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\u201cThe deep causes are made up of 43 years of repression, destruction, and looting of the country’s wealth, massive arbitrary executions, and arrests culminating in the massacres of 1988. The immediate cause should not hide these root causes,\u201d said Mr. Herv\u00e9 Saulignac, a member of the French National Assembly, in his remarks addressing a conference<\/a> on February 7 in the country\u2019s parliament in solidarity with the Iranian people\u2019s revolution<\/a> and their Resistance. The following is the full text of his remarks.<\/p>\n Thank you, Madam President. Dear C\u00e9cile, dear CPID colleagues, ladies, and gentlemen.<\/p>\n First, we are in the fifth month of a nationwide uprising, which is a long time. It is a long time for those who are probably living it from a distance. The passage of time should not trivialize this popular protest. We must not forget that this movement is unprecedented in its scope and duration. More than 280 cities literally rose up. Unfortunately, the movement cost nearly 800 lives, including 63 children. Nevertheless, the bloody repression has not stopped this movement, and it is important to understand the uprising’s immediate and deep causes.<\/p>\n We should keep the immediate causes in mind because we are still deeply marked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who was killed for loosely wearing her veil. Her death reminded us of the abuses of the morality police, a police force that has existed since the beginning of the Iranian revolution to repress women.<\/p>\n The deep causes are made up of 43 years of repression, destruction, and looting of the country’s wealth, massive arbitrary executions, and arrests culminating in the massacres of 1988. The immediate cause should not hide these root causes and the explosive nature of the situation since 2021 and the death of Mahsa Amini, which was the detonator. The forces of repression and plunder in Iran are structured around the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is the backbone of the religious dictatorship. The IRGC is directly responsible for the bloody crackdowns during previous and recent protests.<\/p>\n Conference at the French National Assembly in presence of French Dignitaries & political figures — Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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