Washington, D.C.—Iranian expats gathered in a conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, October 28, 2021, to echo the desires of millions of people who want to live in freedom in Iran.
The conference, titled, “2021 Free Iran Summit: Holding Ebrahim Raisi Accountable for Crimes Against Humanity Genocide, Regional Meddling and Nuclear Defiance,” featured speeches from Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Mike Pence, the 48th Vice President of the United States, and other distinguished American politicians.
Vice President Pence, who was attending the Free Iran Summit for the first time, emphasized that the cause of freedom in Iran is widely supported in the United States.
Mr. Pence also underlined the need to hold the regime and its criminal president to account.
Mr. Pence praised the role of the Iranian Resistance and the Iranian Resistance Units for playing a leading role in protests across Iran.
“On both political parties, the American people stand unequivocally on the side of the Iranian people and their Resistance,” he said, adding that the Iranian Resistance is the true alternative to the mullahs’ dictatorship.
“One of the biggest lies the ruling regime has sold the world is that there is no alternative to the status quo. But there is an alternative — a well-organized, fully prepared, perfectly qualified and popularly supported alternative called the MEK,” Pence said. “The MEK is committed to democracy, human rights, and freedom for every citizen of Iran and is led by an extraordinary woman: Mrs. Rajavi is an inspiration to the world. Her Ten Point Plan for the future of Iran will ensure freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, and the freedom for every Iranian to choose their elected leaders.”
“All free nations of the world must continue to support the Iranian people in their calls for freedom and demand that Iran’s leaders cease their dangerous and destabilizing actions at home and abroad,” Pence said. “We stand with the proud people of Iran because it is right, and because the regime in Tehran threatens the peace and security of the world.”
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