{"id":17616,"date":"2020-09-08T07:40:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T05:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=17616"},"modified":"2020-09-08T07:40:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T05:40:07","slug":"remarks-by-john-c-rood-iran-regimes-terrorism-summit-july-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/annual-gathering\/grand-gathering-2020\/2020\/09\/remarks-by-john-c-rood-iran-regimes-terrorism-summit-july-20-2020\/17616\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by  John C. Rood\u2013Iran Regime\u2019s Terrorism Summit, July 20, 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 National Council of Resistance of Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0 was held a global seminar on the Iranian regime\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-state-sponsor-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrorist<\/a> operations during\u00a0the third day of\u00a0the\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-global-summit\/\">Free Iran Global Summit<\/a>\u201d\u00a0on, July 20, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference under title, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-state-sponsor-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terrorism <\/a>by Iran\u2019s Regime -Shut Down Tehran\u2019s Embassies Abroad-Expel its Agents<\/em>, <em>Operatives,<\/em> was held online, connecting thousands of locations throughout the world to <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/tag\/ashraf-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ashraf 3<\/a>, Albania, home to\u00a0the\u00a0Iranian opposition\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(PMOI\/MEK).\u00a0<\/a>This conference is over the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist activities across the world, by using its embassies. The conference and its panelists urged the European countries to shut down the Iranian regime\u2019s embassies, which are indeed emissaries of terror and nests of spies.\u00a0The keynote speaker of this event is Mrs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>,\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCRI<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0President-elect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme of the conference was the Iranian regime\u2019s international <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-state-sponsor-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrorist activities<\/a>. Participants called on the international community to shut down the regime\u2019s embassies and expel its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iranian-diplomat-and-three-accomplices-on-trial-for-planned-bombing-of-a-massive-rally-in-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018diplomat-terrorists\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John C. Rood, Former U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy joined the Online\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-global-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Iran Global Summit<\/a>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/07\/20\/%f0%9f%94%b4live-iran-regimes-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">day 3<\/a>. In his remarks, Mr. Rood said, \u201cThe regime in Tehran continues to provide a great deal of financial support to terrorists around the world, despite ongoing economic troubles for the people of Iran.\u201d\u00a0<\/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=\"John Rood\u2019s remarks on Day 3 of the Free Iran Global Summit \u2013 July 20, 2020\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wHTYFVpHdr8?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>\u00a0Here is the speech of Mr. Rood:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you very much for having me to speak to you today. First, let me compliment <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mrs.\u00a0Rajavi\u00a0<\/a>on that powerful address. It is also incredibly impressive the way that the organizers have brought together so many people from so many different locations in a very interconnected way. In today\u2019s world, with all the challenges we face in putting together this type of conference, it\u2019s impressive that you have overcome those challenges. You should feel very proud of the way that you have connected everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the Iranian regime remains the world\u2019s foremost state sponsor of <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-state-sponsor-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrorism<\/a>. The regime also poses the greatest threat to the United States and our allies in the Middle East. Terrorism has been at the heart of the Iranian regime and part of its ideology since the 1979 Revolution that brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power. This ideology embraces terrorism as a tool of stagecraft. It envisions spreading this revolution across the region, and the Supreme Leader, who is in power today, remains committed to this vision. We have seen the Iranian regime using Iranian forces and utilizing its embassies and people registered as diplomats to conduct and support terrorism across the Middle East and globally in Europe, Africa, Asia, even in North America and South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regime in Tehran continues to provide a great deal of financial support to terrorists around the world, despite ongoing economic troubles for the people of Iran. As the U.S. State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan Sales pointed out in late 2018, at that time Iran provided close to $1 billion annually in support to terrorist groups around the world. Just imagine the difference that that scale of spending could have made in improving the livelihood of the Iranian people at home had it not been spent on terrorism around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regime has had a policy of promoting terrorism and supporting proxied militias around the world. In Syria, since the early days of the civil war, Iran has been involved in propping up the Assad regime to include providing arms, training, advisors, and combat personnel. Throughout the conflict in Syria, in which over 500,000 civilians have been killed, Iranian forces have played a key support role in this appallingly brutal conflict that has included the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime against his own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/John-C.-Rood-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17618\" 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\/09\/John-C.-Rood-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/John-C.-Rood-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/John-C.-Rood-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/John-C.-Rood-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/John-C.-Rood-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/John-C.-Rood.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Iraq, the regime in Tehran has backed Shia militias, like the Badr organization and Hezbollah, who have long served as reliable partners for conducting attacks on U.S. military personnel in Iraq. Using Iranian-provided weapons, these groups were responsible for over 600 U.S. personnel killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2011. Elsewhere in the region, Iran maintains strong ties to the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon. In 2018, Iranian operatives were arrested for planning attacks in Denmark, France, Albania. And authorities in Austria, Belgium and German arrested operatives planning attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In so many areas, the regime is just not on the same page as the Iranian people, who do not support the regime backing terrorism or trying to spread this malign influence across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is very important that we continue the maximum pressure campaign that has been undertaken by the Trump administration, to deplete and limit the ability of the regime in Tehran to support terrorism and export its malign influence across the region. We have seen the maximum pressure campaign substantially reduce the ability of the regime to support terrorism abroad. As <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mrs.\u00a0Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0discussed, it is very important that this complex web of cutouts, front companies, individuals, and the financial tools that are used around the world must be targeted and attacked. Private sector companies need to be very careful in understanding who they are dealing with to prevent them from supporting these kinds of terrorist or illicit actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to continue to use U.S. military forces to work with partners in the region to deter and where necessary take steps like the strike on Qassem Soleimani to restore deterrence and to deter further terrorist attacks where we see that deterrence fraying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to recognize that terrorism is a part of the fabric of this regime in Tehran. It has been since the start and remains so today. This means that things like Iranian Embassies and so-called diplomats will continue to be employed in supporting terror. Countries must act accordingly to very closely monitor and surveil the activities of those Iranian diplomats posted abroad, and in some cases like we have seen in Albania, they will need to shut down embassies that support <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-state-sponsor-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrorism<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)\u00a0 was held a global seminar on the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist operations during\u00a0the third day of\u00a0the\u00a0\u201cFree Iran Global Summit\u201d\u00a0on, July 20, 2020. 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