National wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\nThe event organised by the National Council for Resistance in Iran (NCRI) brought together dissidents and activists living in exile from Iran around the world.<\/p>\n
Prince Turki, who served as the Saudi intelligence chief for more than 20 years and was also the Saudi ambassador to the United States, became the highest ranking Arabian Gulf speaker to address the rally.<\/p>\n
He said the Iranian regime\u2019s animosity with its Gulf neighbours started soon after the revolution of 1979, when it started to threaten the stability of Arab countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cAyatollah Khomeini said that he will export his revolution and directly threatened our existence, furthermore his suppression of Arabs, Armenians, Azeris, Balouchis, Sunnis and Shiites still continues,” he said.<\/p>\n
Maryam Rajavi, leader of the NCRI, accused Iran\u2019s leadership of supporting the massacre\u2019s committed by the Syrian regime and called for an end to Iranian meddling in Iraq and Yemen.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo long as the regime\u2019s occupation of Syria, Iraq and Yemen continues, one cannot confront Daesh effectively,” she told thousands of activists.<\/p>\n
She said regime change in Tehran was the only solution to improve stability in the region.<\/p>\n
Among those attending the two-day conference are officials, politicians and activists from a host of countries.<\/p>\n
The National added that the personalities present at the event included former Algerian prime minister Sid Ahmed Ghozali and the former US Congress speaker Newt Gingrich.<\/p>\n
Mr Gingrich called for a more aggressive American stance towards the Iranian regime adding that the NCRI should be recognised as the legitimate democratic alternative to the Ayatollah regime in Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I go back to America I will let them know that there are hundreds of thousands of Iranians around the world supporting the democratic opposition,” Mr Gingrich said.<\/p>\n
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