Maryam Rajavi's remarks at IWD roundtable discussion: Women in Leadership, the Experience of the Iranian Resistance

No to Compulsory Veil: No to Compulsory Religion, No to Compulsory Government

This is a selection of six speeches by Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran from 2015 to 2017 in various conferences on the topic of Islam, compulsory veil, compulsory religion and compulsory government and why anything that is forced under any pretexts is contrary to the teachings of Islam.

Maryam Rajavi argues that mysogeny is the core of Islamic fundamentalism. In the case of iran, she argues that misogyny under the cloak of religion has become systematic and persistent because it is a lever to maintain the monopolistic domination of the velayat-e faqih. Misogyny is the raison d'être for dozens of the regime's suppressive agencies. It justifies the permanent surveillance operations in the streets, the actions of street patrols and the conduct of such agencies as the "Office to Combat Vice," or the "Morality Police Force" and 20 other police entities.

Similarly, clamping down on women on the pretext of mal- veiling is one of the most effective means to repress society and silence any voice of dissent.

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The Struggle Against Religious Tyranny Ruling in Iran and the Mission of All Women in This Struggle

The ascendance to power of Khomeini and his allies in exceptional and unique historical circumstances marked the exact moment when Islamic fundamentalism as we know it entered the global stage. This was a horrendous power-thirsty and profoundly misogynous force founded on religious discrimination. It instituted its backward sharia laws as a mechanism to establish a religious tyranny, and became a model of governance for fundamentalist groups.

In reality, dictatorships like the previous regime of Iran were too weak and corrupt to be able to stand against the waves of people who demanded freedom and particularly against the power of women and youths.

So, instead, religious fundamentalists undertook the mission to crack down on and suppress them.

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Maryam Rajavi Visits Exhibition of 150 Years of Iranian Women's Struggle for Freedom and Equality

After visiting the exhibition, Maryam Rajavi made brief remarks, lauding Iranian women's struggle.

She paid tribute to the pioneering women who gave their lives for Iran's freedom and laid flowers at a monument dedicated to them.

An international conference was held in Tirana, Albania, on the occasion of the International Women's Day.
Maryam Rajavi, political personalities and activists of the equality movement from various countries participated. The conference entitled, "Women in Political Leadership", featured speeches on the threat of the mullahs' fundamentalist and misogynous tyranny in Iran, the Iranian women's resistance against the regime and the trailblazing role of the vanguard heroines of Ashraf.
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The International Women's Day reminds us of a glorious future promised to mankind by women's equality movement and at the same time, it underlines the ongoing inequalities, violence and exploitation of women in our world.
And Iran is a country where women are living under one of the most oppressive conditions.
The mullahs' systematic suppression of women initially started under the pretext of Islam and they took advantage of religion to impose a wide range of restrictions on and discriminations against women such as the obligation to wear the mandatory veil.
The Civil Code was drafted on the basis of discrimination against women, and the Penal Code considers women's worth half of men's.
According to the mullahs' Sharia law, many activities of women including ownership, travel, leaving home, education, and employment are contingent on the decisions and desires of men.
Based on the mullahs' repressive and misogynist laws, girls as young as 13 and sometimes as young as 9 can get married and even punished.
The mullahs have spread the male-dominated culture with decadent customs like polygamy, temporary marriages, and sanctioning of honor killings.
The mullahs have deprived girls from studying in dozens of fields of higher education. Women's participation in the job market is only 14 per cent.

