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NCRI Statements | President-elect

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, meets President Mahmoud Abbas

On Saturday evening, July 30, 2016, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, met with Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, and they discussed the crises in the region.

President Mahmoud Abbas, at the meeting, reiterated the need to combat fundamentalism and terrorism in the region and informed Mrs. Rajavi of the latest developments in the Middle East, in particular regarding Palestine and France's initiative.

Mrs. Rajavi expressed gratitude for the solidarity of the Palestinian resistance and its leader with the Iranian people and Resistance. She congratulated the Palestinian government on its victories and expressed hope that the goal of the Palestinian people would be achieved. She reiterated that the Iranian regime is the main instigator of sectarian discord, fundamentalism and terrorism in the entire region, in particular in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Palestine, but she added that today the mullahs' regime is at its weakest and most fragile and vulnerable state. This reality can be seen clearly in the hysteric reaction of the regime's officials and state media to the Iranian Resistance's July 9 gathering.

Mrs. Rajavi reiterated that the regime is above all fearful of the solidarity and unity between the Iranian people and Resistance and the countries and nations of the region. Therefore, the countries of the region and the Iranian people and Resistance ought to take the initiative to free the region from the scourge of fundamentalism.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 31, 2016

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Mrs. Maryam Rajavi met Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas

On Saturday evening, July 30, 2016, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi , President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, met with Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, and they discussed the crises in the region.

President Mahmoud Abbas, at the meeting, reiterated the need to combat fundamentalism and terrorism in the region and informed Mrs. Rajavi of the latest developments in the Middle East, in particular with regard to Palestine and France's initiative.

Mrs. Rajavi expressed gratitude for the solidarity of the Palestinian Resistance and its leader with the Iranian people and Resistance. She congratulated the Palestinian government on its victories and expressed hope that the goal of the Palestinian people would be achieved. She reiterated that the Iranian regime is the main instigator of sectarian discord, fundamentalism and terrorism in the entire region, in particular in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Palestine, but she added that today the mullahs' regime is at its weakest and most fragile and vulnerable state. This reality can be seen clearly in the hysteric reaction of the regime's officials and state media to the Iranian Resistance's July 9 Gathering.
Mrs. Rajavi reiterated that the regime is above all fearful of the solidarity and unity between the Iranian people and Resistance and the countries and nations of the region. Therefore, the countries of the region and the Iranian people and Resistance ought to take the initiative to free the region from the scourge of fundamentalism.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
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July 29, 2016

U.S. PolicyShould Work to Transform Iran 

By Ken Blackwell 

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In around 100 days America will be witnessing a crucial election. In the meantime, much will be done on both sides of the national divide, and this year we may see more than the usual political maneuvering in the run-up to this election.

Regardless of the outcome, the next president will face the same unique national security challenges. The Middle East is in a greater crisis than ever before and according to various analysts, it is heading toward anarchy. The scenes of defenseless people getting killed in Syria have only grown more painful over the past year, even as they have become less prevalent on our TV screens. Islamic extremism and the resulting terrorism is now targeting Western Europe, America, and the Middle East with unprecedented barbarity, and there is no easy response to it

The issue of Islamic extremism brings to mind one of our main foreign policy challenges: Iran..http://bit.ly/2atCAkt

Iran’s Massive Crackdown On Opposition Shows The Regime’s Vulnerability and Fear

Patrick J. Kennedy

Patrick J. Kennedy is a former U.S. Representative (D-RI) who currently lives in New Jersey.

On July 9, the Free Iran rally near Paris attracted tens of thousands of Iranians from five continents and gained support from political leaders from many countries, including the US, several EU member nations, and the Gulf States. It also provoked the predictable ire of the Iranian regime, which has persecuted the constituent groups of the main opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, since the beginnings of the Islamic Republic.

Approximately 120,000 political dissidents have been killed since 1981, most of them from the NCRI’s main constituent group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK). Tens of thousands were put to death in the summer of 1988 alone. UN special rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed has said that this year the rate of executions reached levels not seen for more than 25 years.http://bit.ly/2awk9uO

Can the Iran Freedom Rally be the Regime’s “Tipping Point”?

