{"id":36429,"date":"2022-09-02T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=36429"},"modified":"2022-09-01T18:33:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T16:33:33","slug":"robert-torricelli-former-us-senator-addresses-the-free-iran-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/09\/robert-torricelli-former-us-senator-addresses-the-free-iran-2022\/36429\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Torricelli, Former US Senator, Addresses the Free Iran 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Robert Torricelli, former United States senator from New Jersey (1997 \u2013 2003)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Excerpts of the speech of Robert Torricelli, Former United States senator from New Jersey (1997\u20132003), at the Free Iran 2022, is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s wonderful to be with you today. I want to congratulate friends and colleagues who have come from all over the world to celebrate the cause of Iranian freedom and to note the work, the dedication, the sacrifices of Mrs. Rajavi<\/a> and the entire MEK <\/a>organization. This is the first year in so many that I haven\u2019t been able to be with you. But I want you to know that nothing has changed in my heart or my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am committed to being a part of this cause and being together with you every year for as long as I\u2019m able, until we\u2019re all celebrating in Tehran. This year, in particular, the presence of those of you who live in Ashraf, and those of you who come from around the world, is notable. Because we do so in the aftermath of the failed bombing attack in Paris and the prosecution of those who would have destroyed us and taken our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your return, knowing of that attack and the focus of the mullahs on the MEK <\/a>and all of us who participate, gives this year special meaning. It\u2019s one more important milestone. It\u2019s a milestone and a struggle that began with the decision to separate from the regime, because of the lost freedoms and the abandoned hope of the Iranian Revolution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was a commitment that continued into 1988<\/a>, when tens of thousands of people were murdered for no reason but their determination to bring freedom to Iran and meaning to the revolution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It continued through into the 1990s, when the regime successfully waged a campaign to have the MEK inappropriately put on terrorist lists throughout Europe and North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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