{"id":21228,"date":"2021-02-22T18:51:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T17:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=21228"},"modified":"2021-02-25T16:33:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T15:33:39","slug":"mek-and-ncri-supporters-rally-in-brussels-urging-eu-to-adopt-a-firm-iran-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/02\/mek-and-ncri-supporters-rally-in-brussels-urging-eu-to-adopt-a-firm-iran-policy\/21228\/","title":{"rendered":"MEK and NCRI Supporters Rally in Brussels, Urging EU to Adopt a Firm Iran Policy"},"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>Brussels, 22 February 2021: Iranians, supporters of 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>) and Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) held <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeirancommunity.be\/iranian-diaspora-ncri-supporters-in-brussels-rallied-in-front-of-eu-commission-simulataneous-with-eu-ministers-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a rally in Schuman Square<\/a>, Brussels, urging European leaders to adopt a firm policy vis-\u00e0-vis the Iranian regime. \u00a0Participants also echoed the Iranian people\u2019s desire and voice for regime change. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Brussels Fevr 22, 2021, Final\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NkKUEAYXpzI?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>They urged the European Union to end the appeasement policy toward the terrorist mullahs ruling Iran. Following the conviction of Iran\u2019s diplomat-terrorist <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/10\/12\/le-monde-iran-regimes-terrorist-assadi-issues-terrorist-threats-even-in-detention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assadollah Assadi<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2021\/02\/04\/iran-regime-diplomat-terrorist-and-his-accomplices-sentenced-to-prison-terms-on-terrorism-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">February 4<\/a>, it was proved to everyone that Iran\u2019s ruling uses its diplomatic missions, as well as the EU\u2019s inaction to target Iranian dissident and spread terrorism in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assadi had attempted to bomb NCRI\u2019s \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering in 2018 in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1363897450038239235?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranians finally urged the EU leaders to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designate Iran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-opposition-ncri-conference-the-inner-workings-tehrans-terror-espionage-machine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MOIS<\/a>)and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as terrorist organizations. Iranian regime\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/10\/18\/mois-fto-us-eu-iran-assadi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MOIS <\/a>agents must be expelled from European countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that the Iranian regime has continued its quest for Nuclear weapons, in parallel with increasing human rights violations, and carried out terrorist activities abroad, the EU must facilitate the reimposition of 6 United Nation Security Council (UNSC) resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paolo Casaca, a former member of the European Parliament and a supporter of the Resistance of Iran, appeared at the demonstrators and expressed his solidarity with the Iranian people and their resistance, It is the first time that an Iranian regime diplomat had been convicted for terrorism in a European court, and that Europe should end the appeasement policy towards the Iranian regime for terrorism on European soil and for violating the nuclear deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paolo-Casaca.jpg\" alt=\"Paolo Casaca, a former MEP from Portugal\" class=\"wp-image-21238\" width=\"541\" height=\"304\" 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\/2021\/02\/Paolo-Casaca.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paolo-Casaca-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paolo-Casaca-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Paolo-Casaca-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><figcaption>Paolo Casaca, a former MEP from Portugal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Massoud Kashefi, a supporter of the National Council of Resistance of Iran pointed to the historic ruling of the Belgian court and concluded that all European and American politicians have found that with the JCPOA 2015 they cannot prevent regional interference and The regime\u2019s missiles program. The Iranian resistance will not allow appeasers to open negotiations for their own personal interests on the human rights of the people of Iran, he added. The security of Iran, the Middle East and the world peace will not be achieved by wasting time and meeting with blackmail killers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dr.-Massoud-Kashefi.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Massoud Kashefi, a supporter of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\" class=\"wp-image-21239\" width=\"539\" height=\"303\" 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\/2021\/02\/Dr.-Massoud-Kashefi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dr.-Massoud-Kashefi-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dr.