{"id":36403,"date":"2022-09-01T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=36403"},"modified":"2022-08-31T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T18:34:09","slug":"rt-hon-david-jones-uk-mp-former-secretary-of-state-for-wales-and-former-brexit-minister-addresses-the-free-iran-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/09\/rt-hon-david-jones-uk-mp-former-secretary-of-state-for-wales-and-former-brexit-minister-addresses-the-free-iran-2022\/36403\/","title":{"rendered":"Rt. Hon. David Jones, UK MP, Former Secretary of State for Wales, and Former Brexit Minister, Addresses the Free Iran 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rt. Hon. David Jones, UK MP, Former Secretary of State for Wales, and Former Brexit Minister<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Excerpts of the speech of Rt. Hon. David Jones, UK MP, Former Secretary of State for Wales, and Former Brexit Minister, at the Free Iran 2022, is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Rajavi<\/a>, colleagues, friends, especially friends in Ashraf 3<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May I say how delighted I am to be here with you today virtually if not in person at this important global conference today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we are gathered to support the popular struggle for a free and democratic Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And also, to mark two important recent court decisions in Europe which prove that it is possible to hold the Tehran regime to account and end its policy of impunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first case in Belgium resulted in the sentence of an accredited Iranian diplomat, Asadollah Assadi<\/a> to 20 years in prison for terrorism offences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the second case was the recent conviction of an Iranian citizen Hamid Noury<\/a> by the Stockholm District Court in Sweden for involvement in the 1988 massacre<\/a> of political prisoners in Iran under Sweden\u2019s law of universal jurisdiction. That conviction resulted in a sentence of life imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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