Iranian Resistance has potential to bring about democratic change in Iran – Maryam Rajavi

NCRI – Addressing the meeting of the Liberal Group at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Monday, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, highlighted the threats posed by the religious dictatorship ruling Iran and reiterated that change in her homeland is within reach.

Pledging on behalf of the Iranian Resistance, she said: "We ask foreign countries for neither money nor weapons. The Iranian Resistance has the potential and the elements necessary to bring about democratic change in Iran." She then assured the meeting, "We do not aim to assume power at all costs. Our goal is to guarantee freedom and democracy no matter what it costs."

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Full text of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s speech

Mr. President,
Ladies and gentlemen,

It is an honor for me to be here among you today.

I wish to thank Lord Russell-Johnston for his kind remarks and his efforts in support of the Iranian people’s Resistance. 

I thank also the liberal group for organizing this meeting. 

I came today to speak to you in the name of a people whose rudimentary rights have been denied by the ruling religious dictatorship. 

I am speaking about a country where freedom advocates are tortured and executed, and where women are stoned to death on bogus pretexts.
 
I came to convey the Iranian people’s cry for freedom to this assembly of the representatives of the European people.