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Former Belgian Prime Minister Mr. Guy Verhofstad was among the distinguished guests who participate in an international conference<\/a> hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> in Auvers-sur-Oise on June 22.<\/p>\n Expressing gratitude to NCRI President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi for the invitation, Mr. Verhofstad said: \u201cI think it’s a very good moment to organize this conference at this moment when we have published an open letter on May 23, signed by no less than 109 former prime ministers, heads of state, political leaders. And let’s make that as the first conclusion of today is the very first time that so many politicians are united to call for a new approach, a radical new approach towards Iran. And with this letter that we send to the world leaders of today, we ask them, in fact, to change strategy and to take decisive steps against the current regime in Tehran.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c300 civilians have been executed since the beginning of this year alone,\u201d added the former Belgian Prime Minister, who is a signatory to a letter<\/a> endorsed by 117 formed leaders in support of the Iranian people’s uprising and Resistance.\u00a0 \u201cLast month, 142 innocent people were executed in Iran. That’s four murders a day by the regime. In 2022, nearly 600 people were executed in Iran. The clerics have the dubious honor of claiming that they have the highest number of executions in the world after China. That is the reality of today in Iran. And that comes in top of the many tens of thousands of deaths [executions] for which the regime should be held accountable since the 1980s. Not to forget the genocide that took place in the summer of 1988, where up to 30,000 innocent men and women have died a gruesome death.\u201d<\/p>\n .@guyverhofstadt<\/a>: We thought that we would get results by continuing to talk to these so-called moderates of the regime. We have to say today that this strategy & approach was wrong. In fact, there are no moderates in the regime of Iran. #FreeIran2023<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/N2wllpOzzf<\/a><\/p>\n — NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) June 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n