MARYAM RAJAVI AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE: IMMEDIATELY FREE THOSE ARRESTED IN IRAN UPRISING I have come here to call on Europe and the world to take urgent action for the release of thousands of young souls who have been arrested during the uprising. Dozens of protesters have been shot dead and 8,000 arrested. Every day we hear the news of a prisoner killed under torture. The regime’s officials, however, ridiculously claim that they have committed suicide  while in detention. A number of them are missing. Many families are anxiously passing days and nights, not knowing anything about their children. The mullahs are not willing to account. But Europe is silent.  Torturing prisoners to death is a crime against humanity. But I have not heard of any European government protesting this news. Why? Where is Europe's commitment to human rights? Doesn’t the European Human Rights Convention also include the people ...

UN THIRD COMMITTEE ADOPTS RESOLUTION CENSURING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN IRAN Maryam Rajavi calls on the UN to launch committee to investigate the 1988 massacre in Iran, and to prosecute and punish the officials in charge Maryam Rajavi welcomed the 64th UN resolution condemning the violations of human rights in Iran adopted only a few hours ago by the UN Third Committee. She pointed out, “The time has come for the international community and especially the UN Security Council to undertake effective and practical measures against the religious fascism ruling Iran for its flagrant and systematic violations of human rights in Iran, particularly the brutal executions that are carried out arbitrarily and en masse.” Referring to the resolution’s call on the Iranian regime “to launch a comprehensive accountability process in response to all cases of serious human rights violations, including those involving the Iranian judiciary and security agencies, and… to end impunity for suc...

MARYAM RAJAVI WELCOMES THE US POLICY AGAINST THE CLERICAL REGIME AND ITS CRIMES AGAINST THE IRANIAN PEOPLE Designation of IRGC, the main instrument of suppression, export of terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, as a terrorist entity is a long overdue, necessary step towards establishment of peace It is imperative that the National Council of Resistance of Iran be recognized to rectify the past disastrous policy vis-a-vis the people of Iran and Resistance Maryam Rajavi, welcomed the new US policy to "condemn the IRGC’s gross violations of human rights” in Iran and “to deny the Iranian regime and especially the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) funding for its malign activities, and oppose IRGC activities that extort the wealth of the Iranian people.” She said acknowledgment that under the regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, the regime “oppresses its people, abuses their rights” and “exports violence, destabilizes its neighbors, and ...