Maryam Rajavi: People’s uprising for freedom continues until change of entire clerical regime and establishment of democracy and freedom in Iran
NCRI – Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, lauded people in Tehran and other cities for turning the mullahs’ so-called ‘Quds Day’ show into a major uprising for freedom. She said: Your uprising today is a major victory against Khamenei and Ahmadinejad. They failed to stop you despite mobilizing all their forces and using the most barbaric tortures, raping boys and girls in jails and savagely attacking Camp Ashraf in Iraq.
She reiterated: The powerful uprising today in Tehran, Shiraz, Tabriz, Mashhad, Esfahan and other cities echoes the glaring fact that the Iranian people’s uprising for freedom will continue until complete change of the entire clerical regime and establishment of freedom and democracy in our enchained homeland. Indeed, it is an uprising until victory.
People’s slogans such as “we will fight, we will die, but we’ll take our country back” and their angry cries against Khamenei highlight the courageous morale of the Iranian people whose voice has not been silenced by all the killings, tortures and brutal suppressions, noted Mrs. Rajavi.
The President-elect of the Iranian Resistance emphasized that people’s slogan “Torture and rape are no longer effective,” which could be heard from the streets of central Tehran today, disgraced Khamenei and exposed his shameful failure to hold on to power by resorting to sexual assaults against male and female prisoners. This has brought for him nothing but greater dishonor, embarrassment and even more instability for his regime.
She added: Today’s widespread uprising is also a big defeat for Khamenei’s suppressive plans. For weeks he had placed the plan to contain today’s uprising on top of the political and security priorities of his regime and was personally commanding the suppressive operation through Sarallah Base.
All the suppressive apparatus of the regime including the Revolutionary Guards Corps, the paramilitary Bassij force, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, State Security Forces and the Anti Riot units, were used but today the people’s uprising surpassed all of them.
She reminded the world powers still bidding on negotiating with the falling regime and insist on continuing with the appeasement policy to receive the message of Iranian people from across the country. Those countries must no longer pin their hopes on a regime which is on the verge of collapse. The disgraceful policy of appeasement should be replaced with comprehensive sanctions to stop the Iranian regime from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
September 18, 2009
