{"id":16847,"date":"2020-08-04T23:26:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T21:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=16847"},"modified":"2020-08-04T23:26:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T21:26:22","slug":"remarks-by-michael-mukasey-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\/08\/remarks-by-michael-mukasey-free-iran-global-summit-july-17-2020\/16847\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Michael Mukasey\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>The 81st U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey joined the Online <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/07\/17\/live-freeiran2020-global-summit-iran-rising-up-for-freedom-resistance-units-key-to-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Iran<\/a> Global Summit. In his remarks, Mr. Mukasey said, \u201cThe Iranian regime has for years used agents with diplomatic credentials to carry out acts of terror. The regime fears the NCRI [Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran] and the threat they pose to the regime of Tehran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/free-iran-global-summit-solidarity-with-the-iranian-peoples-uprising-support-for-resistance-units-and-the-liberation-army\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCRI<\/a> managed to hold this year\u2019s annual <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/07\/17\/live-freeiran2020-global-summit-iran-rising-up-for-freedom-resistance-units-key-to-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gathering<\/a> virtually on July 17. 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>pandemic and its restriction, many dignitaries commended the NCRI\u2019s ability and determination for connecting 30,000 locations to <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/tag\/ashraf-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ashraf-3<\/a>, home to members of the Iranian opposition People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PMOI<\/a>\/<a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEK<\/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=\"Remarks by Michael Mukasey, the 81st U.S. Attorney General, to the Free Iran Global Summit\u2013July 2020\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t93LeD-yFrM?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>Here is the speech of Mr. Mukasey:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rajavi<\/a>, conferees at this extraordinary record-setting conference, and residents of <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/ashraf1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ashraf 3<\/a>, it\u2019s true that we are meeting and conferring in a virtual way, but make no mistake about it\u2014the challenge and the threat that NCRI represents to the mullahs in Tehran isn\u2019t just virtual.\u00a0 It is actual.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Michael-Mukasey.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16849\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Michael-Mukasey.jpg 861w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Michael-Mukasey-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Michael-Mukasey-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Michael-Mukasey-750x468.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve seen evidence that an <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/terrorism\/7264-who-is-assadollah-assadi-the-iranian-diplomat-on-trial-for-terrorism-charges.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iranian diplomat<\/a> was arraigned in a Belgian court, along with three of his codefendants, and charged with plotting to bomb <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/category\/activities-outside-iran\/annual-gathering\/grand-gathering-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCRI\u2019s annual gathering<\/a> near Paris in June of 2018.\u00a0This is the first time that a diplomat has been charged in Europe with participating in a <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-state-sponsor-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrorist <\/a>act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The motive for this foiled plot was fear. Fear of Mrs. Rajavi, fear of the NCRI, and the threat that they represent to the regime.<\/p><cite>Michael Mukasey<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iranfocus.com\/en\/component\/tags\/tag\/iran-november-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November 2019<\/a>, and January 2020, the people of Iran <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iran-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demonstrated <\/a>their contempt for the regime and its terrorist activities, and their determination to break free of the restrictions on their freedom.\u00a0 The slogans that they chanted made it entirely clear that the reported difference between hardliners and purported moderates in the regime is a sham and a fraud, and the belief of the people that the regime entirely is rotten to the core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter 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\">Students at Tehran University chant \u201cdown with dictator\u201d and \u201cKhamenei Shame on and leave the country alone\u201d<br>\u201cReformist, Principlist, It is all over now\u201d, chant Tehran University Students<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Reuters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Reuters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ZDF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ZDF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/deathpenalty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#deathpenalty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranprotests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranprotests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RegimeChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RegimeChange<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HssznmFpyu\">pic.twitter.com\/HssznmFpyu<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/947089138221834240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We should continue to press our own governments to continue their embargo on Iran, their <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>, and to see to it that the most restrictive sanctions are snapped back in place.\u00a0 The regime\u2019s continued maintenance of a ballistic missile program whose only purpose would be the delivery of a nuclear weapon shows that its ongoing efforts to develop a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/a-look-at-irans-nuclear-weapons-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nuclear weapon<\/a> have not abated Its continued support for terrorism in the Middle East and around the world shows that this regime is not willing to behave like a normal government.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only way to end the regime\u2019s behavior is to end the regime.\u00a0 There is already an available democratic alternative to the corrupt and terrorist regime of the ayatollahs, and it is the NCRI with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/tomorrow-s-iran\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ten-point<\/a> program for a democratic, secular, non-nuclear republic that guarantees equal rights for all men and <a href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">women<\/a>.\u00a0 And we are here to rally support for that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\">alternative<\/a>, and for the efforts of Mrs. Rajavi and others, to end the nightmare that Iranians have been living since 1979.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 81st U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey joined the Online Free Iran Global Summit. In his remarks, Mr. Mukasey said, \u201cThe Iranian regime has for years used agents with diplomatic credentials to carry out acts of terror. 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