NCRI – A number of Jordanian parliamentarians, including the Parliament’s deputy speaker, as well as other dignitaries from Jordan, met with Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistace on Monday, June 30, 2008.
The Jordanian delegation was on a visit to Paris to attend the gathering of 70,000 Iranians on June 28 organized in support of Mrs. Rajavi and also democratic change in Iran.
NCRI – A number of Jordanian parliamentarians, including the Parliament’s deputy speaker, as well as other dignitaries from Jordan, met with Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistace on Monday, June 30, 2008.
The Jordanian delegation was on a visit to Paris to attend the gathering of 70,000 Iranians on June 28 organized in support of Mrs. Rajavi and also democratic change in Iran.
Dr. Mamdouh al-Abbadi, deputy speaker of the Jordanian Parliament; Mr. Mufleh al-Roheimi, leader of the majority in the Parliament and former minister; Members of Parliament Mrs. Nareeman al-Rousan, Mr. Munir Sobar, Mr. Ahmad al-Atoum, Mr. Ebrahim al-Amoush, Mr. al-Ghorabieh and Mr. Fakhri Eskandar Davoud; Mr. Soleiman Ubeida, former MP and Mr. Fakhri Qaawar, another former MP, author, and former chair of the Arab Writers Union, were among the members of the delegation to visit Auvers-sur-Oise, the residence of Mrs. Rajavi.
Addressing the situation in the Middle East and the threat of fundamentalism in the region, Mrs. Rajavi told the delegation that the root of most of the problems in the region today lies in an Iran ruled by the clerical regime. "It is the inhuman and anti-Islamic regime of Iran, which seeks division and actively pursues the expansion of fundamentalism. The regime is trying to cover up its historic weaknesses and incurable domestic crises by exporting terrorism and fundamentalism," Mrs. Rajavi said.
The President-elect of the Iranian Resistance told her Jordanian guests that the regime is using deceptive methods and slogans to win support among Muslims and Arab nations, while its lobby is trying to convince the people of the region that an atom bomb in the hands of the mullahs would act as counterweight for Muslims and Arabs against Israel. "This is a big lie," she said, noting that Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and a senior figure within the regime, considered by some as a “moderate” and “pragmatic” figure, said two decades ago that if the regime acquired a nuclear weapon, no one would be able to stop the spread of "Islamic rule" to other countries in the region. This is the primary objective of the regime from working to acquire a nuclear bomb, she warned.
"The clerical regime cannot abandon the policy of export of terrorism due to its reactionary nature. Contrary to its propaganda, the regime is extremely vulnerable and is hated by people inside the country. The recent Majlis (parliamentary) elections were boycotted by 95 percent of the people. The mullahs are unbelievably vulnerable when confronted by their main opposition, namely the PMOI [MEK][the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran]. When the British courts ordered the removal of the PMOI’s name from the terrorist list the regime made a furor. Western diplomats involved in negotiations with the regime said that in every meeting with the Iranian regime's delegation over the nuclear issue, cracking down on the PMOI’s activities was the top demand of the regime," Mrs. Rajavi told the visiting Jordanian delegation.
Appealing to the Jordanian dignitaries, she said, "As a Muslim woman and on behalf of a resistance with 120,000 of its members executed by the religious tyranny, I call on you to join the Iranian Resistance, the PMOI [MEK], and the Iraqi democratic forces and oppressed people, in their life or death struggle. This is essential to put an end to the threats of the religious fascism ruling Iran. This is our duty at this historical juncture and we are all responsible before future generations."
Dr. al-Abbadi expressed his appreciation for the invitation extended by Mrs. Rajavi to him and the Jordanian delegation for the meeting. In his remarks, he underlined the importance of respect for democratic rights which contrasts the true Islam as opposed to dictatorship under the banner of religion, and added: "We wish Iran to be a free and democratic nation. Those who claim to defend Islam and revolution but promote sectarianism and religious discrimination are massacring people in Iraq on the basis of their religious identity. We in Jordan and in neighboring Iraq never experienced religious division and conflict and in many cases we never knew what religion our Jordanian or Iraqi friends were practicing. These kinds of divisions and religious demarcations are created by those who falsely claim to represent Islam."
The deputy speaker of the Jordanian Parliament added that it was important to fight against dictatorship. "We wish you success in your struggle against dictatorship, especially in your fight against a religious dictatorship which does not allow any opposition or freedom of expression," Dr. al-Abbadi said.
Mrs. Nareeman al-Rousan described Mrs. Rajavi as the symbol of Muslim women everywhere and also women of the Middle East and assured her that people in Arab countries would not be deceived by demagogic claims of the mullahs' regime. She said that patriotic forces in Jordan, Iraq, and other countries judge other forces by their democratic inclinations. She wished Mrs. Rajavi every success in her endeavors.
Mr. Munir Sober recalled his longtime support for the Iranian Resistance, which goes back to many years ago. He cautioned against conspiracies against the Resistance by the clerical regime and said that he and his colleagues were making every effort to help the PMOI [MEK] win their battles, and wished them success.
Mr. Fakhri Eskandar Dawood followed his colleagues and said: "I am truly astonished by your organizational capabilities. I am a Christian Arab and as my colleague said, we as Christians or Muslims are working together for one goal and that is to bring about democracy and progress for our people. I am confident that we, Christians and Muslims, can and must live together in peace, and your struggle is in line with this goal. I wish you every success."
Mullahs react to Jordanian MPs’ visit
The clerical regime summoned the Jordanian ambassador in Tehran to its foreign ministry to protest the participation of a delegation of Jordanian members of Parliament and the deputy speaker at the June 28th gathering of Iranians in Paris.
At the same time, the regime's chargé d'affaires in Amman, Naser Kanani, met with the Jordanian deputy foreign minister, Mr. Naser Jodeh, to warn that the regime "would not tolerate support for the PMOI [MEK] by any country and considers contacts with this organization as a red line not to be crossed, and one which would be responded to accordingly." He told the regime's official news agency that it was unacceptable for Tehran to see Jordanian dignitaries take part in the PMOI's gathering. In view of the number of MPs, which included the deputy speaker of the Parliament, Kanani said the government should compensate and demanded reparations. The news agency added: "33 Jordanian political dignitaries and members of press including 12 MPs participated in a recent gathering by the Mojahedin in Paris."
The Jordanian foreign ministry reacted to pressures of the regime by expressing its utter surprise for summoning its ambassador in Tehran for questioning on this matter and described the MPs visit as their personal decision. The Speaker of the Jordanian Parliament also reacted to the regime's furor and said the decision by 12 MPs to attend the gathering of the PMOI [MEK] in Paris was a personal one.
In a report by the Arab Aljazeera network’s website, Mrs. Nariman al-Roussan, an MP who had addressed the gathering in Paris, expressed her amazement about the regime's reaction and asked: "What kind of a rotten regime is this in Tehran which is shaken by the attendance of a few Jordanian people's representatives in a meeting?"