue with the battle and results. We are working on this and we should
hopefully the next time we hold this meeting it Baroness Gibson campaign in every EU country as soon as
will be in Tehran. possible since time does matter. Europe should
I noticed that there were many women in the not only remove the PMOI from the terrorist
Lord Dholakia rally yesterday. When women unite they can list immediately but also has to compensate for
be very powerful. We are watching the mullahs the damages it has inflicted on the organization
and know what they are doing to our sisters in and the Iranian people.
The real battle starts now. We have done the It was a shame for Europe and it still exists and
right things so far. We are not just talking about Iran and we do not like it. We will continue to
work for the Iranian women and the men too. I we should remove the shame from ourselves in
an organization which is genuinely interested in Europe because freedom of Iran is the freedom
Iran, but we can say with full confidence that have a message to the mullahs; we know you do
not respect women, women do not respect you of all of us. I personally do not feel completely
the only possible force which can replace the free until 80 million Iranians are free. We will
Iranian regime is the PMOI and we should not either, women of the world do not like you and
they are watching you. continue with our campaign until we achieve
forget about that. the final success.
We do not want our government and the US
to continue appeasement of the regime and we Edward Grieves Yasmin Ratansi,
have to end that. I do this first of all because lawyer
of the people in Ashraf City who are there Canadian MP
waiting, and for those who have lost their lives The PMOI’s case in POAC was tremendously
and should never be forgotten why they died in a historic event on the legal front. If the rule of As the first Muslim female member of the
the course of this battle. law does exist in the European Union, then it Parliament in Canada I like to assure you that
I like to join you in celebration on streets of would have to de-proscribe the PMOI we will do everything possible to remove the
Tehran where I can raise my hands and say the PMOI from the terrorist list after your success
victory is for those who are just and fair and across the Atlantic.
that is you.
Lord Cotter
Joe Benton People in the United Kingdom, the European Tom Wappel
Union and the United States are concerned Canadian MP
British MP about the way women and children are treated
in Iran and we have to tell them exactly what is I read the verdict by POAC very carefully line
I am in total support of all you are endeavoring to going on. by line and I was very much impressed by
do. I was deeply moved by the activities yesterday We also have to tell the world about the impact it. Now that we have the Court of Appeal’s
[in Villepinte]. I found myself very strangely in in which the regime has on Iraq and the death decision and the order to remove the PMOI
tune with everything, I felt a real empathy. toll and what is exactly happening over there. from the list is passed in both Houses of
I assure you on behalf of myself and colleagues I like to reassure you Madam President that Parliament in Britain, I will go back to the
in the House of Commons and House of Lords I am with you solidly like many others. If I minister responsible for this case with the help
you will have our total support and I pray for may represent many of those parliamentarians of my colleagues in Canada to push for a review
you and your movement to proceed in the future who had followed the fantastic lead from Lord to remove the PMOI from the list.
A delegation of Iraqi tribal leaders, brother of Dr. Saleh Mutlak, leader of the Iraqi the Iraqis for their help and support to the
representatives of political groups and other Arab Nationalists in Parliament; Sheikh Mazen PMOI members residing in Ashraf City and
dignitaries who had attended the June 28, Habib Kheizaran, the senior sheikh of al-Ezeh said: “I pray to god to help the people of Iraq
2008 gathering in Paris met with Mrs. tribe; Sheikh Feisal Hom Olyavi, senior sheikh and relieve them from the evil of the mullahs
Maryam Rajavi at her residence in Auvers- of Neda tribe; Noureddin Mousavi, leader and their meddling.”
