NCRI – NCRI – Among delegations from across the world, a strong Canadian delegation was also present in the huge gathering of 30,000 Iranians on July 1st in Le Bourget, near Paris, to express support to Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, and her third option for democratic change in Iran. The delegation included David Kilgour, MP, Meilly Faille, MP, Paul Forseth, former MP, and Morris Flewwelling, mayor of Red Dear. Here is the speech by honorable David Kilgour:
On behalf of all the Canadians here today, I must first congratulate you on the victory from the recent ruling by the French appeals court.
All restrictions on the NCRI’s work for democracy are now lifted by the honorable court.
The government of France, US, Canada and others should also lift the terrorist label from People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).
All of us Canadians among you today agree strongly on some principles, including:
First, human dignity across the world is indivisible. When it is denied daily and systematically in Iran and elsewhere, we ultimately suffer in Canada and here in France.
Second, torture and murders by government agents, arbitrary imprisonment, religious and political persecutions across Iran amount to crimes against humanity under international law.
Third, most Canadians think it is important that the UN Human Rights Council do a much better job than the now disbanded UN Human Rights Commission.
Why would the government of Iran send Tehran’s prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi as part of its delegation to the recent inauguration of the new Council in Geneva?
Most Canadians are convinced that Mortazavi was a party to the outrageous torture and murder of much-admired Zahra Kazemi in Tehran’s Evin prison in 2003.
Finally, too many people seem to think that there are only two options in dealing with the current Iranian government: appeasement or military confrontation.
Is there not a third and better option – support for the democrats in Iran including the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) against the regime in Iran? Should not Europeans know better than anyone what appeasement does to the tyrants?
Is there not much to be learned from the recent declaration by 5.2 million Iraqis?
Long live a democratic Iran.
