{"id":48186,"date":"2023-07-22T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=48186"},"modified":"2023-07-21T18:22:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:22:25","slug":"remarks-by-polish-mep-ryszard-czarnecki-to-the-free-iran-world-summit-2023-july-1-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/07\/remarks-by-polish-mep-ryszard-czarnecki-to-the-free-iran-world-summit-2023-july-1-2023\/48186\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Polish MEP Ryszard Czarnecki, to the Free Iran World Summit 2023 – July 1, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Remarks — ^{Ryszard Czarnecki, Member of the European Parliament from Poland<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nRyszard Czarnecki, Member of the European Parliament from Poland, and former Minister for European Integration addressed the first day<\/a> of the Free Iran World Summit on July 1, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ryszard Czarnecki: There Is No Doubt That the Future Of Iran Lies In This Alternative<\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe full text of Ryszard Czarnecki, Member of the European Parliament from Poland\u2019s remarks, is as follows:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nDear Mrs. Rajavi<\/a>, sisters, and brothers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The recent deadly attack on Ashraf 3<\/a>, resulting in the killing of one MEK <\/a>member and the injury of many others, has provoked great anger among members of our European Parliament. Some people claim that the PMOI (People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran)<\/a> is in Albania for humanitarian reasons and has no right to engage in political activities. Having known them for many years, I can affirm that regardless of the country they are based in, they have a tradition of acting within the framework of the laws of their host countries. However, it is completely impossible for them to deprive themselves of political activity. If that were the case, why did they leave Iran and go into exile in the first place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I distinctly remember that in 2016, the MEK (Mujahedin-e Khalq) sought guarantees for their basic rights before being transferred to Albania. The Albanian Prime Minister, Rama, personally provided me with this assurance in a letter dated April 19, 2016. I have tweeted this letter, and you can find it on my Twitter. In this letter, the Prime Minister wrote, and I quote in English and Albanian: \u201cAlbania is fully, fully engaged and committed to ensuring that the Iranian refugees have all the rights stipulated in the Geneva Convention, 1951, the European Human Rights Convention, and the entire international legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nOn behalf of the deleg.of the\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfaParl.I took a floor during XVIII Free\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7World Summit in\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7-with\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8@Mike_Pence<\/a> and\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddeaRita Suessmuth,f.Speaker of Bundestag.@iran_policy<\/a> @maryam_rajavi<\/a> @womenncri<\/a> @fofi_ep<\/a> #FreeIran2023<\/a> @PolshEmbassyUS @USAmbPoland<\/a> @mmagierowski<\/a>\u00a0@PCzarnecki83<\/a> @PR24_pl<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/bBwjXhlJFu<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ryszard Czarnecki (@r_czarnecki) July 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>}