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Under the clerical rule, women are systematically suppressed.
On average 2000 women are arrested daily for not observing the forced dress code.
According to the law, women must obey their husbands; they are deprived of the right to divorce.
If they get divorced, they are deprived of the care of their children.
When it comes to the regime’s Penal Code: women's rights is half of men's.
Although women make up a large work-force, they only take 14 percent of the job market.
In September 2016 the mullahs' supreme leader- Khamenei in a declaration announced that women's role is being a mother and a housewife while men's role is fatherhood and economic.
He also called for enforced government policies to increase birth rate.
In fact, by repressing women, the mullahs enslave the whole society.
On the other hand, however, Iranian women play a significant role in the Iranian people’s resistance against this religious tyranny.
Tens of thousands of women were tortured or executed in the struggle for freedom, democracy and equality against religious dictatorship.
Today, women hold most of the key positions in the Resistance movement.
Women make-up more than 50 per cent of the members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
At the same time, the Iranian Resistance's 14-year perseverance in camps Ashraf and Liberty was also made possible under women's leadership.
Dear friends,
In fact, women are the force for change in Iran.
This is why the mullahs keep adding to their laws against women every year in order to impose and justify more restrictions on them.
Hassan Rouhani's government claimed to be moderate.
However, it did not introduce even a minor reform in the regime's laws.
Dozens of women were executed during his term.
In the face of such a situation, we stand for women's equality before the law; in family rights, in economic opportunities, as well as equal and active participation in political leadership.
We stand for women's freedoms including freedom of choice in clothing, marriage and the right to divorce.
Unfortunately, western governments took no action on the suppression of women and violation of human rights in Iran.
They have abandoned Iranian people who fight the godfather of Islamic fundamentalism.
Visits to Iran under the mullahs' rule, and silence on the violations of human rights, mass executions and systematic abuse of women's rights is legitimizing human rights violations in Iran.
Western governments must not turn a blind eye on the fact that the mullahs active support for fundamentalism has paved the way, ideologically and politically, for the emergence of Daesh.
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#Iran #solidarity #WithSyrianRevolution at D #NCRI office, inD presence of Syrian Opposition officials11June 2016

Solidarity with Syrian Revolution at the NCRI office, in the presence of Syrian Opposition officials 11 June 2016 Posted in Activities

This Ramadan, month of solidarity with the resistant people of Syria
why is it that Iran's ruling mullahs and Bashar Assad do no relent in their killings?
Since they do not see any viable future for themselves, they continue to execute people in Iran and spill the blood of people in Syria to protect their petty interests.
In diametric opposition, we, the Iranian Resistance, declare the month of Ramadan as the month of solidarity with the strong and resistant people of Syria. Tonight in this gathering for Iftar, we are thinking of Syria-- blood-drenched and injured --and we pay tribute to the heroism and steadfastness of its great people.
But also beyond this agony and suffering, we see the images of resistance and high fighting spirits that have evoked worldwide admiration.
From here, we hail all those valiant and courageous fighters.
Hail to all the fronts of struggle and steadfastness in Syria,
Hail to the heroic Aleppo;
Hail to Mare', Khan Touman and Hama;
Hail to Homs and Daraa;
Hail to Ghouta of Damascus, and the unwavering city of Darayya;
Oh heroes, your struggle builds the future of Syria and the future of the region.
You are the pride of Humanity.

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Maryam Rajavi: Inaction in the face of great tragedy of the century in Aleppo blemishes the international community

Savagery of the mullahs and their allies and mercenaries indicates their failure in saving the Syrian dictator

Maryam Rajavi described the barbaric bombardment of Aleppo and the brutal massacre of the Syrian people, particularly women and children by Bashar Assad and the anti human Iranian regime, along with their allies and mercenaries, an unparalleled war crime and a great tragedy of the century that has hurt the conscience of contemporary mankind. She said that the perseverance of the Syrian people and opposition, especially in the heroic Aleppo, is a model worthy of praise that will never be forgotten and that the inaction in the face of this tragedy blemishes the record of the international community.
“The growth and expansion of Daesh in the region, the wave of terrorism in Europe, and the wave of refugees are all direct consequences of the crimes of the past five years by the Syrian dictator and the Iranian regime and its mercenaries in the region going unpunished,” she noted.