International figures from the US, Europe, and the Middle East standing alongside Maryam Rajavi, expressing their support for a “Free Iran” during the rally in Paris.http://bit.ly/2aeKZ9o

Thousands of Iranian opposition members and other international supporters gathered in Paris on July 9th for the annual conference of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)—a political umbrella coalition of Iranian opposition groups and personalities which includes the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK)—committed to “a democratic, secular and non-nuclear republic in Iran.”

The conference supports the “10-point plan” proposed by Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI, as the movement’s vision for Iran: a pluralist, secular, and democratic system respecting gender equality, following the rule of law, enforcing a modern and effective judicial system, and abolishing Sharia law. The points also call for the protection of private property and the wider adoption of a market economy. On the foreign policy front, the points call for an Iran that respects peaceful coexistence and regional cooperation, free of weapons of mass destruction.

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L'opposition au régime des mollahs, réunie au Bourget, aspire à la laïcité

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1000 Ashraf » , lit-on sur les milliers de pancartes jaunes brandies par la foule. Ashraf est le nom d'un camp d'exilés iraniens bâti dans le désert irakien. C'est aussi l'un des symboles ...

I’d like to thank you for your article in which you supported “the change In Iran”. I hope as soon as possible we welcome you in free Iran of tomorrow with Maryam Rajavi on power in a democratic and free government.

In reality we never forget your efforts and your support for a Free Iran, and as you know the only hope for all Iranian people is Maryam Rajavi and her 10 point plan.

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Paris: Maryam Rajavi Delivers New Solution to Iran Crisis http://bit.ly/29GCoNX

On Saturday, July 9th, Iranian expatriates and supporters of opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) gathered from five continents to stage an unprecedented “Free Iran”rally in Paris, calling for regime change in Iran as a solution based on democratic principles and urgent action to provide necessary security for Iranian refugees in Iraq after a recent attack on Camp Liberty.Event organizer NCRI is a conglomerate of Iranian dissident organizations, including the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MeK), each year successfully rallying huge Iranian Diaspora gatherings with an army of international figures expressing support for the cause of freedom and democracy in Iran without the mullahs.https://youtu.be/UJOOkKsXnrQ

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Hanging with the People's Mujahadeen of Iran

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In 1997, US President Bill Clinton added Iran’s People’s Mujahadeen (Mujahideen Khalq in Persian, or MEK) to the list of designated foreign terrorist organizations, and in 2012 his wife Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took them off.

One of them erred and erred badly.

The MEK fought hard against the Shah Reza Pahlavi before and during the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Afterward, when the Islamist faction led by Ayatollah Khomeini emerged the strong horse in the ensuing struggle for power, they fought the new government alongside Iran’s leftist movements and lost.

Iran’s government insists on calling them terrorists and convinced Bill Clinton to do so as well.

They’re based in France now. They have to base themselves somewhere outside Iran because they’ll be tortured and executed if they go home. And they’ve formed a larger umbrella organization that includes other opposition movements called the National Council of Resistance of Iran. Every year they hold a huge rally in Paris that’s broadcast live on television (via satellite, of course) into Iran.

They invited me this year, so I went.

Former European Commissioners blast EU deals with Iran

، speaks at a joint press conference with Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Javad Zarif. Tehran, July 2015.

Former Commissioners Karel de Gucht and Louis Michel have criticised European Union moves to strike business deals with Iran, urging EU institutions and member states to make them conditional on Tehran improving its dismal human rights record.

Both politicians played an important role in shaping the EU’s dealings with other countries over the last decade. Michel, father of Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, was European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid between 2004 and 2009. De Gucht was in charge of the trade portfolio between 2010 and 2014.

The call will come as an embarrassment to the current European Commission. In April, the EU responded to the lifting of the economic and financial sanctions linked to Iran’s nuclear programme with a landmark visit to the country of eight Commissioners, led by foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini.http://bit.ly/2aiHlht

Prince Turki bin Faisal Al-Saud Drops Bombshell at Iranian Opposition Rally

Articles | July 13, 2016 | CounterJihad Campaign, Iran Nuclear Deal, Middle East, Politics & Policy 

At the annual gathering of Iranians outside of Paris, France on 9 July 2016, where some 100,000 showed up to express support for regime change in Tehran, one of the guest speakers dropped a bombshell announcement. Even before he took the podium, Prince Turki bin Faisal Al-Saud, appearing in the distinctive gold-edged dark cloak and white keffiyehheaddress of the Saudi royal family, of which he is a senior member, drew commentary and lots of second looks. The Prince is the founder of the King Faisal Foundation, and chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, and served from 1977-2001 as director general of Al-Mukhabarat Al-A’amah, Saudi Arabia’s intelligence agency, resigning the position on 1 September 2001, some ten days before the attacks of 9/11.

