{"id":48710,"date":"2023-08-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=48710"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:00:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T08:00:01","slug":"remarks-by-michel-reiss-former-director-of-u-s-state-department-policy-planning-to-the-free-iran-world-summit-2023-july-1-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/08\/remarks-by-michel-reiss-former-director-of-u-s-state-department-policy-planning-to-the-free-iran-world-summit-2023-july-1-2023\/48710\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Michel Reiss, Former Director of U.S. State Department Policy Planning, to the Free Iran World Summit 2023\u2013July 1, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Michel — ^{Michel Reiss, former Director of U.S. State Department Policy Planning and Special Envoy to the Northern Ireland Peace Process<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nMichel Reiss, former Director of U.S. State Department Policy Planning and Special Envoy to the Northern Ireland Peace Process, addressed the first day<\/a> of the Free Iran World Summit on July 1, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michel Reiss: I look forward to seeing you in Tehran<\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe full-text speech of Ambassador Michel Reiss, follows:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat a remarkable day it has been, and I can\u2019t tell you how pleased and proud I am to be with you once again, Madame Rajavi<\/a>, and everybody here in this room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve listened carefully all day to each of the speakers, and I came away with identifying three large themes.
The first theme that I heard was courage. Winston Churchill, a man who knew a little bit about struggling against tyranny, said courage was the most important of all the virtues because without it, none of the other virtues could exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nMichel Reiss, former Director of U.S. State Department Policy Planning:
People all over the world support what you\u2019re doing, what you stand for. It\u2019s not just that they oppose the tyranny in Tehran. They endorse, they share the values, Madam Rajavi, of your 10 points. That\u2019s why\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/oin2BIjguA<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) July 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>}