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Senior U.S. Senate Delegation, Maryam Rajavi meet in Tirana, the Albanian Capital

Senators also met MEK members relocated from Iraq

On Saturday, August 12, 2017, a senior delegation from the United States Senate met with Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, in the Albanian capital, Tirana, and discussed the situation of the members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in Albania, the latest developments in Iran and the Middle East as well as solutions to end to current crisis in that region.  

 A senior delegation of US senators met with Maryam Rajavi at MEK headquarters in Tirana, Albania

A senior delegation of US senators met with Maryam Rajavi at an MEK Center in Tirana, Albania

 

The Senate delegation was comprised of Senators Roy Blunt, Vice President of the Republican Conference, and member of the Appropriation, Select Intelligence, Rules and Administration, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees; John Cornyn, the Majority Whip, and a member of the Judiciary, Select Intelligence, and Finance committees; and Thom Tillis, a member of the Armed Services, Judiciary, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and Veterans’ Affairs committees.

 High level US Senators meeting Mrs. Maryam Rajavi at an MEK center in Tirana, Albania

High level US Senators meeting Mrs. Maryam Rajavi at an MEK center in Tirana, Albania

The meeting, at one of the centers of the MEK in Albania, was initiated by Senator Roy Blunt, as the delegation was on a visit to Albania.

  The delegation, led by Senator Blunt spoke with Iranian Resistance delegation led by Maryam Rajavi

 The delegation, led by Senator Blunt spoke with Iranian Resistance delegation led by Maryam Rajavi

Led by Senator Blunt, the delegation congratulated the safe and secure relocation of all Camp Liberty residents outside of Iraq and wished them success in their struggle for democracy and human rights in Iran. Having undertaken extensive efforts to ensure the security of MEK members in Camp Liberty, Iraq, and their transfer outside that country in previous years, Senator Blunt described the relocation as a major victory for the Iranian people and Resistance and lauded the efforts of Mrs. Rajavi and the Iranian Resistance for the success of this major mission.

 

 Mrs. Rajavi thanked the Senators for their decisive position against Iranian regime

 Mrs. Rajavi thanked the Senators for their decisive position against Iranian regime

 

Mrs. Rajavi thanked the Senators for their decisive position vis-à-vis the Iranian regime, especially the adoption of a new resolution which imposed sanctions on the clerical regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) for human rights abuses, the ballistic missile program, and the export of terrorism. She expressed gratitude for the efforts of the U.S. Senate, particularly Senator Blunt, regarding the protection of thousands of MEK members in Camp Liberty, Iraq, and their safe relocation to Albania.

 Mrs. Rajavi discussed the situation in Iran with the the senior US Senators

 Mrs. Rajavi discussed the situation in Iran with the the senior US Senators

 

The NCRI President-elect emphasized that contrary to the propaganda by the Iranian regime’s apologists, the ruling theocracy was rotten to the core and very fragile. Without foreign support, especially the policy of appeasement pursued in the U.S. and Europe, it would not have survived so long. She added that regime change in Iran is necessary and within reach because a viable and democratic alternative exists. Mrs. Rajavi said equating regime change by the Iranian people for democracy with war and instability in the region is a sheer lie, the source of which is the Iranian regime’s lobby in western capitals. They demagogically turn the truth on its head, she noted, adding that the overthrow of the Tehran regime was a prerequisite to ending crisis and war in the Middle East. 

 

Mrs. Rajavi underscored the need for imposing comprehensive sanctions on the Iranian regime’s banking and oil sectors, expelling the IRGC and its affiliated militias from Syria, Iraq, and other regional countries, taking urgent steps to punish the regime for widespread political executions, especially the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners, setting up a commission of inquiry to investigate this major crime against humanity with the aim of bringing to justice the perpetrators, and recognizing the aspirations of the Iranian people and Resistance to overthrow the ruling religious tyranny and to establish freedom and democracy, and a republic based on the separation of religion and state, gender equality, and a non-nuclear Iran. 

 

The Senate delegation also met with a number of MEK members as well as witnesses to, and victims of, the Iranian regime’s atrocities in Iran and camps Ashraf and Liberty.   

 

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran 

August 12, 2017 

 

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