He took the podium late in the afternoon program on 9 July and, after a discourse on the shared Islamic history of the Middle East, launched into an attack on Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, whose 1979 revolution changed the course of history not just in Iran, but throughout the world. His next statement sent a shock wave through the assembly: Bin Faisal pledged support to the Iranian NCRI opposition and to its President-elect Maryam Rajavi personally. Given bin Faisal’s senior position in the Saudi royal family and his long career in positions of key responsibility in the Kingdom, it can only be understood that he spoke for the Riyadh government. The hall erupted in cheers and thunderous applause.http://bit.ly/2adbE6w

UNHCR highlights situation of Camp Liberty residents in Iraq 

Geneva, 20 Jul - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released an update on the Iranian refugees stuck in Camp Liberty in Iraq.

This update focuses on how well solutions have been put in place to aid refugees in this area, specifically in terms of relocation.

Over 1,700 residents have been relocated to safe countries, which accounts for over half of the original refugees. The UNHCR hopes to have moved all residents out of Iraq before the end of 2016 with a combination of international efforts and middle-eastern movements.

The UNHCR gives a special mention to Albania, for providing refuge and welcoming those from the Camp Liberty into their country, and the United States, for providing “sustained and concerted” support.

The journey is far from universally positive though. Earlier this month Iran launched a rocket attack on Camp Liberty and while no one has been reported as dead, there were over 50 people injured. This attack followed an eight-day barricade of food, clean water, and medical supplies entering the camp.

The UNHCR calls on other countries to offer shelter and provide long-term solutions to the refugee problem before another attack happens. http://bit.ly/2ajoump

UNHCR ATTEMPT TO URGENTLY RELOCATE REMAINING CAMP LIBERTY RESIDENTS

THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) HAS PUBLISHED A STATEMENT REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOLUTIONS FOR RESIDENTS OF CAMP LIBERTY. THEY CLAIM THAT THE RELOCATION OF THE CAMP RESIDENTS IS MAINTAINING MOMENTUM, “WITH MORE THAN 1,700 RESIDENTS HAVING NOW BEEN RELOCATED TO A SITUATION OF SAFETY IN THIRD COUNTRIES” MEANING THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE RESIDENTS REGISTERED BY UNHCR HAVE NOW BEEN SUCCESSFULLY RELOCATED.

THE UNHCR ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT THE PROCESS OF RELOCATING ALL RESIDENTS WILL BE COMPLETED “WELL BEFORE” THE END OF 2016, ESPECIALLY SINCE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS STARTED IN 2011. THE RESIDENTS OF CAMP LIBERTY ARE MEMBERS OF THE MAIN IRANIAN OPPOSITION GROUP PMOI (PEOPLE'S MOJAHEDIN OF IRAN), WHO WERE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM CAMP ASHRAF.

THE STATEMENT SAYS: “THIS PROGRESS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PROCEEDED WITH THE RELOCATION PROCESS DESPITE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING THE ATTACK ON 4 JULY 2016, WHICH FORTUNATELY DID NOT RESULT IN ANY CASUALTIES.” ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO FATALITIES, THERE WERE IN FACT MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE INJURED.HTTP://BIT.LY/29WMEXU

UNHCR publishes update on situation of Camp Liberty residents

NCRI - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued an update on the situation of Camp Liberty residents. The following is the full text of the UN Refugee Agency’s statement:

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Update N° 14

Update on the implementation of solutions for residents of Hurriya Temporary Transit Location (TTL)

• The relocation of residents of the Hurriya Temporary Transit Location (TTL) out of Iraq continues to maintain momentum, with more than 1700 residents having now been relocated to a situation of safety in third countries. This represents a significant milestone: more than half of the residents registered by UNHCR have now been successfully relocated.

