{"id":3321,"date":"2017-07-06T07:52:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T07:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2018-07-09T11:08:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T09:08:53","slug":"free-iran-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/annual-gathering\/2017\/07\/free-iran-rally\/3321\/","title":{"rendered":"theresa-villiers-mp-supports-a-Free Iran rally in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Theresa Villiers, a Member of Parliament from the United Kingdom\u2019s Conservative Party, has announced her support for \u201cfreedom for Iran.\u201d Speaking at the Free Iran rally<\/a> in Paris on July 1, Ms. Villiers pointed to the \u201cshocking human rights record of the Iranian regime,\u201d which she described as a \u201ctyranny.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNearly 700 people were put to death in a single six month period in 2015. That\u2019s equivalent to around three every single day of the year.<\/p>\n

And sadly, we all know that the Iranian regime leads the world in the execution of children<\/a>. It\u2019s believed that at least 73 juvenile offenders were executed over the ten years<\/a> between 2005 and 2015,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis regime is a deeply repressive one which brutalizes much of its population. And its pursuit of dominance in the region is a continuing source of instability in the Middle East. It is the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism, providing financial and material support to a range of lethal, violent, extremist, terrorist groups. So the Iranian regime is responsible for many lives lost and families bereaved both within its own borders and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n