Rajavi added: “Meanwhile, the unparalleled savagery unfolding these days, especially in Aleppo, reveals the frustration of the Iranian regime and its allies in facing up to the Syrian revolution and the Free Syrian Army and its dismal failure to save Assad’s rule. As the past five years have shown, the military mobilization of the Iranian regime and its allies against the will of the Syrian people and the opposition will surely end in a humiliating defeat.
After the military mobilization of the Iranian regime met defeat in Syria and the veteran revolutionary guards, the Hezbollah, and regime’s many mercenaries were unable to save Assad; and the great number of revolutionary guards’ casualties shook their moral, Khamenei was forced -- for the first time since the Iran-Iraq war -- to dispatch army units under his command to the Syrian quagmire in an aggressive war. To prop up the wrecked moral of regime’s revolutionary guards and mercenaries, on May 2, the puppet parliament of this regime ratified a bill that grants Iranian citizenship to the families of foreigners killed in Syria.
To conceal the scale of casualties and the extent of the participation of the army under the command of the supreme leader in Syria, the mullahs’ regime prevents holding of official and public burial ceremonies for army casualties as regime’s leaders are deeply concerned about a rapid loss of army’s moral and the wave of dissatisfaction and disobedience in its ranks.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
May 3, 2016

Iran-Message of Maryam Rajavi to Conference at the United States Senate 09 March 2016-“Human Rights and Democracy in Iran”

Distinguished speakers,
Honorable lawmakers,
Dear friends,
As we speak, Iranians across the world are preparing for the arrival of Nowruz, which marks the beginning of spring and the new Iranian year.
Nowruz tradition which is a symbol of change, has been celebrated for thousands of years. It symbolizes the end of the gloomy days of winter being replaced with the bright days of spring.
The arrival of the Nowruz and spring for the Iranian people carries this simple but vital message: the spring of freedom is also inevitable. It might be postponed but cannot be stopped.
Nowruz for the Iranian people is a symbol of hope and far more, it heralds the end of theocratic regime and establishment of freedom and democracy.
Our oppressed people truly deserve a new life and a society based on democracy and human rights.
A couple of weeks ago, the mullahs held a so-called election.
But that was a sham, where all candidates had to prove their loyalty to the ruling theocracy.
The election sham was nothing more than a competition between two groups of regime officials in charge of torture, execution and export of terrorism.

A number of Khamenei’s representatives, the current Minister of Intelligence and three former Intelligence Ministers, all of whom have been responsible for mass murder and assassinations abroad, were among the candidates endorsed by the so-called moderate faction.
This is what moderate mullahs are all about.
The role of Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the pillars of this faction, in directing terrorist attacks in 1990s in Argentina, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Rome, Geneva and Istanbul is common knowledge.
Recently, the head of the regime’s Human Rights Council explained that most of the executions are carried out based on a law ratified by a Council chaired by Rafsanjani.
As for Hassan Rouhani, I should recall that in addition to 2,300 executions during his tenure, two deadly assaults were carried out against Camps Ashraf and Liberty.
He is the head of the Supreme National Security Council and no such attacks could be launched without the Council’s approval.
During his term, the mullahs’ interference in Syria has dramatically expanded.
Recently, Rouhani gave a medal of honor to his Defense Minister for improving the regime’s ballistic missile system.
That minister, Hossein Dehghan, was one of the commanders who masterminded the 1983-bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut from behind the scenes.
Why do the mullahs need absolute crackdown at home and terrorism and warmongering abroad so much?
Because democracy in Iran and stability and peace in the region is their noose.
For this reason, the mullahs’ regime is the main source of instability in the entire region and the destructive war in Syria and the massacre of the Syrian people.
The regime has currently 60,000 Revolutionary Guards and agents in Syria.
In reality, the presence of the Revolutionary Guards and paramilitary groups affiliated with the Qods Force in Syria and Iraq is the main cause for the rise and expansion of DAESH.
The Revolutionary Guards and their agents are eliminating the moderate opposition in both countries.
The Iranian regime is not an ally for the international community against DAESH, on the contrary it is in an overt and covert coexistence with DAESH.
For this reason, it would be impossible to confront the danger posed by DAESH unless and until the mullahs’ forces are driven out of Syria and Iraq.
I take this opportunity to express my gratitude for the firm policy of the U.S. lawmakers against fundamentalist regime in Iran and commend the bipartisan friendship and support of lawmakers to my oppressed fellow country men and women in Iran and for their steadfast solidarity with the residents of Camp Liberty.
Despite their deception, the ruling mullahs do not have the will nor the capacity to change their brutal conduct.
For this reason, human rights in Iran continue to be violated and Camp Liberty remains at risk.
Expanding your valuable support for the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom will be more impactful than ever before.
As we celebrate Nowruz, I wish all of you and the great nation of America every success.
Thank you very much

