NCRI – US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said the Iranian regime resembles a military dictatorship with a religious façade, adding, that was not what the Iranian Revolution for a Republic of Iran ever meant to become.
Mrs. Clinton made the remarks on Tuesday while speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington.
“It is definitely our policy to support freedom and human rights inside Iran, and we have done so by speaking out … We have strongly condemned the actions of the Iranian Government and continue to do so.”
Highlighting the regime’s export of terrorism and meddling in the affairs of other countries in the region, Mrs. Clinton added, “We know that Iran is under tremendous pressure. Early returns from implementation of the sanctions are that they’re feeling the economic effects. We would hope that that would lead them to reconsider their positions, not only with respect to nuclear weapons, but, frankly, the export of terrorism. And it’s not only in the obvious places with Hezbollah and Hamas, but in trying to destabilize many countries in the region and beyond, where they have provided support and funding for terrorist activities as far away as Argentina.”
“There is a very, very sad confluence of events occurring inside Iran that I think eventually – but I can’t put a time frame on it – the Iranian people themselves will respond to, and we want to be helpful” she said.
With regards to the Iranian regime’s defiance of the international community regarding its nuclear weapons program, Secretary Clinton added that the choice for the regime “is clear, and they have to decide whether they accept their obligations or increasing isolation and the costs that come with it.”
