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On Tuesday, the Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran (CPID) in the French National Assembly held a conference on Iran\u2019s situation. French MPs and renowned politicians attended Tuesday\u2019s conference, expressing their utter support of the Iranian people\u2019s uprising and the Organization Resistance movement. The keynote speaker of this event was Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Iranian people will continue to surprise and sweep away all the propaganda and myths about the regime\u2019s stability and power. These people have demonstrated that their decision to topple the mullahs\u2019 dictatorship is final,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi said in her message to the conference.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While rejecting the false notions that Iran\u2019s uprising has diminished and that Iranian people want a return to the deposed Pahlavi dictatorship, Mrs. Rajavi said: Some are in a hurry to make people believe that repression can stifle the uprising. No, never! Nothing will be the same as before, and Iran will not return to the past. Neither to the near past of a normalization of the mullahs\u2019 dictatorship nor to the more distant past of the dictatorship of a shah.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe people of Iran have made it clear in their slogan, \u2018We have not made sacrifices to bow down to a criminal leader,\u2019 and, \u2018Death to the oppressor, be it the shah or the [mullahs\u2019] leader.\u2019 The alternative is an Iran that looks to the future,\u201d she said, referring to the popular slogans in the ongoing uprisings.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n She urged the French government and parliamentarians to \u201cnot give in to the [regime\u2019s] blackmail.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIf France wants to stand by the women and young people struggling in Iran, it must recognize the Iranian people\u2019s right to overthrow the mullahs\u2019 regime. It must hold the regime\u2019s leaders accountable, and above all, it must prioritize the terrorist designation of the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a>) by the European Union. Wasting time will only allow the mullahs\u2019 killing and war machines to roll,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n MP C\u00e9cile Rilhac<\/a>, from the Renaissance party and the chairwoman of the CPID, presided over the session. Referring to the diverse political support of the Iranian Resistance and uprising at the conference, Mrs. Rilhac said: \u201cwe are the representatives of a democracy of the French Republic, and above all, we have this same desire to support the Iranian people in their search for democracy, but above all for freedom.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While praising Mrs. Rajavi\u2019s ten-point plan<\/a> for the future of Iran, which defends democratic values, MP Rilhac said: \u201cAmong these democratic values and principles, there are free elections, i.e., the choice of universal suffrage as the only source of the legitimacy of government. And that is why we reject any form of dictatorship, whether it is that of mullahs who give themselves divine legitimacy to violently repress their people or the old monarchical dictatorship, which recognized a certain legitimacy by a bond of blood and kinship.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After Mrs. Rilhac, MP Herv\u00e9 Saulignac<\/a> from the Socialist Party of France and the NUPES alliance spoke. He is also among the four Vice Presidents of the CPID. Mr. Saulignac referred to the destructive role of the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), which he described as the \u201cbackbone of the religious dictatorship.\u201d He underlined that the IRGC forces are responsible for the bloody repressions during the previous demonstrations. Mr. Saulignac also pointed to the IRGC\u2019s terrorist activities in Europe, particularly the foiled bombing of the NCRI\u2019s annual Free Iran summit in\u00a0 Villepinte, France,\u00a0 on June 30, 2018.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While welcoming the recent resolution by the European Parliament, urging the member states to proscribe the IRGC, MP Saulignac stressed: \u201cFrance will not be able to turn a blind eye forever or just vocally condemn the crimes committed by the regime. It will have to end the endless discussions the regime uses to legitimize itself.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The uprising started almost 5 months ago; Iranian people, especially women, have moved the world with their courage & bravery in face of injustice, inequality, & discrimination. — Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
This is the courage of a generation standing in face of death, arrests & torture.#IranRevolution<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/CgWCuhpH3K<\/a><\/p>\n