{"id":36469,"date":"2022-09-03T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=36469"},"modified":"2022-09-02T16:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:27:42","slug":"erion-veliaj-mayor-of-tirana-addresses-the-free-iran-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/09\/erion-veliaj-mayor-of-tirana-addresses-the-free-iran-2022\/36469\/","title":{"rendered":"Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana, Addresses the Free Iran 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Excerpts of the speech of Erion Veliaj<\/a>, Mayor of Tirana<\/a>, at the Free Iran 2022, is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m so delighted that there are so many friends supporting the cause of the free Iran<\/a> over nonnuclear Iran, over Iran where state and religion are separate, over democratic Iran. You have so many friends around the world, but I\u2019d like to think that here in Tirana we have some special relationship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is your second home. Albania has been home to thousands of activists from Iran for so many years now. We are delighted that you are in our country and in our city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We considered you our own, and we are very happy that you contribute to our democratic society. And sometimes, as they say, it gets darker right before dawn, right before the sunrise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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