Iran-Maryam Rajavi- Women's Role in War against Fundamentalism-Conference in the European Parliament Brussels – 2 March 2016

Maryam Rajavi- Women's Role in War against Fundamentalism

Text of  Speech of Maryam Rajavi - Conference in the European ParliamentBrussels – 2 March 2016

Maryam Rajavi speaks in Women's Role in War against Fundamentalism conference Conference in the European Parliament

Extremism under the banner of Islam is a fatal epidemic expanding throughout the world because it has not been confronted.

To defeat this epidemic, a comprehensive approach is vital. 

Since the 1990s we have been warning that Islamic fundamentalism is the new global threat. 

Today, there is a real concern about Daesh, but it should be noted that its expansion is a product of two developments in the region: 

1. The Iranian regime's occupation of Iraq after the war in 2003 and the brutal crackdown on Sunnis by the mullahs' puppet government in Iraq. 

2. Suppression of Syrian people and dissidents by Bashar Assad's government, backed and led by the mullahs' regime. 

3. Therefore, if it was not for the Iranian regime's domination over Iraq and Syria,if the Sunnis were not suppressed in Iraq,if Bashar Assad's dictatorship did not exist, Daesh would not have emerged as a threat. 

With the inception of the mullahs' rule in 1979, a concrete, practical model was created for all fundamentalist groups. 

The history of the past 37 years proves that no other factor has been as effective as a ruling government acting as a role-model for the expansion of fundamentalist groups. 

Particularly that the mullahs actively try to create these groups and guide them ideologically. 

They also finance and provide arms for these groups. 

The Hezbollah of Lebanon was made and backed by the mullahs.

The Ansarallah of Yemen is supported by the mullahs.

Several other militia groups in Iraq are affiliated with the Quds Force. 

The African fundamentalists receive their arms from Iran. 

Unfortunately, Western governments' silence and appeasement of the Iranian regime have emboldened other fundamentalist groups to follow in the mullahs' footsteps

The Only price that USA has paid for fighting against ISIS :Two black eyes,John Kerry Almost Beaten Up in Rome for Fostering the Expansion of ISIS

Kerry did aid in creating the vacuum that Daesh filled, with the precipitous withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and the American support for the weak Shia government in Baghdad.

The voyage of US Secretary of State to Italy almost ended in him getting a black eye.

 Having arrived on the Apennine Peninsula to meet with Italian foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and discuss about new ways on how to combat ISIS terrorists, Kerry was not expecting such a warm reception.

However, the most interesting thing happened at the end of the conference. One of the journalists who were sitting in the front rows suddenly got up and shouted at Kerry with the words “It was YOU who created ISIS!” and tried to charge at him with her fists.

Naturally, the woman was immediately pounced on by the carabinieri, a scuffle ensued. But she quickly left the room.

