By Pooya
Stone
The Iranian
Government often likes to portray the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) as
highly unpopular inside and outside of Iran, which is an outright lie.
We’ve
already covered various topics, including the current Iranian uprising and MEK TV, which show how much support
the MEK has within Iran, so this time we will be focusing on how the MEK
actually enjoys wide support from politicians and activists in the
international community.
The MEK is
supported by many people across the world, from monarchs to politicians to
human rights activists to military heroes to intelligence directors to Noble
Prize winners, with hundreds of thousands of people publically pledging their
support for the MEK. This support shows that the MEK is widely recognised by
the world as Iran’s government-in-exile, making it far from “insignificant”,
and shows that there is great support for change in Iran.
WE CAN SEE
THE WORLD’S SUPPORT FOR THE MEK IN MANY WAYS, INCLUDING:
• France
allows the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) - a
coalition of dissident, democratic groups, including the MEK - to conduct its
business, as a government-in-exile, inside France
• Albania
is currently sheltering 3,000 MEK refugees, who were under attack from the
Government, in Camp Liberty in Iraq
• he US
defended the MEK from attack in Camp Liberty and Camp Ashraf in Iraq
• The UN
declared the MEK in Iraq to be protected persons and should be protected from
harm
Of course,
one of the most important ways to judge MEK support from the international
community, is at the Free Iran Grand Gathering, which is held in Paris each
summer, and attended by over 100,000 people.
THE FREE
IRAN GATHERING
This annual
event marks the anniversary of a 1981 MEK demonstration in Tehran, where half a
million people protested the mullahs’ rule. Every year, it draws more and more
people to express solidarity with the MEK, including many prominent dignitaries
from around the world.
The 2018
event was held last weekend, so let’s take a look at some of the biggest names
who spoke in favour of the MEK at the Free Iran Gathering.
•
Jean-Francois Legaret, Mayor of the 1st district of Paris
• Jérard
Deprez, MEP
• Rudy
Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City
• Newt
Gingrich, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives
• Bill
Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico
• Bernard
Kouchner, former Foreign Minister of France
• Philippe
Douste-Blazy, former Foreign Minister of France
• General
George Casey, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (2007 to 2011)
• Louis
Freeh, former Director of the FBI
• Ingrid
Betancourt, former Colombian Senator and presidential candidate
• Frances
Townsend, former assistant to the US President for Homeland Security and
Counterterrorism
• Pandeli
Majko, former Albanian Prime Minister
• Rama
Yade, former French Minister of Human Rights
• Ranjana
Kumari, Equality movement activist from India
• Maria
Candida Almeida, Deputy Attorney General and former Attorney General of
Portugal
• Eduard Lintner,
former German deputy Interior Minister
• Michael
Mukasey, former US Attorney General
• John
Baird, former Foreign Minister of Canada
• Stephen
Harper, former Prime Minister of Canada
• Sir David
Amess, British MP
• Giulio
Terzi, former Foreign Minister of Italy
That right
there is a veritable who’s who of the best and the brightest leaders in the
world and they support the MEK, but they are far from the only people. Indeed,
many people in the US Cabinet support the MEK and the belief is that they will
encourage Donald Trump to recognise MEK leader Maryam Rajavi as the true president of the Iranian
people and advocate a policy of regime change in Iran.
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