{"id":301378,"date":"2023-02-12T21:57:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T20:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=301378"},"modified":"2023-03-01T15:37:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:37:08","slug":"john-bercow-we-detest-the-shah-and-mullahs-regimes-support-irans-people-and-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/john-bercow-we-detest-the-shah-and-mullahs-regimes-support-irans-people-and-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"John Bercow: We Detest the Shah and Mullahs\u2019 Regimes, Support Iran\u2019s People and Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, lest anybody tries to misrepresent us, we are clearly meeting here to mark the 44th anniversary of the overthrow of the diabolical, despicable, and detested Shah, and we do not want to go back to those days under any circumstances whatsoever,\u201d said John Bercow, the former speaker of the United Kingdom\u2019s House of Commons, during a grand gathering<\/a> in Paris on Sunday, in solidarity with the people of Iran.<\/p>\n

Over ten thousand freedom-loving Iranians gathered in Paris, honoring the 1979 anti-monarchic revolution<\/a> and supporting their risen compatriots in the revolution in the making<\/a> in Iran. They echoed the voice of their compatriots of \u201cdeath to the oppressor, be it Shah or the mullahs,\u201d rejecting the regime\u2019s plots to misguide the uprising by trying to resuscitate the deposed Pahlavi dictatorship.<\/p>\n

Below is the full text of Hon. John Bercow\u2019s speech, revised and edited for clarity.<\/p>\n

\"Bercow<\/p>\n

Thank you for the great privilege of being invited to be amongst your number today. I have witnessed the strength, the feeling, the passion, and the determination, and it has been my honour to listen to a series of speeches of the most compelling force. Why are we gathered here in the hearts of Paris this Sunday afternoon? The answer, my friends, my colleagues, and my fellow freedom lovers, is simply stated we detest dictatorship, and we demand democracy for the long-suffering people of Iran. I have just a small number of points to underline and articulate to you. First, lest anybody tries to misrepresent us, we are clearly meeting here to mark the 44th anniversary of the overthrow of the diabolical, despicable, and detested Shah, and we do not want to go back to those days under any circumstances whatsoever. You know, and I know, we know that the Shah was a corrupt killer. I repeat, the Shah was a corrupt killer. Corrupt in massive theft and a killer of huge numbers of decent Iranians who simply wanted to be free. The Shah did not believe in democracy. He did not believe in freedom.<\/p>\n

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John Bercow, ex-Speaker of the UK House of Commons: We are clear, meeting here, marking the 44th anniversary of the overthrow of the diabolical & despicable Shah, that we do not want to go back to that dictatorship under any circumstances.#IranRevolution<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/q7f4fE5Huv<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) February 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n