NCRI – Friends of a Free Iran Intergroup (FOFI) at the European Parliament published its report on a meeting held at the European Parliament on November 11, 2009. In the meeting chaired by Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice President of the European Parliament, and attended by dozens of Euro MPs and a large number of staff members at the European Parliament, the participants discussed the current situation in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, where 3,400 members of the Iranian opposition reside, and also the nationwide uprising in Iran against the ruling religious dictatorship.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, was the keynote speaker. Other speakers and participants included Mrs. Eva-Britt Svensson, Chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality; Mr. Struan Stevenson, President of the Iraq Delegation; Mr. Stephen Hughes, First Vice President of the Socialist and Democrats Group; Mr. Vytautas Landsbergis, Former President of Lithuania; Mr. Tunne Kelam, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; Mr. Edward McMillan-Scott, EP Vice President; Mr. Søren Søndergaard; Mr. Jim Higgins, Member of Parliament’s Bureau; Mr. Filip Kaczmarek; and Mr. Jean-Pierre Audy.
Representatives of European Member States expressed their solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising and condemned the Iranian government’s brutal crackdown. They declared that they will continue with their support for the rights of Ashraf residents and the implementation of the European Parliament’s April 24, 2009 resolution on Ashraf.
