Marking new Iranian school year, September 24, the Iranian Resistance's President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi  addressed a gathering of hundreds of Iranian youth at her residence in Auvers-sur-Oise, north of Paris.

Addressing students in Iran via live satellite broadcast she said: “The new school year begins at a time when the clerical regime has exhausted all deceitful avenues during 16 years of Rafsanjani and Khatami's presidencies. This regime was eventually forced to put them aside disgracefully, frustrated and discouraged. It had to expose the true face of its dictatorial rule, the rule of velayat-e faqih or supreme religious jurisprudent.”

“Therefore, the current situation in Iran marks a new era. The regime is at a turning point with the Iranian society and its organized resistance on one hand, and with the international community on the other. The regime has tried everything and is left with no other option.”

“The mullahs are vehemently trying to suppress the spirit of freedom and resistance, especially among the young generation. They call the young men and women of Iran mobs and gangsters and employ the most despicable and humiliating measures to break their morale, their will and their personalities,” she said and urged Iranian youth to take up leadership roles in demanding the people’s rights.