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London, 17 Jul – Earlier this month, billions of Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr, which marks the joyous end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), writes, “To practicing Muslims of all stripes, Ramadan is a season of compassion, self-betterment and community, values wholly denigrated by the persistence of terrorism and tyranny under the name of Islam.”

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Paris, 16 Jul – Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on Friday expressed her condolences and heartfelt sympathy to French President, Francois Hollande, and the Government and people of France, especially the families of the victims of the horrific crime committed in Nice at the Bastille Day celebration on Thursday evening. She also prayed for the quick recovery of the injured.

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London, 15 Jul – In his speech at this past weekend’s “Free Iran” conference, which was published on the Washington Times’ website, Tom Ridge, former governor and congressman for the state of Pennsylvania, and a former Secretary of the U.S. Homeland Security Department, urged support of a free, democratic Iran.

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Washington, 15 Jul – The former Foreign Minister of Italy has written an op-ed for The Hill on the West’s mistakes following 2015’s “controversial” nuclear agreement.

Giulio Terzi said that Iran’s past actions should have shown the likelihood that they wold renege on the terms of the deal, but Western politicians continued to laud Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as a moderate. Considering the many reports by human rights organisations regarding Iran’s brutal treatment of political opponents, women, and minorities, the Regime is anything but.

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London, 14 Jul – Last weekend’s rally for the Iranian Resistance attracted over 100,000 attendees to Paris.

Howard Dean, the former Governor of Vermont, was one of many bipartisan US politicians at the event.

In his speech he lauded the efforts of Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and other members of the Resistance for coming together to fight the regime. He stated that Rajavi’s 10-point-plan was something that Western countries wanted to see implemented in Iran, with the introduction of a secular government.

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London, 14 Jul – At the Iranian Resistance rally in Paris last weekend, former speaker of the US House of Representatives Newt Gingrich pledged his support to the main opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), headed by opposition leader Maryam Rajavi.

The former Georgia Republican representative spoke of the powerful symbol the rally provided to those suffering under the regime and said it was an honour to follow Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud’s speech.

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Washington, 14 Jul – Over 100,000 people turned out in Paris last weekend to demand an end to the theocratic regime.

The annual event is organised by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), one of two main opposition movements to the mullah’s regime; the second being the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI). This year’s gathering would focus on the change, or lack thereof, in the regime since the nuclear agreement of 2015.

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London, 14 Jul – Major daily newspapers from across the Arab world have given front-page coverage to Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi and the Iranian Resistance after last weekend’s rally.

At the ‘Free Iran’ gathering in Paris, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) came together to call for regime change in Iran; including the introduction of democracy and human rights into the country.