• Prospects for relocating all residents out of Iraq in 2016 are at their most buoyant since international efforts to find solutions began in 2011. UNHCR is supporting a steady and growing stream of movements out of Iraq in coming months. It is hoped that the process will be completed well before year end.

• This progress has been achieved with the cooperation of the residents who have proceeded with the relocation process despite difficult circumstances, including the attack on 4 July 2016, which fortunately did not result in any casualties.

• Ongoing success in the implementation of solutions has also been assisted by the residents’ commitment to meeting the bulk of the associated costs, particularly for long term support of all residents relocated out of Iraq who have no access to state-sponsored assistance. This commitment is crucial to the ongoing implementation of solutions for the group.http://bit.ly/29UJlXN

West should push for Iran regime change

BY CANDICE MALCOLM
FIRST POSTED: FRIDAY, JULY 08, 2016 06:48 PM EDT | UPDATED: FRIDAY, JULY 08, 2016 06:54 PM EDT

The only way to make peace with Iran, according to the Obama administration, is to appease its cruel and authoritarian government.

The alternative, according to the White House, would be increased hostility and perhaps even war.

Under this dichotomy, U.S. President Barack Obama has extended an olive branch to America’s longtime adversary.

Last summer, the U.S. struck an historic nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Obama teamed up with members of the UN Security Council and Germany to lift economic sanctions against Iran in exchange for Iran halting its uranium enrichment program.

The Trudeau government has followed suit, saying it will work towards reinstating diplomatic relations with Iran.

Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion insists Canadian companies should be able to do business in Iran.

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U.N. Report Condemns Iran for Failing to Comply With ‘Spirit’ of Nuclear Deal

Iranian military exhibition

Washington Free Beacon, July 20, 2016 - The United Nationscondemned Tehran in a new report for failing to comply with the “spirit” of the Iran nuclear agreement as the Islamic Republic continues to launch ballistic missiles and send weapons to militias throughout the Middle East.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calledon Iran to cease activities that would further stoke tensions in the region, carefully refraining from calling the missile launches direct violations of the deal or Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the nuclear accord.
“While it is for the Security Council to interpret its own resolutions, I am concerned that those ballistic missile launches are not consistent with the constructive spirit demonstrated by the signing of the [nuclear agreement],” Ban wrote in the 17-page report.
Ban also criticized Iran for shipping weapons to Yemen and Iraq. Though he criticized the nation for engaging in improper activity, he lauded Iran for keeping its nuclear commitments.http://bit.ly/2aaZPz5

Lord Maginnis: the Iranian Resistance has the momentum

London, 19 Jul - In an article for The Diplomat on Tuesday, Lord Ken Maginnis argued that the Iranian Resistance, in the shape of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), is building significant momentum against the regime in Tehran. 

Reflecting on both the absence of moderation in the regime and the abundance of it in the opposition led by Maryam Rajavi, Lord Maginnis called on Western governments to re-think strategy towards Iran.

A year on from the nuclear deal with the regime, he argued, the twin hopes of a non-nuclear Iran and a moderate Iran have foundered. A covert nuclear programme continues (confirmed by German intelligence) with a parallel initiative in ballistic missile development. President Rouhani, Lord Maginnis said, "has exceeded the brutality and extremism of his predecessor," citing both the regime's support for Assad and a range of terrorist groups and the record number of executions taking place within Iran.

Lord Maginnis presented a contrasting snapshot of the Resistance, reflecting, in particular, on the July 9 rally of 100,000 Iranians. Noting not just the numbers of supporters who made their way to Paris from across the globe, he also saw huge significance in the nature of non-Iranian allies present at the rally. 

Both senior Democrats and senior Republicans shared the same platform. Leading European and Middle Eastern decision-makers of all political hues also joined the alliance around the NCRI. Most significant of all in terms of the shifting geopolitics of the region, Lord Maginnis said, was the presence of Prince Turki bin Faisal Al-Saud.

A former ambassador and chief of intelligence for Saudi Arabia, his attendance represented "calculated statement by the Saudis" of the strength of the NCRI, Lord Maginnis said.
It was the vision of a secular, democratic and just Iran which brought together with the NCRI so many of disparate political faiths, he said.

