{"id":36270,"date":"2022-08-28T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T23:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=36270"},"modified":"2022-08-27T17:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T15:03:43","slug":"john-bercow-former-speaker-of-the-house-of-commons-of-the-united-kingdom-addresses-the-free-iran-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/08\/john-bercow-former-speaker-of-the-house-of-commons-of-the-united-kingdom-addresses-the-free-iran-2022\/36270\/","title":{"rendered":"John Bercow, Former Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Addresses the Free Iran 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (2009 \u2013 2019)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Excerpts of speech of John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (2009 \u2013 2019), at the Free Iran 2022, is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello, friends and colleagues. It\u2019s John Bercow here, former speaker of the UK House of Commons. I\u2019m delighted to join you. And I do you say to express support, explicit, unflinching and robust support for the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a>, support for the MEK Resistance Units<\/a> and support for Maryam Rajavi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do I mean by support? What I mean is unqualified backing for freedom, for democracy, for secularism and for a republic in Iran based upon the principles of peace, justice, the rule of law and crucially, regular, democratic, free and fair elections. That is the essence of the democratic settlement that I seek, and I believe you seek for Iran. Accompanying that. It follows, that we should be united, as I believe we are, in opposition to all kinds and forms of dictatorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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