{"id":330391,"date":"2025-04-11T19:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330391"},"modified":"2025-04-11T19:50:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:50:32","slug":"senator-cory-booker-calls-for-unified-u-s-stand-with-iranian-people-in-their-struggle-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/senator-cory-booker-calls-for-unified-u-s-stand-with-iranian-people-in-their-struggle-for-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Cory Booker Calls for Unified U.S. Stand with Iranian People in Their Struggle for Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330401\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ncri-us-senate-luncheon-senator-cory-booker-08042025.jpg\" alt=\"Senator Cory Booker addresses a Senate Luncheon on April 8, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ncri-us-senate-luncheon-senator-cory-booker-08042025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ncri-us-senate-luncheon-senator-cory-booker-08042025-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ncri-us-senate-luncheon-senator-cory-booker-08042025-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ncri-us-senate-luncheon-senator-cory-booker-08042025-741x420.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ncri-us-senate-luncheon-senator-cory-booker-08042025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ncri-us-senate-luncheon-senator-cory-booker-08042025-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Cory Booker addresses a Senate Luncheon on April 8, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"513\">In a passionate address during a bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/u-s-senators-and-national-security-experts-back-iranian-resistance-in-bipartisan-senate-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate event on April 8<\/a>, 2025, U.S. Senator Cory Booker emphasized the urgent need for a unified American voice in support of a democratic and non-nuclear Iran, while paying tribute to the courage of the Iranian people and the diaspora advocating for human rights and justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"907\">\u201cThis is one of those issues that\u2019s not right or left, it\u2019s right or wrong,\u201d Senator Booker said, stressing that the struggle for freedom in Iran transcends political affiliations in the United States. \u201cOur relationship with the Iranian people and their calls for justice is so critical to the United States\u2019 security, the United States\u2019 strength, and the very values which we all adhere to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"1313\">Senator Booker praised the courage of Iranians standing up to tyranny inside the country and in exile, highlighting the Iranian American community\u2019s role in raising awareness and pushing forward policy efforts. \u201cThe Iranian American community means to me personally,\u201d he said, naming friends and advocates who had helped him \u201cbe a better Senator on issues that are vital to the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senator Cory Booker spoke at yesterday&#39;s Senate Event \u201cIRAN POLICY: Countering Tehran\u2019s War and Terror\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoryBooker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoryBooker<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa WATCH FULL REMARKS HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MB3sngqRAR\">https:\/\/t.co\/MB3sngqRAR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1910006798389571744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1315\" data-end=\"1767\">Senator Booker called the moment \u201ca time of unprecedented urgency,\u201d urging bipartisan resolve in the face of Tehran\u2019s repressive policies and destabilizing regional actions. He outlined the critical goals the U.S. must pursue: \u201cA non-nuclear Iran, an end to what Iran is doing through its proxies, which is causing terror and instability in the region, the suppression of freedom and human rights not just in Iran, but for the Ashraf 3 community and others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1769\" data-end=\"2061\">He underscored his own leadership in advancing bipartisan resolutions and statements in the U.S. Senate aligned with the goals of the Iranian Resistance. \u201cI\u2019m proud to be leading in the Senate\u2026 in a bipartisan clarion call, towards our convictions and our values and our ideals,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1769\" data-end=\"2061\">Reflecting on his own 25-hour speech in the Senate, Booker remarked, &#8220;Standing 25 hours in the Senate is nothing compared to the conviction and the bravery of Iranian people who stand for justice, who put their lives on the line, who&#8217;ve suffered torture and imprisonment and more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2398\">Senator Booker also invoked the moral legacy of civil rights leaders in the United States, stating that America\u2019s destiny is intertwined with the fate of those struggling for liberty elsewhere. Quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he said: \u201cWe are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Senator Cory Booker Speaks At Senate Event - IRAN POLICY: Countering Tehran&rsquo;s War and Terror\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_2qMRqXEj5BY\" 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%2F2qMRqXEj5BY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2qMRqXEj5BY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M6S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-04-08T20:09:18Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_2qMRqXEj5BY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F2qMRqXEj5BY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Senator Cory Booker Speaks At Senate Event - IRAN POLICY: Countering Tehran\u2019s War and Terror<\/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\/2qMRqXEj5BY\" 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%2F2qMRqXEj5BY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Senator Cory Booker Speaks At Senate Event - IRAN POLICY: Countering Tehran&rsquo;s War and Terror\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Senator Corry Booker (D-NJ) addressed the Senate Nowruz event titled: &quot; IRAN POLICY: Countering Tehran\u2019s War and Terror, Advancing a Free Non-Nuclear Republic&quot;, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, from in the Kennedy Caucus Room. This briefing featured a distinguished panel of luminaries, as well