Maryam Rajavi at the conference in Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe in Strasburg
Maryam Rajavi, was key speaker to the conference that was chaired by Mr. Brian Binley, member of Britain House of Commons and member of the Political Committee of European Council.
In her speech, Maryam Rajavi warned of the dangers of a new phase of oppression against the Iranian people by the regime ruling Iran, saying: “The Iranian regime is extremely vulnerable to widespread popular discontent, threat of large-scale social upheavals, and deep economic crises. International sanctions have exacerbated this vulnerability. This regime is currently on the path to its overthrow. The intensification of the regime’s internal power struggle reflects this condition.
“If the regime were to retreat when it comes to the three core issues of human rights violations, the nuclear weapons project, and the export of terrorism and fundamentalism, this would lead to its rapid disintegration. The regime’s abandonment of any of these policies would bring the best news to us and to our people.”
The clerical regime has resorted to a new phase of suppression and barbarism. Waves of opposition and commensurate executions in cities throughout the country, including 200 executions of prisoners following the sham election — 22 of whom were executed in the three days that Rouhani was giving lectures in New York on the need to abandon violence and be democratic — is part and parcel of the infamous lies of this corrupt regime.
Maryam Rajavi emphasized that because of the information we have given to UN and U.S., they know well that the attack on Ashraf was carried out by Maliki and that the hostages are also in his hands. If they want and if they decide to live up to their repeated and constant commitments concerning safety and security of the residents, they can question Maliki and obligate him to keep to his international commitments which would lead to the expeditious release of the hostages or to the handing them over to a European country.
The meeting expressed solidarity with Camp Liberty residents who are on hunger strike in protest to the massacre of September 1 in Ashraf and taking of their seven colleagues hostage together with those in various countries throughout the world who are staging sit-ins in support of Camp Liberty residents, emphasizing that they will spare no efforts to ensure the release of the hostages and the safety of the residents of Camp Liberty.
