{"id":16687,"date":"2020-07-22T20:53:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T18:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=16687"},"modified":"2020-07-22T22:23:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T20:23:48","slug":"remarks-by-matthew-offord-free-iran-global-summit-july-17-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/annual-gathering\/grand-gathering-2020\/2020\/07\/remarks-by-matthew-offord-free-iran-global-summit-july-17-2020\/16687\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Matthew Offord\u2013Free Iran Global Summit, July 17, 2020"},"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>Every year, the Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCRI<\/a>) holds major gatherings supporting the Iranian people\u2019s struggle for a free Iran. Given the novel <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iran-coronavirus-crisis1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coronavirus <\/a>outbreak, this year\u2019s conference was held online,  connecting 30,000 locations in 104 countries, an unprecedented event since the beginning of the world\u2019s health crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Hundreds of prominent dignitaries from around the world took part in the event. They announced their support for the Iranian people\u2019s desire for freedom, justice, equality, and the rule of law. Among the attendants was the UK House of Commons member Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthewofford.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew Offord<\/a>.<br><\/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=\"Dr. Matthew Offord\u2019s remarks to the Free Iran Global Summit \u2013 July 17, 2020\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Yxcn1Tuyo8?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>Dr. Offord cited a recent statement by the British Committee for Iran Freedom, singed by 120 MPs, showing support for the Iranian people\u2019s anti-regime protests and Resistance Leader Maryam Rajavi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/tomorrow-s-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ten-point plan<\/a> for a Free Iran. Furthermore, in his remarks, Dr. Offord called for the British government and others to join with the US administration\u2019s maximum pressure campaign against the mullahs to deny them the money used for terrorism and repression. He said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great pleasure to be able to speak with you today. But allow me to begin by sending my regards to the people of Iran who are currently suffering under their regime. And I can also express my solidarity with them as they are faced with a vicious crackdown, persecution, as they simply demand change in their country.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent statement on Iran, 120 members of the House of Commons and the House of Parliament declared their support for the popular <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iran-protests\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protest <\/a>in Iran against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranfocus.com\/en\/component\/tags\/tag\/iran-corruption\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">corruption<\/a> and suppression and supported a ten-point plan for a future free Iran presented by NCRI president-elect, Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tehran\u2019s destabilizing activities from Syria to Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen, its support for terrorism, and last but not least at all, the actions against Iranian dissidents in Europe and the pursuit of a nuclear and ballistic missile program, all which violates the UN Security Council Resolution 2231, the UN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranfocus.com\/en\/component\/tags\/tag\/iran-arms-embargo\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arms embargo<\/a> against Iran, the nuclear deal, and counterterrorism laws in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are all well-documented in recent statements by the UN Secretary-General, the IAEA, and many Western governments. That is why I call on the UK government to join the maximum pressure campaign on the regime. This campaign has already denied Tehran billions of dollars they could have used otherwise to destabilize parts of the Middle East and further afield. But thanks to this pressure, Tehran is losing ground in places like Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the UK government should also work with allies in the EU and the UN in order that we support an immediate extension to the UN arms embargo against Iran, as well as the reimposition of international and UN sanctions against Tehran that were lifted as part of the nuclear deal.<\/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\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Iranian Resistance has also emphasized since a long time ago that it seeks the restoration of the six UN Security Council resolutions against the regime. We emphasize the extension of international sanctions against any form of weapons trade with the regime. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/afW3ky3bFN\">pic.twitter.com\/afW3ky3bFN<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1274409028710535170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the UK should proscribe the entirety of the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/look-irans-revolutionary-guards\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IRGC <\/a>[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] as a foreign terrorist organization to deny it the funds it needs to suppress the people of Iran and to export terrorism abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The international community has a responsibility and the means to deny Iran\u2019s regime the funds it needs to continue its unacceptable and malign behavior both at home and abroad. To muster the political courage to do that, the international community should look to the Iranian people and to their resistance movement led by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi who has shown the way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the time is now, here. The time is now ready for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/iran-regime-change\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">change<\/a>. The time is now for us all to say hazer, hazer, hazer.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, the Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) holds major gatherings supporting the Iranian people\u2019s struggle for a free Iran. Given the novel coronavirus outbreak, this year\u2019s conference was held online, connecting 30,000 locations in 104 countries, an unprecedented event since the beginning of the world\u2019s health crisis. 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