President Maryam Rajavi addresses French National Assembly
In a cross party meeting organized by the parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran, comprised of parliamentarians from various political groups at the French National Assembly on Tuesday, May 6, the president of NCR, Maryam Rajavi strongly condemned human rights violations in Iran. “The regime is exploiting visits by European parliamentary and trade delegations to Iran to tell the Iranian people and political prisoners that despite the killings and suppression inside Iran, the West is standing with the mullahs,” Mrs. Rajavi said. She went on to demand that “economic ties be predicated on a halt in the violations of human rights and an end to executions and torture.”
Bruno Leroux, head of the socialist group (the ruling party) at the French Parliament said: “I share common values with you…You are free to pursue your resistance as you deem adequate.”
Rajavi made reference to the savage attack perpetrated by the regime’s suppressive forces against the ward of political prisoners in Evin Prison on April 17. She criticized Western governments for overlooking this crime and called upon the UN to investigate both this attack and the steep rise in the number of executions in Iran under the presidency of Hassan Rouhani.
With regard to Iran’s clandestine nuclear program, Rajavi reiterated that the regime should be pressed to accept NPT’s additional protocol and to fully terminate its enrichment and missile programs.
The French parliamentarians pointed out the notion of Rouhai’s moderation is a myth and stressed that the silence
Cross party meeting in French Parliament on human rights abuse under Rohani’s government
by the West on the regime’s savagery emboldens the regime to repeat its crimes. They held that Rouhani is a representative of the Iranian establishment and has been pursuing Ayatollah Khamenei’s policies.
Speakers reiterated the imperative of fostering freedom and democracy in Iran by supporting the organized resistance and the 10 point plan of Maryam Rajavi.
Rajavi urged the United States and the UN to launch an independent investigation into massacres that have taken place against Iranian dissidents in Iraq. This, she said, would provide the surest guarantee of preventing further crimes against the Liberty residents.
“We urge the speedy relocation of the residents of Liberty – especially the sick and the wounded – to Europe and America,” Rajavi said.