{"id":73917,"date":"2025-05-25T09:27:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T07:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=73917"},"modified":"2025-05-25T09:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T07:27:03","slug":"cuneo-city-officials-voice-strong-support-for-maryam-rajavi-and-iranian-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/supports\/2025\/05\/cuneo-city-officials-voice-strong-support-for-maryam-rajavi-and-iranian-resistance\/73917\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuneo City Officials Voice Strong Support for Maryam Rajavi and Iranian Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cuneo, Italy \u2013 May 16, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On May 16, 2025, the city of Cuneo hosted a major conference titled \u201c<\/strong>Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Call \u2013 No to Executions in Iran<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>, uniting a broad coalition of elected officials, political leaders, and human rights advocates. The event was a forceful condemnation of the Iranian regime\u2019s wave of executions, its support for terrorism, and expansionist policies. Participants pledged support for the democratic vision outlined in the Ten-Point Plan<\/a> of Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The conference was chaired by Cristina Clerico<\/strong>, Cuneo\u2019s Culture Assessor, and featured various city council members and national parliamentarians.<\/p>\n

Speakers at the event underlined their enduring solidarity with the Iranian people and their opposition to the Iranian regime\u2019s gross human rights violations.<\/p>\n

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Mayor Patrizia Manassero<\/strong> emphasized Cuneo\u2019s historical opposition to dictatorships and its ongoing support for the Iranian Resistance. She referred to the city\u2019s symbolic sisterhood with Ashraf in Iraq<\/a>and confirmed that this solidarity has persisted through different administrations. She reaffirmed her commitment to democratic values and the Iranian people\u2019s quest for freedom.<\/p>\n

Parliamentarian Monica Ciaburro<\/strong> drew attention to the systematic oppression of ethnic minorities\u2014particularly the Kurds\u2014and religious communities in Iran. She emphasized the suffering of women under the regime and highlighted the significance of the recent protests in Iran as signs of an emerging democratic movement. Ciaburro also pointed to resolutions passed by both chambers of the Italian Parliament as concrete political support for the Iranian people.<\/p>\n

Senator Giorgio Maria Bergesio<\/strong>, Vice President of the Senate\u2019s Industry and Commerce Commission, addressed the Iranian regime\u2019s dual policy of internal repression and foreign terrorism. He praised the unity of the Iranian people\u2014students, artists, journalists, and everyday citizens\u2014in resisting the regime. Bergesio stressed that Italy must not remain passive and urged solidarity with the people of Iran who are fighting for freedom both within and beyond their borders.<\/p>\n

MP Chiara Gribaudo<\/strong> expressed concern over the worsening human rights situation in Iran, as documented by international organizations. She called for more than symbolic support and demanded active defense of the democratic values enshrined in Italy\u2019s own constitution.<\/p>\n

Giancarlo Boselli<\/strong>, a Cuneo City Councilor and longtime advocate for the Iranian Resistance, reflected on nearly two decades of support. He recalled visiting Camp Ashraf<\/strong>, where the NCRI had built a well-functioning community in the harsh Iraqi desert. Boselli likened the NCRI\u2019s democratic principles\u2014captured in Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u2019s Ten-Point Plan\u2014to the European anti-fascist movements of the past. He condemned the Iranian regime as one of the most brutal governments since World War II due to its record of torture, executions, and terrorism. Boselli dismissed the idea of negotiating with Tehran over its nuclear program and insisted that international support for the Iranian Resistance brings real hope for regime change.<\/p>\n

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Noemi Mallone<\/strong>, another member of the Cuneo City Council, shared her experiences at international women\u2019s conferences in 2023 and 2025. She described the gatherings as inspiring, with strong and united voices of women from around the world. Mallone praised the fundamental freedoms outlined in Rajavi\u2019s plan\u2014freedom of religion, speech, press, and dress\u2014and stressed that these values merit strong international backing. She confirmed that Cuneo\u2019s City Council had officially supported the NCRI multiple times.<\/p>\n

Dr. Khosrow Nikzat<\/strong>, head of the Iranian Doctors and Pharmacists Association in Italy, stated that while overthrowing the regime is a task for the Iranian people, Italian and European authorities should not remain on the sidelines. He urged the Italian government to officially designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC<\/a>) as a terrorist organization, shut down regime-controlled mosques and centers used for radical indoctrination, and expel Iranian regime diplomats.<\/p>\n

Elham Nikzat<\/strong>, head of the Iranian Democratic Women\u2019s Association in northern Italy, warned of the regime\u2019s intensifying use of executions and recalled the 1988 massacre<\/a> of political prisoners, most of whom were members of the PMOI and NCRI. She called for global public and institutional action to oppose these executions and to support the Iranian Resistance. She emphasized that resistance to tyranny is not just a choice but a moral imperative.<\/p>\n