{"id":213690,"date":"2020-02-29T15:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T15:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncriranlive.wpengine.com\/en\/?p=213690"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T14:24:40","slug":"canadian-lawmakers-show-solidarity-with-the-iranian-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/canadian-lawmakers-show-solidarity-with-the-iranian-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Lawmakers Show Solidarity With the Iranian Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_213692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213692\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Conference_in_Canadian_Parliment\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Conference_in_Canadian_Parliment.jpg\" alt=\"The conference, Iran: Human Rights, uprisings, and West\u2019s political options at the Sir. John McDonald\u2019s building in the Canadian Parliament\" width=\"800\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Conference_in_Canadian_Parliment.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Conference_in_Canadian_Parliment-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Conference_in_Canadian_Parliment-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Conference_in_Canadian_Parliment-696x338.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The conference, Iran: Human Rights, uprisings, and West\u2019s political options at the Sir. John McDonald\u2019s building in the Canadian Parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Canadian lawmakers are showing support for the Iranian Resistance and its cause of a free Iran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An event was held at the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sir. John McDonald\u2019s building in the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the initiative<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">M<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">embers of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">arliament<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0from Canada<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The event was titled: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran: Human Rights, uprisings<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and West\u2019s political options.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr id=\"system-readmore\" \/>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This event was attend<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed by dozens of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Canadian\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">enators, MPs, and renowned American politicians, as well as the supporters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0(NCRI)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The participants of this event paid tribute to the victims of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-world\/27198-u-s-confirms-iran-regime-s-role-in-shooting-down-ukrainian-airplane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ukrainian passenger jet<\/a>, sho<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0down by the Iranian regime\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/26779-iran-s-regime-is-the-world-s-foremost-threat-to-peace-and-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a>; and over 1500 martyrs of the nationwide Iran protests.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Canadian Lawmakers Show Solidarity With the Iranian Resistance\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_T7EY99PQa0g\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FT7EY99PQa0g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T7EY99PQa0g\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M16S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-02-29T19:47:51Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_T7EY99PQa0g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FT7EY99PQa0g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Canadian Lawmakers Show Solidarity With the Iranian Resistance<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/T7EY99PQa0g\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FT7EY99PQa0g%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Lawmakers Show Solidarity With the Iranian Resistance\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Canadian lawmakers are showing support for the Iranian Resistance and its cause of a free Iran. An event was held at the Sir. John McDonald\u2019s building in the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday, on the initiative of Members of Parliament from Canada. The event was titled: \u201cIran: Human Rights, uprisings and West\u2019s political options.\u201d This event was attended by dozens of Canadian Senators, MPs, and renowned American politicians, as well as the supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The meeting was held at the invitation of the Liberal Party MP\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Judy Sgro<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and Conservative MP James\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bezan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in cooperation with the Canadian Committee of Friends of a Democratic Iran.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Former US\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Democratic Senator Robert\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Torricelli<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">former<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0US<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0were among the participants of this event.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great point raised by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesbezan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jamesbezan<\/a> in his speech to the the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#8216;ian community .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDA_Canada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IDA_Canada<\/a> yesterday: &#8220;it is time to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organisation in its entirety&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>IRGC is the main tool of the mullahs&#8217; regime to suppress the Iranian people and export terrorism <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5HS6RoLA0L\">pic.twitter.com\/5HS6RoLA0L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dowlat Nowrouzi (@DowlatNowrouzi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DowlatNowrouzi\/status\/1232715642320670721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">David\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kil<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gore<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a former Canadian M<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was the first speaker and the moderator of this event<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0who welcomed the participants and political<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0figures present at this event.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Referring to the MEK\u2019s delisting from Canada\u2019s list of terrorists organization Mr.