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Iran-TEXT,VIDEO,Maryam Rajavi' speeches,called on international community to expel Iranian regime from region,January 10,2016

VIDEO:IN A NEW YEAR MEETING WITH FRENCH SUPPORTERS OF THE IRANIAN RESISTANCE:

Maryam Rajavi called on international community to expel Iranian regime from region
World can be free of fundamentalism only when the clerical regime in Iran as the epicenter of fundamentalism is overthrown

Dear friends and neighbors,
My best wishes for the New Year 2016. On behalf of the Iranian people and Resistance, I wish a year filled with happiness and fraternity for the people of France.
I hope it will be a year of progress, prosperity and security for France, and the year of freedom for my people in Iran.
In the words of the great Persian poet Hafez, "We are going to paint a new design of the sky!"
Like most Iranian poets, Hafez was strongly opposed to religious fanaticism and extremism. So, in the dark era of the Mongol attack on Iran, he wrote poems that are eternally full of hope for freedom and humanity. It is the same spirit that is felt here in the beginning of the New Year.
Now that are world is targeted by extremism under the banner of Islam, like Hafez, we invite everyone to a new drive to build a world free of religious fascism of the Iranian mullahs and fundamentalists of the same nature, like DAESH. A world based on tolerance and freedom.
Last year was a harsh one for the Middle East because of the persistence of bloodbaths in Syria and Iraq, and continuation of the suffering, displacement and repression.
It was also a difficult year for Iran because of stepped up suppression of women and followers of other religions and because of nearly one thousand executions under the so-called moderate Rouhani government. He also had a rocket attack launched on Camp Liberty which left dozens killed.
In the depth of this darkness, however, the flame of hope is brighter than ever.
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In a new year meeting with French supporters of Iranian resistancee, Maryam Rajavi called on international community to expel Iranian regime from region

World can be free of fundamentalism only when the clerical regime in Iran as the epicenter of fundamentalism is overthrown
In a gathering of French supporters of the Iranian Resistance celebrating the New Year, the Iranian Resistance's President-elect Maryam Rajavi expressed her regrets over bitter incidents of 2015 which made the world suffer especially in France and in the Middle East.

Iran-TEXTt&VIDEO,Maryam Rajavi’s New Year and Christmas greetings 23 December 2015

Maryam Rajavi attends Christmas Eve service

Dear Christians in Iran and everywhere else,
Supporters of the Iranian Resistance across the world,
I would like to greet you on Christmas and the birth of Jesus Christ, which has coincided this year with the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad.
I would also like to extend my greetings for the New Year.

I wish  that 2016  would be a year  of unity and victory  over Islamic extremism  and especially  the religious fascism  ruling Iran  and its evil allies  in the Middle East  who sow  the seeds of enmity  in the world.
We remember Jesus Christ when he said:  “Love one another just as I love you”.
Also in the Quran, God says about Mohammad:  “We sent thee as a Mercy for all mankind”.

This is the message of all divine religions and therefore, the coincidence of the two births, is a feast of brotherhood among all nations.
Fortunate are those who have found the essence of Christianity and Islam in love, compassion and freedom.
And we salute Virgin Mary, the symbol of love and sacrifice who is described in the Bible as “loved by God”.
The birth and emergence of every prophet mark a new birth for mankind in social life.
When our world is under the attack of terror and extremism, we can find the light of freedom and tolerance and perseverance against fundamentalism and extremism in these births.
Muslims and Christians can rely on their common values to stand up to those who pervert their religions
So, in contrast to what the extremists want, we should make our hope and faith in humanity deeper than ever.
Let us hope for a swift end to extremism and for the freedom of the people of Syria from dictatorships of Bashar Assad, Khamenei and Daesh terrorists.
Let us hope for end to displacement and homelessness of Christians throughout the Middle East.
And let us hope for the relief of Christian converts in Iran from the oppression of ruling mullahs and for freedom of the whole Iranian nation from this religious dictatorship.
On this occasion,  I call on the world community  to form an international front  against the religious dictatorship in Iran  and its proxies and militia  in Syria and Iraq  and to fight Islamic extremism,  the enemy of true Muslims,  Christians  and all followers  of other divine religions.
May the message of compassion, freedom and tolerance engulf the Middle East.
May the world get relieved from tyranny and fundamentalism and have a new birth and revival.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.

