{"id":18175,"date":"2020-09-26T10:08:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T08:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=18175"},"modified":"2020-09-26T10:09:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T08:09:01","slug":"remarks-by-senator-rob-portman-at-the-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy-september-18-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/supports\/2020\/09\/remarks-by-senator-rob-portman-at-the-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy-september-18-2020\/18175\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Senator Rob Portman at the Trans-Atlantic Summit on Iran Policy; September 18, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the brink of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, an online international summit, entitled \u201cTrans-Atlantic Summit<\/a> on Iran Policy, Time to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable,\u201d brought together Iranians in various countries around the world from 10,000 locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the personalities who addressed the summit were 30 bipartisan U.S. lawmakers from the House and the Senate, including Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Roy Blunt, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Bob Menendez, and dignitaries like Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor, General James Jones, National Security Advisor to President Obama (2009-2010), Newt Gingrich, 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Joseph Lieberman, former U.S. Senator, as well as a delegation of U.K. lawmakers, and Amb. Giulio Terzi, former Foreign Minister of Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>) and the keynote speaker of the summit, paid tribute to Navid Afkari<\/a>, a rebellious national hero recently executed by the regime and said: \u201cFaced with executions and massacres, the people of Iran urge the United Nations, and the U.N. Security Council, in particular, to restore snapback sanctions stipulated in the six U.N. resolutions against the clerical regime in Iran. Otherwise, Khamenei will continue to ravage the nation as his regime\u2019s survival depends on murder and suppression. If Khamenei were to stop executions, he would lose control of the situation, and uprisings simmering in the depths of Iranian society would erupt and overthrow the mullahs\u2019 religious fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers in the summit demanded justice for over 30,000 MEK<\/a> and other activists, political prisoners massacred in 1988<\/a>. They urged an end to the policy of appeasement and demanded those who ordered and carried out this great crime, who currently occupy high positions in the regime, to be brought to justice.
U.S. Senator Rob Portman joined the summit. In his remarks, Senator Portman said, \u201cWe must continue to show strength in the face of the regime\u2019s attempts at undermining the international rule of law and spreading international terrorism <\/a>as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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