{"id":45952,"date":"2023-05-26T02:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=45952"},"modified":"2023-05-27T09:04:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T07:04:29","slug":"maryam-rajavi-at-the-european-parliament-iran-prospects-for-change-and-eu-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/05\/maryam-rajavi-at-the-european-parliament-iran-prospects-for-change-and-eu-policy\/45952\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryam Rajavi at the European Parliament, \u201cIran: Prospects for Change and EU Policy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With EP Vice Presidents, joint presidents and vice presidents of the Friends of a Free Iran Committee (FOFI)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brussels, May 24, 2023:<\/strong> Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>), entered the European Parliament in Brussels to a warm welcome of a group of European Parliament members. She participated in the conference \u201cIran: Prospects for Change and EU Policy\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this conference, chaired by Mr. Javier Zarzalejos, the joint chair of the Friends of a Free Iran in the European Parliament, Mrs. Rajavi called for an international campaign to stop executions in Iran.
Dozens of MEPs from various political groups and countries participated in this conference, and 15 of them delivered a speech. They expressed support for the National Council of Resistance of Iran and endorsed Mrs. Rajavi\u2019s 10-point plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Rajavi said: \u201cI have come here today to call for an international campaign to stop executions in Iran.
The mullahs\u2019 regime has started a new and unprecedented wave of executions. At least 116 prisoners have been executed since the beginning of May, i.e., one execution every 5 hours. Three young protesters, detained and tortured for months in Isfahan, were executed last Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The regime uses executions to prevent an uprising. Despite massive repression, however, people protested these brutal executions. Unfortunately, we are witnessing a lack of action from the European Union and its member states. Isn\u2019t opposing the death penalty one of the well-known principles of the European Union? So why when it comes to Iran, economic interests and political considerations downplay the importance of human rights situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am here today to be the voice of the protesters in Iran, especially women, who have risen-up against religious dictatorship. The message is that the Iranian people have risen to overthrow the religious fascism. They reject tyranny in all its forms and will persist in their fight until they achieve freedom and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian Resistance\u2019s platform is based on a republic, separation of religion and state, full individual and social freedoms, gender equality, autonomy for ethnic nationalities, elimination of the death penalty, independent judiciary, free market, dissolving the IRGC<\/a>, a non-nuclear Iran, and international and regional coexistence and cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the center of this alternative is the MEK<\/a>, which believes in democratic Islam and advocates for the separation of religion and state. This resistance represents the anti-thesis of the religious dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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