{"id":14377,"date":"2019-12-14T10:42:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T09:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=14377"},"modified":"2019-12-14T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T09:43:00","slug":"tom-ridge-mek-annual-free-iran-rally-pmoi-ncri-maryam-rajavi-mojahedin-iranian-opposition-ashraf-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/annual-gathering\/2019\/12\/tom-ridge-mek-annual-free-iran-rally-pmoi-ncri-maryam-rajavi-mojahedin-iranian-opposition-ashraf-3\/14377\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Ridge at MEK\u2019s annual Free Iran rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Ridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tom Ridge \u2013 Former Secretary of Homeland Security (opens in a new tab)\">Tom Ridge \u2013 Former Secretary of Homeland Security<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"MEK Free Iran rally in Albania - Governor Tom Ridge speech in annual rally of Iranian opposition\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UIeA225_Xj8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Ridge: You\u2019re very, very kind, thank you very much. You\u2019re very kind. <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Madame Rajavi (opens in a new tab)\">Madame Rajavi<\/a> and guests, if you permit just one very, very personal expression of gratitude, less than two years ago I suffered a very, very serious cardiac arrest. I won\u2019t go into the details but I think I died a couple times on the way to the hospital. And in the course of my recovery, I received probably hundreds of letters and good wishes and prayer groups and the like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there\u2019s not\nanother group of people globally, another group of men and women with whom I\u2019ve\nbeen associated over these many, many years that sent me more cards of goodwill\nand of prayer and of support than those committed to your cause and your\nmission, the Iranian diaspora around the world. And I suspect some good wishes\nand cards from Ashrafis. So, I thank you for that kindness and your love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the course of\nhuman history, recent history, the world has recognized and recorded the\nextraordinary leadership of women in trying and difficult and challenging times\nconfronting their country, their region and their value system. I think of\nGolda Meir in Israel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You think of\nMargaret Thatcher in Great Britain. Of course there have been many laudatory\nand richly deserved comments and expressions of gratitude and sincerity,\naffection for you, Madame Rajavi. Another woman I met a couple days before she\nwas assassinated was (Bena Zabouto). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recalled one time she wrote, and it occurred to me, I was thinking about this as I went through that powerful exhibit yesterday, she wrote, \u201cWell, you can imprison a man,\u201d and when you refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MEK  (opens in a new tab)\">MEK <\/a>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NCRI  (opens in a new tab)\">NCRI <\/a>you can say, \u201cYou can imprison a man or a woman,\u201d and yes they\u2019ve done that. And I met several yesterday who had been imprisoned and tortured, tortured to the point where they were denied sleep, tortured to the point where they didn\u2019t have any skin on the soles of their feet, tortured to the point where they put in cages 60 centimeters wide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you can imprison a man or a woman but you can\u2019t kill an idea. She also said, \u201cYou can exile a man or a woman, and you can\u2019t kill an idea.\u201d And I say to each and every one of you with whom I\u2019m privileged to have had many conversations over the years, we\u2019ve listened today and will continue to listen to tributes to your courage, to your sacrifice, to your relentless pursuit of justice and liberty and freedom in your home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A home, a country, with a culture, a history, rich in tradition and rich in contributions to the rest of the world. And as you engage in this fight today\u2014and as I said yesterday you will not be denied, you will at the end prevail\u2014you now fight for all those who cherish freedom and liberty and justice globally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in fact there\nare so many men and women here form the diaspora of nations around the world\nwho will look to you. And many men and women whom you\u2019ve never met, probably millions\naround the world who look to you and your pursuit of freedom and justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their prayers are now with you as your prayers were with me and with so many others. That you succeed because at the end of the day, as my friend and so many people have referred to our friend Senator McCain, sometimes in your life you have the opportunity to pursue and embrace causes bigger than yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>120,000 men and women have died seeking and promoting and embracing a cause bigger than themselves. You today embrace a cause bigger than yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Ridge ended his speech saying: And at the end, you will prevail. There will be an open, pluralistic, non-nuclear, democratic Iran, and you, you, your courage, your sacrifice, will be responsible for future generations to enjoy the liberty and freedoms that those of us blessed to live in countries that embrace those freedoms sometimes we take them for granted every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> We need to look to you and remind ourselves how precious those freedoms and liberties and opportunities are. God speed on your journey. We will be with you all the way to the streets of Tehran. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Ridge \u2013 Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge: You\u2019re very, very kind, thank you very much. You\u2019re very kind. Madame Rajavi and guests, if you permit just one very, very personal expression of gratitude, less than two years ago I suffered a very, very serious cardiac arrest. 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