Maryam Rajavi meets prominent leaders of Norway Parliament

Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the Iranian Resistance, met Marit Nybakk, Vice President of the Norwegian parliament, and Kari Gun Gjul chair of the Cultural and Family Affairs Committee at the Stortinget in Oslo.

While recalling her longstanding friendship with the Iranian Resistance, Ms. Nybakk praised Iranian people and their resistance for their quest for democracy, especially the courage of Iranian women facing mullahs’ misogyny. She said that the resistance’s tenacity on its positions for a democratic change in Iran has won a lot of support.

Ms. Gjul expressed her support for the popular uprising in Iran. She said that it was time for the international community to hear the voice of the Iranian people for change.

On her part, Mrs. Rajavi said that the events in Iran showed how much the regime is loathed by people. It showed that to remain in power, the regime needs to step up suppression, accelerate its efforts to obtain nuclear weapons and continue exporting terrorism and fundamentalism, especially to Iraq.

She stressed that failure in nuclear negotiations and the arrogance of Ali Khamenei, the regime’s Supreme Leader, and his appointed president Ahmadinejad show that those that rejected the policy of appeasement were right from the outset. You advocated a firm policy against suppression and violations of human rights, as well as support for the resistance movement and aspiration of Iranians for democracy.

Mrs. Rajavi also discussed the critical situation in Camp Ashraf and the need for the international community to take urgent measures to prevent forcible displacement of its residents, and recurrence of the disaster which took place last summer. She underscored the urgency of ending the inhumane siege on Ashraf which even affects the medical field, preventing medicines and medical doctors from entering the Camp.

The Vice President of parliament expressed concern about the possibility of a second humanitarian catastrophe in Ashraf. In her view, forcible displacement of Ashraf residents is a violation of international law and unacceptable. We will ask the Norwegian government to cooperate with the UN and its relevant agencies to guarantee Ashraf residents’ security and rights under Geneva Conventions. She pledged to continue and expand efforts in Parliament in support of the resistance movement and the Iranian people’s desire to establish democracy.