{"id":61843,"date":"2024-07-07T11:07:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T09:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=61843"},"modified":"2024-07-07T11:07:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T09:07:40","slug":"remarks-by-ambassador-lincoln-bloomfield-at-the-free-iran-2024-world-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/free-iran-2024-world-summit\/2024\/07\/remarks-by-ambassador-lincoln-bloomfield-at-the-free-iran-2024-world-summit\/61843\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield at the Free Iran 2024 World Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\" — Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
On June 29, 2024,\u00a0 at the Free Iran 2024 World Summit<\/a> hosted at the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>) headquarters in Paris, Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political and Military Affairs sent a video message to the summit. Ambassador Bloomfield highlighted the increasing global support for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>) and the growing list of transgressions by the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n
*The full text of Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield\u2019s speech follows:<\/em><\/p>\n*
*Good afternoon and greetings to* Madam Rajav<\/a>i, to her great team at the National Council of Resistance of Iran, and to her guests, to the Mujahedin-e-Khalq<\/a> in Albania<\/a> and inside Iran, and to all the supporters of the organized resistance inside Iran and around the world.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been an interesting weekend where we can see that the NCRI enjoys enormous support that\u2019s been growing year after year. At the same time, our governments have had to deal with increasing problems from Iran, not only the nuclear threat, but also aggression across Europe, and in America, human rights abuses in Iran with major executions and abuse of women, and destabilization in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, as we meet this year to the long list of transgressions, we have to add my view that Iran was behind the Hamas attack on Israel last October 7th and bears responsibility for the terrible destruction that has occurred since then. All of the weapons that Hamas used came from Iran, and all of the threats from other non-state militias, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and the Shia militias in Iraq, all of these are directed by the Quds Force<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, we see Iranian drones killing innocent Ukrainians, and those drones are now in Sudan and Ethiopia. There\u2019s trouble all across Europe. We\u2019ve seen aggression by Iran in Albania, in France, in Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and the UK, and many problems in the United States, including threats to our drinking water and attempted abductions and assassinations. The question is, how do we make it stop? What do we do? I think the supporters of the NCRI and Madam Rajavi, above all, know what the answer is.<\/p>\n
*Her 10-point plan inspires us all. But our governments need to rethink Iran\u2019s policy. It\u2019s time for them to take more action to stop this problem.<\/p>\n*
We need to stop the weapons flowing to Yemen and Gaza. We need to tell Iran that there must be no more hostages or else serious consequences will ensue. And by that, I mean not allowing their oil exports to exit the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n
We need to give satellite communications to the citizens of Iran so that they don\u2019t have to be monitored by their own government. They can communicate and listen to the outside world. We need to close Iran\u2019s embassies throughout the West.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ve abused diplomatic privileges for far too long, and they don\u2019t deserve to have immunity where they can transport bombs on civil airliners, as they did with a bomb that almost blew up our rally in 2018. And we need to pursue justice for all of the victims of the 1988 massacre<\/a> of up to 30,000 political prisoners, most of them MEK. Even though President Raisi is gone<\/a>, there are still people in this regime at high levels who are implicated in the massacre.<\/p>\n
They deserve to be brought to international tribunals to answer for these crimes. We need to get ready for the change that\u2019s coming because change is coming in Iran. It\u2019s not a happy thing to talk about the pain that the Iranian citizens are going through with such a poor economy, with such a corrupt and immoral regime in charge.<\/p>\n
*It won\u2019t be easy, but we need to stand together. We need to turn our governments into agents of change, positive change. No one\u2019s talking about bombing Iran.<\/p>\n*
The change must come from within, but they deserve in Iran to know that the people of the world stand with them and will do what we can to uphold justice and peace and a brighter future in a free Iran. Thank you.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe do not seek to replace the current ruling power with another.\u201d Rather, the goal is to return power to \u201cits rightful owner \u2013 the Iranian people\u201d. (Forty-five years of PMOI promoting participatory government in Iran; still misunderstood\/mischaracterized in Western capitals. pic.twitter.com\/c7BukeAi7E<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Lincoln Bloomfield (@LBJunior) June 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n