Iran-Interim session of the National Council of Resistance of Iran23 December 2015

The interim session of the National Council of Resistance of Iran was held on December 19 and 20 in the presence of the NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi.

Maryam Rajavi opened the meeting by paying tribute to the memories of departed NCRI members Mansour Ghadarkhah, artist, and Hossein Abrishamchi, a National Liberation Army commander slain in the latest rocket attack on Camp Liberty.
She noted: This session is held at a time when major conflicts and developments in Iran, the region and the world,

bespeak of the dawn of a new era and a new phase in the international confrontation with terrorism and fundamentalism under the name of Islam with the religious dictatorship in Iran as its epicenter.

The two-day agenda of the interim session of the National Council of Resistance of Iran included in-depth discussions on rapid developments on the international level after the terrorist attacks by DAESH in Paris on November 13, 2015; regional developments and the heavy setbacks dealt to Khamenei's interventionist policy in the region particularly in Syria and Yemen; the consequences of JCPOA, the latest report by IAEA Director General and the resolution adopted by IAEA Governing Council; the Iranian regime’s acute economic crises coupled with a plunge in the price of oil; social and political protests across the country; as well as the regime’s election crisis and its aggravating internal conflicts.
On behalf of the Iranian people, the NCRI session also strongly condemned the Iranian regime's alliance with the terrorist crimes of DAESH in Paris as well as Khamenei's complicity with Bashar Assad in the murder of 300,000 people of Syria and displacement of millions of others, describing them as the main cause for the inception and expansion of DAESH.
The NCRI session welcomed the recent formation of an anti-terrorist coalition of Islamic countries led by Saudi Arabia also supported by the Al-Az'har society which is the supreme religious authority for Sunni Muslims, and Mrs. Rajavi extended her congratulations on the formation of this coalition.
Other discussions in the session included the P5+1 nuclear agreement with the Iranian regime, the depth and scale of the regime’s irremediable economic crisis, the regime's factional feuding over the upcoming election sham for the mullahs’ parliament and Assembly of Experts, continuation and expansion of social protests by various businesses and syndicates, especially the struggle of families of political prisoners against torture, death sentences and mistreatment as well as the heroic resistance put up in the depths of prisons and the apical resistance and steadfastness of freedom fighters in Camp Liberty.

Iran-VIDEO/TEXT: Maryam Rajavi’s message to conference in U.S. Senate 15 December 2015

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Overthrow of mullahs in #Iran will guarantee peace &security in region &world

Distinguished Speakers,
Dear Friends,

I offer my greetings and extend my gratitude for your attention to the issue of Iran and the Iranian people’s resistance movement.
I thank you for supporting the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom and human rights.

It is inspiring to see a significant group of distinguished personalities demonstrating admirable realism, believing that the solution to the vital crisis in the Middle East is to confront Islamic extremism, especially the religious dictatorship ruling Iran as the epicenter of fundamentalism and terrorism, and also to stand with the struggle of the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance.

This Resistance is committed to liberate Iran from tyranny and barbarism, to restore that nation’s great civilization, to cultivate peace and coexistence, and to end the reign of fear and terror under the name of Islam.

Our world, from Asia, the Middle East and Africa to France, Belgium, Denmark and the United States, has been targeted by a common enemy: extremism under the name of Islam.

Its followers may have different faces – Shiite or Sunni – yet their ideological pillars and their plan of action are essentially one and the same.

Moreover, all of them, from inception to expansion, have relied on the fundamentalist regime ruling Iran.

Without the fundamentalist regime in Iran, the idea of an Islamic Caliphate, or the desire to erase national borders or the massacres under the banner of Jihad would not have existed or happened.

The horrific acts perpetrated by the likes of DAESH or Boko Haram today are all inspired by the mullahs of Iran, who have carried out the same type of crimes against the Iranian people for decades.

