{"id":50476,"date":"2023-09-26T17:09:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=50476"},"modified":"2023-09-27T09:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T07:03:49","slug":"us-senator-robert-torricelli-speech-to-the-new-york-rally-in-support-of-uprisings-for-a-democratic-republic-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/09\/us-senator-robert-torricelli-speech-to-the-new-york-rally-in-support-of-uprisings-for-a-democratic-republic-in-iran\/50476\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senator Robert Torricelli Speech to the New York Rally in Support of Uprisings for a Democratic Republic in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"US — ^{US Senator Robert Torricelli<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDuring a great rally<\/a> held in New York on September 19, 2023, US Senator Robert Torricelli delivered a speech. The rally was held outside the UN in support of uprisings for a democratic republic in Iran and in condemnation of the Iranian regime and its president, Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, during the session of the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The text of Senator Robert Torricelli\u2019s speech follows:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is an honor to be with all of you today and to Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, who I know is listening from Europe, our respect to you today and our gratitude for your unflinching leadership in bringing down this regime. Mrs. Rajavi<\/a>, thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know, as I look at all of you today, gathered here, I see your faces and I hear your voices, but I know behind every one of you is someone you loved who was martyred, someone you care about who was jailed, someone important to you tortured. I see your faces in the hundreds, but I know behind you there are thousands. You honor their memories. You honor their lives. I am honored to be with you for the kind of people that you are. Thank you for being here. On behalf of all of them, thank you for being here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a few hours, Raisi <\/a>will stand before the diplomats of the world in the building behind me. It\u2019s important that diplomats from Africa and Asia and Europe and Latin America know who\u2019s speaking with them today. The voice you will hear from the president of Iran is the same voice that ordered the deaths of thousands and thousands of young people in hundreds of towns and villages across Iran in the last year. It was his voice that ordered their murders. It is his voice that brought their deaths. Understand who Raisi is and who it is who speaks with you today. He is a murderer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nSenator @bobtorricelli<\/a>:
When Raisi walks to the #UNGA78<\/a> podium today and shakes the hands of the leaders of the UN, know that his hands have the blood of thousands of martyrs of the #1988massacre<\/a>.#ProsecuteRaisiNow<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XpZeb3uzpf<\/a><\/p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) September 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>}