as well as US Senators. The event hosted approximately 150 attendees, including Senate staffers, representatives from various embassies, and leaders from Iranian American communities across the United States. This pivotal discussion underscored the urgent need for a re-evaluation of U.S. policy toward Iran, protection of Iranian dissidents in Ashraf-3 in Albania and a renewed focus on the aspirations of the Iranian people for a peaceful, democratic, and nonnuclear future. -- OIAC is an Iranian-American organization dedicated to promoting a free and democratic Iran - free from the tyranny of the Iranian Regime and Ebrahim Raisi. We envision a free Iran where human rights are celebrated, different religious traditions are honored, and where every Iranian citizen feels safe and able to pursue their individual dreams and aspirations. We believe the United States and other nations can and should support internal struggles within Iran towards these goals. We don\u2019t support war or appeasement as options for resolving conflict with Iran. OIAC serves as a platform for Iranian Americans working on human rights issues, and we are a resource for Iranian American community organizations in the United States that want to lend their voices to the call for democratic change in Iran. OIAC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan network of Iranian-American communities from across the country. We are the largest organization of Persian-Americans\/Iranian-Americans in the US, and our members are regularly and actively engaged in pursuing options which would lead to improved relations between Iran and the United States. In Iran, democracy is within reach. Join us today to make this a reality. -- Here\u2019s how you can help: https:\/\/oiac.org\/donation\/ Stay connected with us: Website: https:\/\/oiac.org Facebook: \/ orgiac Twitter: \/ orgiac Instagram: \/ oiac_iran -- #FreeIran #Iran #Democracy #IranRegime #IranianRegime #FreeIran #RaisiMassMurderer #1988Massacre #iran #iranprotests #mahsaamini #democracy #iranrevolution #shorts #short #shortvideo #shortsvideo #shortsfeed #shortsyoutube2025 Free Iran Rally Recap Video - Organization Of Iranian American Communities -- OIAC is an Iranian-American organization dedicated to promoting a free and democratic Iran - free from the tyranny of the Iranian Regime and Ebrahim Raisi. We envision a free Iran where human rights are celebrated, different religious traditions are honored, and where every Iranian citizen feels safe and able to pursue their individual dreams and aspirations. We believe the United States and other nations can and should support internal struggles within Iran towards these goals. We don\u2019t support war or appeasement as options for resolving conflict with Iran. OIAC serves as a platform for Iranian Americans working on human rights issues, and we are a resource for Iranian American community organizations in the United States that want to lend their voices to the call for democratic change in Iran. OIAC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan network of Iranian-American communities from across the country. We are the largest organization of Persian-Americans\/Iranian-Americans in the US, and our members are regularly and actively engaged in pursuing options which would lead to improved relations between Iran and the United States. In Iran, democracy is within reach. Join us today to make this a reality. -- Here\u2019s how you can help: https:\/\/oiac.org\/donation\/ Stay connected with us: Website: https:\/\/oiac.org Facebook: \/ orgiac Twitter: \/ orgiac Instagram: \/ oiac_iran -- #FreeIran #Iran #Democracy #IranRegime #IranianRegime #FreeIran #RaisiMassMurderer #1988Massacre #iran #iranprotests #mahsaamini #democracy #iranrevolution #shorts #short #shortvideo #shortsvideo #shortsfeed #shortsyoutube\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2400\" data-end=\"2541\">In a message aired separately by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.iranntv.com\/news-simay-azadi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"2433\" data-end=\"2446\">Simay Azadi<\/em><\/a>, the Resistance-affiliated satellite TV channel, Booker addressed the people of Iran directly: \u201cYou are not alone. There are freedom-loving people all around the world, especially here in the United States, that stand with you in the larger cause for democracy, for freedom and for justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2400\" data-end=\"2541\">So please, keep your faith, keep your understanding that you are on the right side of history, and that together we will bend the arc of the moral universe more toward the justice that you seek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2400\" data-end=\"2541\">Because the justice you seek is fully in the interest of free people all around the world. We are all in this together. Inshallah, we will see justice in the future for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3131\" data-end=\"3624\">Concluding his speech, Senator Booker expressed hope that a free and democratic Iran is not only possible, but within reach: \u201cI\u2019m calling us to understand and believe, with firm hope, that one day we will all stand and celebrate that the people of Iran are free again, that the people of Iran see justice again, that the people of Iran have claimed for themselves what all people of this world deserve \u2014 a nation with a democratic North Star and a people who enjoy the blessings of liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Simay Azadi\u2019s exclusive interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoryBooker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoryBooker<\/a><br \/> on the sidelines of the conference in the Senate: &#39;To Iran\u2019s people: You\u2019re not alone, we stand with you for justice.&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eSWxQSQ9ME\">pic.twitter.com\/eSWxQSQ9ME<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/1910369915380326447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a passionate address during a bipartisan Senate event on April 8, 2025, U.S. Senator Cory Booker emphasized the urgent need for a unified American voice in support of a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":330401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,45],"tags":[222],"class_list":{"0":"post-330391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"category-news","9":"tag-iranian-resistance"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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