The regime is carrying out the same sort of atrocities through its terrorist Qods Force, Hezbollah and so-called Shiite militias in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.

The mindset that motivated Khomeini’s fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie (in the 1980s) is the same outlook that led to the massacre at Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

The mindset that motivated Khomeini’s fatwa to murder 30,000 Iranian political prisoners (in 1988) also inspired the cleansing of Sunnis in Iraq and the slaughter of people in Paris and health workers in California recently.

This is the same evil spirit that led to assaults on female political prisoners in Iran or Yazidi women in Iraq.

But beyond its ideological impact, let’s consider its practical policies.

If it were not for the massacre of the people in Syria by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is working to keep Assad in power, Syria would not have become the breeding ground for DAESH.

If it were not for the harmful meddling of the mullahs and the horrific suppression carried out by the Iranian regime’s puppet in Iraq, former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, DAESH would not have found the opportunity to occupy swathes of that country’s territory.

The formation of the US-led international coalition in 2014 to confront DAESH was a positive step. But the coalition’s strategy lacked a decisive policy vis-à-vis the mullahs’ regime in Iran, which is the source of the regional crisis.

Destroying DAESH depends on ousting Assad in Syria and on evicting the Iranian regime and its affiliated militias from Iraq.
Despite some differences with Assad and the clerical regime in Iran, DAESH is, in practice, on their side. The prime targets of DAESH have been moderate Syrian forces.

Let me be clear, the ultimate solution to fundamentalism, extremism and terrorism under the name of Islam is the overthrow of the religious fascism ruling Iran at the hands of the Iranian people and Resistance.

For this reason, the mullahs spare no opportunity to commit crimes meant to destroy this Resistance, including missile attacks on its defenseless members in Camp Liberty in Iraq. This is because the mullahs view the Iranian Resistance as an existential threat.

Allow me here to express my gratitude for the decisive positions adopted by Senators McCain, Schumer, Menendez, Blunt, Shaheen and Tillis in condemning the recent missile attack against Liberty.

On behalf of the Iranian people and the residents of Camp Liberty, I would of course like to especially thank Senator McCain and Senator Jack Reed for their initiative concerning the residents of Liberty, which became part of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act.

Today, the residents of Camp Liberty are in an extremely vulnerable and risky situation and they remain under siege.

The United States had made a commitment to protect them officially and in writing, but it has failed to uphold that commitment.

On October 29, 24 residents lost their lives in the missile attack that was directed by the mullahs.

To date, a total of 141 innocent refugees have been killed in seven attacks and 27 have lost their lives as a result of the inhumane siege.

I call upon lawmakers to urge the U.S. government to put Camp Liberty under the aerial protection of the U.S. Air Force.

The prevention of another humanitarian catastrophe at Camp Liberty and providing protection for the Iranian freedom fighters transcends the interests of the Iranian people alone.

Such measures are vital to confronting the evil of Islamic fundamentalism orchestrated by the mullahs of Iran, who in order to prevent their overthrow in Iran, are setting the whole region on fire.

The overthrow of the mullahs in Iran will guarantee peace and security in the region and the world.

I thank you all very much.

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Maryam Rajavi meets and holds talkswith Senator Joseph Lieberman

Auvers-sur-Oise - Maryam Rajavi and Senator Lieberman met on December 8, 2015, and discussed the latest developments in the region including the crisis in Syria, the Iranian regime’s destructive role as well as solutions to the current crisis.  They also discussed the role of the Iranian Resistance in confronting Islamic fundamentalism in the region

Joe Lieberman: 

The most important capital of Islamic fundamentalism is not in #Iraq  or #Syria but in #Iran 

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Joe Lieberman remarks on united Against Fundamentalism,Conference 

The Most Urgent Step of a Prudent Policy vis-a-vis the Syrian Crisis

The message of the Iranian people and Resistance is certainty of Iran’s freedom which is the main key to the crisis in the region. It is a message that we can hear today from the heart of Tehran, in the words of Iran’s brave men and women who are the voice of the Iranian nation. The voice of political prisoners, the voice of mothers of martyrs, the voice of the first chancellor of TehranUniversity after the anti-monarchic revolution who calls on everyone to "seek freedom from cradle to grave."  This voice of courage will crush the walls of repression. It will shatter the silence and passivity that the religious fascism has imposed. It is a voice raised in defense of the mothers of martyrs and all combatants who fight for freedom. .....

