{"id":46895,"date":"2023-06-27T07:40:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T05:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=46895"},"modified":"2023-06-27T07:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T05:41:06","slug":"paris-conference-with-former-world-leaders-in-solidarity-with-the-iranian-people-and-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/06\/paris-conference-with-former-world-leaders-in-solidarity-with-the-iranian-people-and-resistance\/46895\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris: Conference With Former World Leaders in Solidarity With the Iranian People and Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Paris \u2013 June 22, 2023: Several former heads of state gathered at a conference in Paris, France to announce their support for the Iranian people\u2019s uprising and their organized resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2007-2010), Messrs. Andrej Kiska, President of Slovakia (2014-2019), Fernando Quiroga Ram\u00edrez, President of Bolivia (1997-2001), Matteo Renzi, Prime Minister of Italy (2014-2016), Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium (1999-2008), Jaume Bartumeu Cassany, Prime Minister of Andorra (2009-2011) \u00a0and Messrs. Alejo Vidal Quadras and Struan Stevenson participated in the conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The keynote speaker at the event was Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter addressed to President Joe Biden of the United States and the leaders of the 27 Member States of the European Union, the former world leaders emphasized the importance of allowing the Iranian people to determine the future of their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They acknowledged the National Council of Resistance of Iran\u2019s unwavering commitment to democratic change over the past four decades and expressed their support for Mrs. Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan, which advocates for free and fair elections, freedom of assembly and expression, abolition of the death penalty, gender equality, separation of religion and state, autonomy for Iran\u2019s ethnicities, and a non-nuclear Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former world leaders noted that these principles align with their own democratic values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An excerpt from the Remarks by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI\u2019s President-elect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear guests, Ms. Tymoshenko, Mr. Kiska, Mr. Quiroga, Mr. Verhofstadt, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Bartumeu,
Mr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras and Mr. Stevenson,
I am delighted to welcome you to the office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the Resistance\u2019s Parliament in exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your initiative in calling upon world leaders to take decisive actions against the religious fascism ruling Iran
To this end, the Iranian Resistance proposes the following actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1- Designating the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, and confronting the IRGC presence beyond Iranian borders, including in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2- Recognizing the right of the Iranian people to defend themselves against the IRGC and to overthrow the regime and establish a democratic republic based on the separation of religion and state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3- Activating the snapback mechanism according to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, implementing the six UN Security Council Resolutions, shutting down all nuclear and missile programs in breach of UN resolutions, and conducting unconditional inspections of the regime\u2019s nuclear and missile facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4- Referring the dossier of the brutal and systematic violations of human rights in Iran to the UN Security Council and bringing to justice the regime\u2019s leaders for 40 years of genocide and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5- Cutting off regular economic deals and imposing comprehensive sanctions, particularly oil and banking sanctions, to cut the regime\u2019s lifelines that only finance the oppression of the Iranian people, development of nuclear weapons, terrorism and regional interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6- Identifying the regime as a threat to global peace and security, subject to Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surely, we will have many allies among prominent political leaders like yourselves and among the people of democratic countries in achieving these objectives.
Thank you all for your support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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