{"id":15439,"date":"2020-06-25T22:31:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T20:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=15439"},"modified":"2020-06-27T08:28:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T06:28:53","slug":"former-united-states-secretary-of-homeland-security-lends-support-to-iranian-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/06\/former-united-states-secretary-of-homeland-security-lends-support-to-iranian-resistance\/15439\/","title":{"rendered":"Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security lends support to Iranian Resistance"},"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>By Ali Latifi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, the main opposition to the Iranian regime holds\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/07\/13\/annual-mek-rally-ashraf-3-albania\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Iran<\/a>\u201d gathering. The turnout is phenomenal, with tens of thousands of Iranians from across the world in attendance. Furthermore, hundreds of prominent guests annually turn up to lend their support to the people fighting for freedom in Iran.<\/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>Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/08\/03\/governor-tom-ridge-mek-iran-albania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tom Ridge<\/a> was one such guest at the 2019 Free Iran rally that was held in <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/ashraf1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ashraf 3<\/a>, Albania, new home to members of the People\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mojahedin<\/a> Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). He addressed the audience in a very positive manner, emphasizing his support for the Iranian Resistance and the people of Iran who just want freedom, democracy, and human rights.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former secretary commended Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on her\u00a0exemplary\u00a0leadership, highlighting the humanity and courage she has led the Resistance with. He said that Mrs. Rajavi stands alongside\u00a0Golda Meir in Israel\u00a0and Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom when it comes to female leadership. He highlighted that all of these women have faced very difficult challenges but have managed to lead with\u00a0resolve and determination.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary Ridge also recalled a conversation he had with\u00a0Bena Zabouto\u00a0who he met only a few days before her assassination. He said that Bena once\u00a0wrote\u00a0that you can imprison people but \u201cyou can\u2019t kill an idea\u201d. He said that this is exactly what has been happening with the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEK <\/a>and NCRI. Men and women have been thrown in jail or executed, but the \u201cidea\u201d remains in place. It cannot be killed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about the exhibition that was in place during the Free Iran rally commemorating the tens of thousands of political prisoners that were killed during one single <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/category\/1988-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summer in 1988<\/a>, Secretary Ridge highlighted the brutality and torture the regime is responsible for. He said that he had met and spoken to former political prisoners that were tortured to the extent that the soles of their feet were raw, denied sleep, and even put into tiny cages for great lengths of time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With regards to the way forwards, Secretary Ridge said that he is going to continue listening to the stories of courage and sacrifice and that he is going to help the people of Iran in their \u201crelentless pursuit of justice and liberty and freedom\u201d at home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told the Iranian Resistance and the people of Iran that they will succeed in their goal. He said that their freedom will not be denied to them forever and they are fighting \u201cfor all those who cherish freedom and liberty and justice globally\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1150114047993556992?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Ridge said: \u201cAnd 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.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He ended his speech by reminding\u00a0the people of Iran that they are not alone on this journey.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ali Latifi Every year, the main opposition to the Iranian regime holds\u00a0\u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering. The turnout is phenomenal, with tens of thousands of Iranians from across the world in attendance. Furthermore, hundreds of prominent guests annually turn up to lend their support to the people fighting for freedom in Iran. 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