sur-Oise. of the Iraqi National Front; Sheikh Matlab Based on the experiences in Iran and in Iraq,
Members of the delegation included Mrs. Almassari, head of the National Assembly of the Mrs. Rajavi underscored the importance of
Meisoon Majid Olyavi, the widow of the Iraqi Sheikhs; Sheikh Abdulhalim Abdulkarim a clear stance against the clerical regime for
late Sheikh Faez Lefteh Olyavi who was representing Albayati tribe; Dr. Reza Alreza, Muslim nations. She said the key to success
murdered by the agents of the clerical head of the Association of Iraqi Shiite Jafari; Dr. in Iran was to concentrate on the threat
regime; Mr. Dhia Sheikhli, member of the Minas Al-Yousefi, General Secretary of the Iraqi of Islamic fundamentalism and religious
leadership of the Iraqi National Accord Christian Democratic Party and Safi Alyaseri, dictatorship as the main enemy after the
Movement; Mr. Khalid Hamdan, assistant writer and journalist. Iranian revolution.
to Dr. Adnan Duleimi, leader of the Iraqi Mrs. Rajavi received the delegation warmly and Speaking to Mrs. Rajavi, members of the Iraqi
People’s Congress; Mr. Sadeq Mutlak, praised them for their stance against the clerical delegation reaffirmed their solidarity with
director of the Iraqi Babeliah TV and regime and its meddling in Iraq. She thanked the Iranian Resistance and stressed the need
to have a common strategy together with
the Iranian people and their resistance in the
inclinations. She wished Mrs. Rajavi every success in her endeavors. struggle to achieve freedom and democracy.
Mr. Munir Sobar recalled his longtime support for the Iranian Resistance, which goes back They also pledged to stand firm in defense of
to many years ago. He cautioned against conspiracies against the Resistance by the clerical the PMOI members in Ashraf and reiterated
regime and said that he and his colleagues were making every effort to help the PMOI win that their solidarity in the fight against
their battles, and wished them success. terrorism and fundamentalism spread by the
Mr. Fakhri Iskandar Daoud followed his colleagues and said: “I am truly astonished by your clerical regime is before anything else in the
organizational capabilities. I am a Christian Arab and as my colleague said, we as Christians interest of Iraq, peace and security in that
or Muslims are working together for one goal and that is to bring about democracy and country as well as its national conciliation.
progress for our people. I am confident that we, Christians and Muslims, can and must live The Iraqi dignitaries emphasized that they
together in peace, and your struggle is in line with this goal. I wish you every success.” considered the PMOI as the best friend and
ally for the Iraqi people.
By Christopher Booker
13/07/2008
Thousands rally in
France in support of
Iranian resistance group
2008/06/28 - Tens of
thousands of supporters
of the Iranian opposition have attended a rally in France
organised by the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
It is calling for the lifting of international bans on their
movement’s armed wing, the People’s Mujahideen.
The US and the EU list the wing as a terror organisation,
although Britain lifted its own ban in the past week.
The Iranian opposition leader said banning the People’s
Mujahideen played into the hands of Iran’s government.
Organisers said 70,000 people from across Europe
attended the rally at an exhibition centre in the northern
Paris suburbs.
Among those present were delegations from several
European parliaments.
They heard an address from the Iranian opposition leader,
Maryam Rajavi, calling on the European Union to remove
the designation of “terrorist group” that it applies to the
People’s Mujahideen.
This week the People’s Mujahideen achieved a major
breakthrough, when it was dropped from a list of terrorist
organisations in Britain, and supporters now say there is no
legal justification for maintaining the European ban.
Aljazeera Arab satelite TV network 70,000 Iranians gathered in Paris in support of the opposition
Alseyassah Kuwaiti daily, June 29, 2008 - Maryam Rajavi,
President-elect of the Iranian opposition called on the United
States and the European Union on Saturday to remove the PMOI
from their terror lists. She was speaking to a gathering of 70,000 Iranians who had
come from various European countries, the US and Canada to Paris to express
their support to the Iranian Resistance and its President-elect.
German national and local media widely reported the June 28 gathering of
70,000 Iranians in Villepinte-Paris. The following are some of the main ones:
In a unanimous vote