That the winds of change are with the NCRI, Lord Maginnis said, was amply demonstrated in Tehran's "hysterical reaction to the gathering," which included summoning the French ambassador to Tehran. Such a reaction springs from fear of the gathering momentum around the Resistance.

He concludes, "Western governments and others in the region should take this message seriously and perhaps reconsider their position in how they seek to reform a regime that has, time without number, broken its commitments and been consistently so deceitful and destructive."

 

Iranian dissidents call for regime change

http://bit.ly/29Ql1dj LE BOURGET, France — Tens of thousands of supporters of a dissident Iranian opposition group filled a vast convention hall here over the weekend to call for the downfall of Iran’s theocratic government.

The massive and boisterous event, which occurs annually in this town just north of Paris, was led by the controversial National Council of Resistance of Iran, a France-based umbrella group for Iranian exiles that brought dozens of former U.S., European and Middle Eastern officials together to speak out on its behalf.

A bipartisan clutch of Americans, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, former FBI Director Louis Freeh and a host of others was on hand.

But perhaps the most eye-opening speech came from a key figure of the Saudi royal family, whose posture towardIran’s leadership has grown increasingly tense during the year since world powers put in place a major nuclear accord with the Islamic republic.

Prince Turki bin Faisal Al-Saud, the former longtime Saudi intelligence chief, drew loud cheers and applause from the Iranian dissident crowd when he exclaimed that he too wants the government in Tehran to be overthrown and that their “fight against the regime will reach its goal sooner or later.”

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Iran

Iran bashes Egyptian politicians for attending MEK meeting in Paris

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Iran’s foreign ministry has protested the presence of a number of Egyptian politicians and parliamentarians at a Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) gathering in Paris this week, describing it as a direct interference in the affairs of the Islamic Republic.

Tehran “expects Egyptian officials to take the course of peace and stability in the region with principled and responsible policies,” said the Iranian foreign ministry’s middle east and north Africa section on Thursday.

The foreign ministry also summoned head of the office of Egypt’s interests in Tehran to answer for his country’s attendance at the Paris MEK gathering.

MEK leaders held a major gathering in Paris this week on the first anniversary of Iran’s nuclear deal with the western powers titled Free Iran.

Relations between Tehran and Cairo were severed following the Islamic revolution of 1979. Egypt has for its part condemned the naming of a major street in the Iranian capital after the assassin of the country’s former president Anwar Sadat.

Iranian leaders were angered by the presence of many Arab politicians and former officials at the MEK gathering including Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal who called for the downfall of the Iranian regime in a speech.

Al-Faisal said Iran was supporting terrorism and sectarianism in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon and praised the MEK for their opposition to Tehran.

The Iranian foreign ministry also sent a message of protest to France for the presence of French politicians at the MEK gathering.

Tehran counts MEK as a terrorist organization that has been behind a number of assassinations and bombings in the Iranian capital especially in the 1980s. Many MEK members were executed in Tehran in the mid 1980s after leaders of the group and Iran's clerical authorities fell out over the governing system in Iran.

The MEK was removed from the US list of terrorist organizations in 201

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Standing for freedom against ‘a misogynist regime’

It’s incredible to me that Rouhani, the “moderate,” the man who claims to be a moderate leader, in his three years in office is responsible for 2,500 executions, more than any other leader in Iran in the last 25 years. And can you imagine the U.N. sanctioned him for the execution of children? It doesn’t get much worse. And so your work, the work of Mrs. Rajavi, and the principles that you all stand for here are increasingly important.

In the face of violent extremism and an oppressive regime, you in the face of dogmatism stand for freedom. You stand for gender equality, Mrs. Rajavi, against a misogynist regime. You have suffered for that. I look out at the women here today and I am so proud to stand with the women of this movement, with the women in Camp Liberty. When I think of the rise of acid attacks against women in Iran, meant to intimidate and silence them, I say I am proud to be your voice and I stand with you.

You here today, those in Camp Liberty and in Ashraf before them, you are the future of Iran. You are the voice of Iran. Tehran hears you today and the world.

• Excerpted from remarks at the Free Iran Rally. Frances Townsend is a former Homeland Security adviser.

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