Since 1993, the Iranian Resistance has warned against “Islamic fundamentalism: The new global threat”. We emphasized that the answer to Islamic fundamentalism is a democratic Islam. As the threat of fundamentalism and its solution became clearer, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the world must have dealt with the root causes of the problem, in addition to all the security and military measures, by supporting the Iranian Resistance to help uproot this evil phenomenon. But sadly, Western governments engaged with the central banker of terrorism and fundamentalism instead of standing with the Iranian people. And the catastrophic consequences of this policy continue to haunt us today. This mistaken policy must not be repeated.

I would end these remarks by saying that the answer to the challenge that confronts the world today can be summed up in three sentences: 

1.    It is necessary to adopt a correct and comprehensive policy that includes Assad’s overthrow as its centerpiece.

2.    The world must stand with democratic Muslims to disarm fundamentalists and strip them of the means to take advantage of popular religious sentiments.

3.    They must also recognize the Iranian people’s right to overthrow the mullahs’ regime and support the Iranian Resistance for regime change and establishment of democracy. 

To this end, it is imperative to defend the PMOI in Camp Liberty because they inspire people inside Iran in their fight to attain freedom.  At the same time, their perseverance gives motivation to the people of the region to stand up to fundamentalist forces and the camp of tyranny and genocide. 

Maryam Rajavi: Stolen human rights and freedoms in Iran can be reestablished with struggle and uprising

Maryam Rajavi :Our people ask the international community:

Why have you closed your eyes on the gross violations of human rights in Iran? Why are you silent over 2000 executions under Rouhani? Why don’t you react to seven massacres in Ashraf and Liberty, with 141 killed and hundreds disabled? Why don’t you do something for the protection of the defenseless Camp Liberty? Why is this regime’s file of crimes not sent to the Security Council despite 62 UN condemnations for its rights abuses in Iran?

Why don’t you make arrangements for prosecution of the regime’s leaders, especially Khamenei, in an international court for ordering and committing countless executions, especially the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, and the murder of 300,000 Syrians?

Report on United Against Fundamentalism Confreance

Nader Nouri: I resigned as #Iran's diplomat in Paris in early 1980's when Khomeini's regime declared war on humanity 

Zahra Nezhad-Shahrokhi :

We young Iranians will continue to stand with @Maryam_Rajavi in her efforts to liberate #Iran 

Zolal Habibi:

 In 1988 when I was 7, Iranian regime executed my father & 30000 political prisoners for seeking democracy. A new generation of Iranians are joining the Resistance to defeat the mullahs' regime in#Iran

Elham Zanjani: I was badly injured by grenade in ‪#‎CampAshraf‬ attack in 2011 by Iraqi army at ‪#‎Iran‬ regime's behest. 

#Iran regime's intelligent Agents continue their psychological torture against ‪#‎CampLiberty‬ residents in ‪#‎Iraq‬

Shaqayeq Azimi:

 My parents, like many others, were arrested in #Iran in October only for supporting the #PMOI.

We must be voice of the voiceless. People of #CampLiberty are paying price for freedom of Iranian people.

Parvin Rajabi:

 people of #Iran will through the Resistance led by @Maryam_Rajavi achieve democracy & #humanrights 

Sourosh Aboutalebi: 

#PMOI is the entity that gives me my identity. I am proud of role of #Iran's #women in PMOI/NCRI 

Young people of #Iran condemn the mullahs' support for Bashar Assad in massacring people of #Syria.