Maryam Rajavi: All the Iranian regime's factions share common interests in suppression, terrorism and plunder of public wealth

 

IN A MEETING AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Maryam Rajavi: All the Iranian regime's factions share common interests in suppression, terrorism and plunder of public wealth; the elections sham will not lead to moderation

With the money it gets from the West after lifting of sanctions, the Iranian regime buys advanced weapons for Assad to massacre the people of Syria and send waves of refugees to the West

Wednesday, March 2, 2016, the Iranian Resistance's President-elect Maryam Rajavi attended a meeting at the European Parliament entitled, "EU policy on Iran after Nuclear Accord". The meeting was presided by MEP Gerard Deprez, chairman of the Friends of a Free Iran inter-parliamentary group in the European Parliament.

A considerable number of members of the European Parliament and members of the Parliament of Belgium as well as the representative of the Syrian opposition coalition took part in the meeting and made speeches. They expressed support for the Iranian Resistance and abhorrence over the undemocratic elections in Iran. The deputies underlined the fact that elections are meaningless under a religious dictatorship and the West must not be deceived by such repetitive theatrics that they have already experienced. There are no moderates in the Iranian regime but there are suppression, religious and ethnic discrimination, interference in the affairs of other countries and warmongering in the region and the world.

Maryam Rajavi spoke to the meeting on the sham elections in Iran. In part of her remarks, she said: The so-called election was held without the presence of any opposition groups. It was in fact a race among present and former officials in charge of torture and executions. The election's outcome will not change anything in the political or economic life of the nation. This regime has no way out towards moderation. All its factions share common interests in domestic suppression and plunder of the public's wealth, as well as in exportation of terrorism.

The regime's former president Rafsanjani and his cabinet members are pursued by the German, Swiss and Argentine judiciaries for their terrorist crimes in foreign countries. The 2.5 years of Rouhani's presidency is also marked by at least 2300 executions and stepped up massacre of the people of Syria. Khamenei who relies on the Revolutionary Guards Corps, will not abandon power, either. Any change in the regime would lead to its general weakness and entirely paralyze it, ending up in the regime's ultimate overthrow.

Mrs. Rajavi denounced the European Union's position on violations of human rights in Iran and turning a blind eye on the Iranian regime's complicity in the massacre of the people of Syria. She warned: The failure to adopt a decisive policy on human rights abuses in Iran will embolden the mullahs to resume their bomb-making project and step up their warmongering in foreign lands, particularly the genocide of the people of Syria.

She said: The Iranian regime uses the money it gets from the West after lifting of the sanctions, to buy advanced weapons for Assad regime. The weapons are then used to murder the people of Syria and send a wave of refugees to the same Western countries.

Rajavi reiterated: The solution to the tragedy in Syria, the crisis in Iraq and instability in the Middle East will be found only after the IRGC is expelled from those countries. The most dangerous thing is to engage and involve the Iranian regime in the case of Syria.

The representative of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces stressed on the criminal role of the Iranian regime in the unprecedented massacre of the people of Syria. He called for international censure and decisive measures against the presence of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and their mercenaries in Syria. If it were not for the presence of the Iranian regime and the IRGC, Bashar Assad had been overthrown years ago, he reiterated.