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bezan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0said: \u201cI&#8217;m proud of the work that we were able to accomplish. Under the former conservative government, we were able to delist the MEK as a terrorist organization.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:320}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cAnd in return, we listed the Quds Force as a terrorist organization. And we continue to watch how they not only destabilize the entire region, but how they have carried out their evil terrorist attacks in Syria, on the streets of Baghdad and throughout Iran. Those innocent protesters back in the fall who were standing up against the Ayatollah and his terrorist regime, against the abuse that they were facing by the Iraqi government, demanding change, demanding the end of corruption,\u201d he continued while referring to the IRGC\u2019s Quds Force, which is on the Canada\u2019s list of terrorists organizations.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:320}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Referring to the elimination of the Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/26763-quds-force-s-arm-in-iraq-holy-shrines-reconstruction-headquarters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quds Force<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Mr.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bezan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0said, \u201cAll of us join in the condemnation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27175-who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General Soleimani<\/a> and he deservedly got his own medicine by being taken on by the United States, when was cited by the Baghdad International Airport.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:320}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mr.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bezan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0called the shooting down of the Ukrainian passenger jet, with over 50 Canadian citizens aboard \u201cunconscionable,\u201d and said that \u201cWe have to make sure that we hold the regime to account.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:320}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mr.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bezan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0called for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the black<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">listing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">president<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Hassan Rouhani and foreign minister Mohammad\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Javad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Zarif whom Mr.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bezan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0described as a \u201cchief propagandist and foreign minister had blood on his hands.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Always proud to speak up for the Iranian community. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CaQxwtduka\">https:\/\/t.co\/CaQxwtduka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Bezan (@jamesbezan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesbezan\/status\/1232446626498637824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2020<\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:320}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield was the next speaker. He started his speech by expressing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">personal condolences for the loss of the Canadian and Iranian and other lives in the shoot down of the Ukrainian jet.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During his speech, Ambassador Bloomfield focused on the Iranian regime\u2019s demonizing campaign of the MEK and answered the allegations.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He then spoke of his first acquaintances with the MEK saying: \u201cI was sent to Paris<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I went to a rally in 2011 and it was an astonishing sight as we&#8217;ve heard.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">First of all<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the dignitaries over there, there were high officials, former officials from Canada, from the United States, from many other countries which really opened my eyes. I asked a continuous stream of questions and began reading the literature about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After citing the long history of regime\u2019s actions against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>, particularly it&#8217;s demonizing campaign<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Ambassador Bloomfield said<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201cThe MEK is the one and only resistance group that the regime is against<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis is key. Unlike other groups, the monarchists and others, it&#8217;s not just a political critique this as well, this is too much of a dictatorship we need a more democratic model, it&#8217;s a religious critique. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massoud\u00a0Rajavi<\/a> was defining an Islam that was entirely different from Ayatollah Khomeini\u2019s 12th Shia Islam and when you say I&#8217;m sorry I reject your political blueprint, but I also don&#8217;t accept your religious credential, that is war<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">After further delving into the details of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK\u2019s <\/a>long struggle for freedom and the price it has paid, and the regime\u2019s bogus propaganda campaign<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Ambassador Bloomfield concluded: \u201cSo there is a lot of accountability to be had. I think we can do a much better policy if we strip away the propaganda, and we know there is a deeper truth and once we have that truth in hand, as Senator Torricelli had said, we can\u2019t be stopped.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:320}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Former Senator Robert Torricelli was another speaker of the event.\u00a0 He talked about his personal experience concerning the Iranian resistance and said: \u201cThis fight will not only be won; it will be won soon. And most importantly, victory is inevitable because that&#8217;s the human experience. So, every one of us needs to make this pledge. If I&#8217;m right, we will not gather here many more times. One of these days supporters of Mrs. Rajavi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">We&#8217;ll<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0be having this event in Tehran.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the end of the event,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the speakers and participants visited an exhibition which was held\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0tribute<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran protests\u2019 martyrs and the victims of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ukrainian plane crash.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian lawmakers are showing support for the Iranian Resistance and its cause of a free Iran.&nbsp; An event was held at the&nbsp;Sir. 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