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Excerpts from the remarks of Maryam Rajavi<\/a> and Mike Pence as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excerpts from the speech of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Your visit to Ashraf-3 coincides with the Iranian people\u2019s uprisings. Various sectors of our nation have risen up in different cities, including Tehran, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Shush, Zanjan and Rasht. The Resistance Units are also fighting across the country.
Three days ago, marked the beginning of the 42nd year of our nationwide Resistance against the mullahs\u2019 regime. On June 20, 1981, Khomeini ordered his troops to open fire on the MEK<\/a>\u2019s half-a-million-strong and peaceful demonstration in Tehran, and turned it into a mass killing.
The same night, mass executions began without even identifying the victims.
You know about Khomeini\u2019s fatwa for the execution of all MEK members and sympathizers, who remained steadfast in their ideal. This, no doubt, is evidence of a strong and relentless resistance to establish a free and democratic Iran.
The MEK is also proud of stopping Khomeini\u2019s expansionist war in 1988. He had been waging that conflict for eight years with the slogan of capturing Quds (Jerusalem) via Karbala.
However, in 1988, the National Liberation Army of Iran forced Khomeini, to, in his own words, drink the chalice of the poison of the ceasefire in a war with one million dead, two million maimed and wounded, 4 million homeless, and more than one trillion dollars in damages on the Iranian side alone.
The MEK was also the first to expose the regime\u2019s nuclear projects since 1991. In 2002, it uncovered the regime\u2019s secret sites and informed the world of its bomb-making program.
Without those revelations, the mullahs would have obtained the bomb years ago.
Today, I want to underscore three points: First, the objective conditions of Iranian society; second, the alternative to the regime; and third, the international community\u2019s approach to the religious fascism ruling Iran.
First, the world is witnessing that conditions are ripe for change in Iran and that people are ready for change. Protests are erupting with increasing intensity across the country.
On the other hand, the regime has no answer except stepping up repression, executions, or torture in its prisons. The people of Iran have the right to resist, much like the war of independence in America. The mullahs have occupied our country. People now chant, \u201cOur enemy is right here; they lie when they say it\u2019s America.\u201d
The Iranian Resistance set a historical example: the resistance of a nation can change the course of history towards freedom. Today, we see this experience in Ukraine. Indeed, if the people of Ukraine themselves had not taken up arms, what would have guaranteed the protection of their country?
External conditions are effective only when a fighting force on the ground is prepared to pay the price. In the past year, the MEK Resistance Units<\/a> in Iran carried out more than 2,350 campaigns against repression that paved the way for uprisings across our nation.
Second, by virtue of believing in a democratic Islam, the MEK is an effective counterforce to the mullahs\u2019 sinister ideology.
By promoting the separation of religion and state, this alternative is a solution to establish democracy in Iran and an obstacle to Islamic fundamentalism in the entire region.
Now that all illusions about any reform within the regime in Iran have disappeared, the mullahs are investing on a non-existent Shah to divert the uprisings.
Yes, Tehran rulers are at their weakest point. They face the Iranian people\u2019s uprisings for change.
We can and must rid Iran, the Middle East, and the world from the evil of nuclear mullahs.
The November 2019 uprising, with its rebellious cities and the Army of freedom, showed the way.
Third, today, the world clearly sees that the policy of appeasement of the mullahs has failed.
This is a regime that gives a bomb to its diplomat to blow up the gathering of the Iranian Resistance where hundreds of distinguished international personalities were present.
This is a regime that disables IAEA cameras at its nuclear sites and runs more advanced centrifuges. Yes, this regime has never abandoned its quest for nuclear weapons as a guarantee for its survival. This is part of Raisi<\/a>\u2019s mission.
The International Community must activate the trigger mechanism.
The Iranian regime\u2019s dossier on human rights violations and terrorism, particularly the massacre of political prisoners in 1988, and the crackdown on protesters in November 2019, must be referred to the UN Security Council, and the regime\u2019s leaders must be prosecuted for committing genocide and crimes against humanity.
If the regime did not intend to provoke wars, its conventional army would have sufficed. Therefore, the Revolutionary Guard Corps (the IRGC<\/a>) must be dismantled.
Like Ukraine, the Iranian people and their Resistance deserve international recognition and support. The war of Iran\u2019s rebellious youths against the terrorist IRGC <\/a>to overthrow the regime must be recognized.
Mr. Vice President and Mrs. Pence,
Today, Iran\u2019s freedom fighters who have fought against the Shah\u2019s regime and the religious tyranny ruling our nation welcomed you to Ashraf-3.
Tomorrow, a free Iran will welcome you for standing by the Iranian people and Resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Pence, today, Iran\u2019s freedom fighters who have fought against the Shah & the mullahs welcomed you to Ashraf-3. Tomorrow, a free #Iran<\/a> will welcome you for standing by the Iranian people & Resistance. #FreeIran2022<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/l8dEhHcEbT<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) June 23, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>