-Massoud-Kashefi-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dr.-Massoud-Kashefi-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><figcaption>Dr. Massoud Kashefi, a supporter of the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Serge de Patoul from the Belgian Committee of Parelmanterians and Mayors for a Democratic Iran gave his speech too. He also pointed to the regime\u2019s terrorism in Europe and the decisiveness of the Belgian court for conviction of the regime\u2019s diplomat, saying that any relationship with the regime should be subject to a halt to the regime\u2019s terrorism on European soil.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mr.-Serge-de-Patoul.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Serge de Patoul from the Belgian Committee of Parelmanterians and Mayors for a Democratic Iran\" class=\"wp-image-21240\" width=\"533\" height=\"508\" 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\/2021\/02\/Mr.-Serge-de-Patoul.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mr.-Serge-de-Patoul-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mr.-Serge-de-Patoul-768x734.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mr.-Serge-de-Patoul-750x716.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption>Mr. Serge de Patoul from the Belgian Committee of Parelmanterians and Mayors for a Democratic Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Mark Demesmaeker (Belgian senator) and Mr. Gobelt (a member of the Belgian Parliament) also sent letters to the Belgian foreign Minister, Mrs. Sophie Wilmes, and to the European Union. They sent these letters to be read on the rally to express their supports of the Iranian community and supporters of the National Council of Resistance in Brussels, where they raised concerns about holding an economic summit with the Iranian regime after the conviction of its diplomat, and found such relations unjustifiable. In their messages, the Belgian Senator and MP express that the regime\u2019s terrorism includes not only one individual but also the Iranian regime in total, and that the order was issued by the regime\u2019s highest officials, including <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/10\/24\/who-is-ali-khamenei-iranian-regime-supreme-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/09\/24\/hassan-rouhani-crimes-iran-mek-1988massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hassan Rouhani<\/a>, Javad Zarif, and Mahmoud Alavi, and that it is impossible that Iranian regime\u2019s Minister of foreign affairs was not involved in the terrorist plot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mr.-Mark-Demesmaeker.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Mark Demesmaeker (Belgian senator) and Mr. Gobelt (a member of the Belgian Parliament) also sent letters to the Belgian foreign Minister, Mrs. Sophie Wilmes, and to the European Union.\" class=\"wp-image-21241\" width=\"700\" height=\"573\" 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\/2021\/02\/Mr.-Mark-Demesmaeker.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mr.-Mark-Demesmaeker-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mr.-Mark-Demesmaeker-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mr.-Mark-Demesmaeker-750x614.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Mr. Mark Demesmaeker (Belgian senator) and Mr. Gobelt (a member of the Belgian Parliament) also sent letters to the Belgian foreign Minister, Mrs. Sophie Wilmes, and to the European Union.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Background:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its report on February 19, the Belgian Security Service the VSSE concluded Assadi is an MOIS security officer using diplomatic cover in the Iranian embassy in Vienna. Assadi is affiliated with \u201cDepartment 312\u201d of the MOIS and is an officer who works with human sources (spies and agents). He was the operational commander of the bomb plot against the annual rally of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) in Villepinte, located north of Paris. The security service identified\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-regime-diplomacy-of-terror\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assadi\u00a0<\/a>as the agent who controlled Amir Saadouni and Nasimeh Naami and delivered the explosives to them two days prior to the operation. The attack was on behalf of Iran and was not a personal initiative of Assadi, the report highlighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belgian prosecutors had demanded the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for Assadi, eighteen years for the couple and fifteen years for Merhad Arefani, the fourth suspect involved in the plot. For the trio, prosecutors also sought their Belgian nationality to be revoked. During the past two years of investigation, Arefani has constantly claimed innocence and stated that he has never known Assadi. This is while the undeniable evidence in the file reveals Arefani\u2019s connection with the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/10\/18\/mois-fto-us-eu-iran-assadi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MOIS<\/a>, his connection with Assadi, and his role in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Iranians in Brussels call on EU for a firm policy toward Tehran\u2019s state terrorism\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-CvoJdTtR1g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels, 22 February 2021: Iranians, supporters of the National Council of 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