Posted by Tina
A growing number of Iranians are hitting the streets to protest the Mullahs and demand their freedom. To that end a conference was held in Paris on Friday:
In Paris Friday, freedom-loving Iranians held a major “Free Iran 2018” conference, featuring a panel discussion with experts from the U.S., Canada, France, and Algeria, discussing the consequences of recent protests in Iran along with what’s going on with the Iranian opposition. Among them, there were experts who praised both Iran’s top opposition leader, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, and President Trump.
The panel discussion was a public exchange of ideas, giving experts and audience members the chance to discuss the difference between what we saw before in past protests and what we see now going on in Iran.
According to a National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI) report, Ambassador Mitchell Reiss, a former director of U.S. State Department policy, who moderated the event, said, “Today Madame Rajavi [the leader of NCRI] is widely respected as the inspiration behind the democratic movement for change in Iran,” adding that the current momentum is on the side of those who want a democratic Iran. “Credit must go first and foremost to Madame Maryam Rajavi and the members of NCRI,” Reiss said, reminding listeners of the role the Iranian opposition played in the protests. …
… The JCPOA (Ben Rhodes’s Iran deal) gave Iran a lot of money, and that money did not go into the economy, Mukasey said. “The slogans of the protests are focused on telling the regime that we’re not interested in seeing our money spent on Lebanon and Syria. We want it to be spent here.”
“We want to thank the men and women of Iran that have come to the forefront to fight for everything that the MEK has stood for,” said Louis Freeh, former director of the FBI.
Freeh reminded the audience that the regime and the IRGC (Iran’s revoluationary guard) continue to export terrorism in the region and that sanctions have not deterred the primary goal of exporting terrorism.
“However, the command and control of the regime has started to deteriorate considerably,” he said. A testament to that fact is that the protests are becoming inclusive and are covering all of Iran.
“The resumption of sanctions is a key change and catalyst,” Freeh said, reminding that despite rhetoric we hear from different European states, companies will not take the risk of secondary U.S. sanctions for dealing with Iran.
“It’s time to push forward with confidence, consistence and with a vision,” Freeh concluded. “Part of that vision is getting Madame Rajavi to visit the United States.”
“I’m pleased to stand in solidarity with you and the people of Iran,” said John Baird, former foreign minister of Canada…
“It’s the first time in 65 years that a American president understands something about Iran,” said Yves Bonnet, former governor and head of France’s Internal Security Service (DST).
Hassan Mahmoudi, who wrote the article, “Experts eye prospects for change in Iran at big Paris exile conference, with praise for Trump,” for the American Thinker, “is a human rights advocate, specializing in political and economic issues relating to Iran and the Mideast.”
Good things are being accomplished behind the scenes in a very short amount of time. Americans chose wisely when we elected the “crass blowhard”…truth be told there’s so much more going on with Trump.
But the crazy remarks do keep the opposition and the media occupied and busy, don’t they?