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Friday, 24 June 2005 |
 Iran, In front of me Maryam Rajavi’s face is everywhere. I met this sea
of people in golden yellow standing here in support of her. It is a
wonderful sight. By looking at Maryam Rajavi's calm, confident, and
compassionate face, you see the face of the future. She will return to
Tehran and so will you.
Speech by Lord Russell-Johnston in the gathering of 20,000 Iranians in Paris.
I wouldn't describe myself as a particularly religious person but I was
brought up in the Calvinist Christian tradition and so I know and I
recognize that millions of people all over the world, also in Iran of
course, derive strength and comfort from their religion. In no way
would I wish to deny them that.
In no way would I wish to deprive them it's practice. But what I do
deny is the right of religious leaders, whether they be Muslims,
Christians, Jewish or Hindu or whatever, to impose their values on
society. That is certainly what is happening in Iran. Crudely and
arrogantly. This great meeting says no to such arrogance and yes to
freedom.
When the Iranian people overthrew the shah, it was in the search for
freedom it was not to replace an autocracy with an even more intrusive
and dictatorial theocracy. As has been said yesterday there was a sham
election in Iran in which only the candidates with clerical approval
could stand and from which women were excluded.
In Iran under the supposed moderate presidency of Khatami, twenty six
people including eighteen women were sentenced to death by stoning,
which is unbelievably cruel.
Now, as seems possible, if Rafsanjani succeeds Iran will have a
president who has been personally responsible for many killings. He was
specifically named in the court action in Berlin in 1997 and he was the
main driving force behind the nuclear program.
I would also like to comment on the extraordinary and inexcusable
French action two years ago yesterday. France whose separation of
church and state is very specific and very strong cannot surely give
comfort to a cruel brutal and theocratic state.
The allegations against the Iranian Resistance have been shown to be
groundless, they should be withdrawn and the charges should be dropped
and this should be done forthwith.
This cannot be said too often or stressed enough, until it happens; it
is the considered view of everyone who has been involved in this
situation.
In front of me Maryam Rajavi’s face is everywhere. I met this sea of
people in golden yellow standing here in support of her. It is a
wonderful sight. By looking at her calm, confident, and compassionate
face, you see the face of the future. She will return to Tehran and so
will you. |
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