{"id":18222,"date":"2020-09-28T08:45:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T06:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=18222"},"modified":"2020-09-28T08:46:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T06:46:00","slug":"remarks-by-ambassador-robert-joseph-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-ambassador-robert-joseph-at-the-trans-atlantic-summit-on-iran-policy-september-18-2020\/18222\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Ambassador Robert Joseph 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.
Ambassador Robert Joseph, former Undersecretary for Arms Control & International Security of the U.S. Department of State joined to the summit. In his remarks, Ambassador Joseph said, \u201cThe\u00a0Resistance Units<\/a>\u00a0are the true beacons of freedom. You\u2019ve endured suffering at the hands of the regime for standing up for democracy and a secular republic. Your sacrifices and your success will inspire the next generation in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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