{"id":28214,"date":"2021-11-02T07:26:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T06:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=28214"},"modified":"2021-11-02T07:26:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T06:26:54","slug":"mike-pence-raisis-selection-is-a-sign-of-desperation-for-irans-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2021\/11\/mike-pence-raisis-selection-is-a-sign-of-desperation-for-irans-regime\/28214\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Pence: Raisi\u2019s Selection Is a Sign of Desperation for Iran\u2019s Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Vice President Mike Pence, Attended the Free Iran Summit in Washington \u2014 October 28, 2021<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Iranian expats gathered in a conference<\/a> in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, October, 28, 2021, to echo the desires of millions of people who want to live in freedom in Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference, titled, \u201c2021 Free Iran Summit<\/a>: Holding Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> Accountable for Crimes Against Humanity Genocide, Regional Meddling & Nuclear Defiance,\u201d featured speeches from Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>), Mike Pence, the 48th Vice President of the United States, and other distinguished American politicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice President Pence, who was attending the Free Iran Summit for the first time, emphasized that the cause of freedom in Iran is widely supported in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can say with certainty that the American people support your goal of establishing a secular, democratic, non-nuclear Iranian republic that derives its just powers from the consent of the governed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Pence also\u00a0underlined the need to hold the regime and its criminal president to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe recent selection of Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> to serve as Iran\u2019s president is a sign of the regime\u2019s growing desperation. Thirty years ago, Raisi was in charge of the Ayatollah\u2019s death squads<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a brutal mass murderer responsible for the 1988 massacre<\/a> of 30,000 political prisoners. His selection as president is intended to quash internal dissent and intimidate the people of Iran into remaining silent,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, we join you in pledging that his crimes must not go unpunished. Ebrahim Raisi must be removed from office by the people of Iran \u2014 and he must be prosecuted for crimes against humanity and genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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