Paris, February 2, 2013 - Madame president, honorable guests, ladies and gentlemen, the video clip that you have just seen has revived on me very painful experience.  It was me who first visited Ashraf and did the body count.  I reported what I saw on the ground and UNAMI did not show any interest in making the report public.  I had to make the report public through irregular, unusual way of reporting.  And I passed the report to Geneva that made it public.  It is [0:00:51] (history).  [applause]

Now I would like to share some experience with you very briefly just to tell you how sometimes good intentions turn to bad ones and end up with people being sent to prisons.  Indeed, the first idea of drafting and signing an MOU with the government of Iraq, it was mine.  And we did it with the best of intentions is to give a status to the Ashrafis, to find a way out with dignity.  Unfortunately this idea was hijacked and used indeed to send people to a detention center.  But I would like to share some ideas with you with this MOU, the memorandum of understanding signed with the government of Iraq.  First, we drafted it so that we give protection to the Ashrafis.  But [0:02:17] intervention in this process made it a process, an MOU for persecution, not protection.  The first thing for those who didn't see the MOU, there was no reference to humanitarian law.  In fact it was crossed from the draft.  No reference whatsoever to humanitarian law, international humanitarian law is unacceptable for the government of Iraq.

Paris, February 2, 2013 - Thank you very, very much.  It's a pleasure to be with you again.  I flew in last night from Washington where John Kerry was in his first day as the new United States Secretary of State taking over for my former boss, Hillary Clinton, someone who like Madame Rajavi also provides an extraordinary example for women in the world.  Now, on Secretary Kerry's to-do list there are some significant challenges.  There is the emerging crisis in Mali, and I wish to pay tribute to the French government for its intervention in Mali and the success that it has achieved thus far.  There are several countries in transition—Tunisia, Egypt and Libya—and it is difficult to determine at any one moment whether they're moving forward, sideways or backwards.  We know that their democratic development will not proceed in a straight line and will be the work of a generation.  And I completely agree with the comments made a moment ago that there is a real danger that these revolutions are being hijacked away from the women who in Tahrir Square and other places have called for a change in their respective countries.  There is the tragedy that continues to unfold in Syria, with the accompanying challenge of developing an effective Syrian opposition building up its credibility and legitimacy both outside and particularly inside the country.  Iran has been a significant factor in protecting the existing government despite a death roll that now has risen above 70,000 people killed with hundreds of thousands displaced either inside Syria or in neighboring states such as Turkey or Jordan.  And let me join in saluting the courage and determination of the Syrian opposition in confronting this extraordinary violence perpetrated by the Assad government with the help of the Iranian government.  [applause] Their courage is extraordinary, as we know, shared by the people at Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty.

Paris, February 2, 2013 - Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you for your very kind introduction.  I want to thank Madame Rajavi for her extraordinary speech.  And I ask after you've heard the speech of Madame Rajavi, who do you think should be president of Iran, Ahmadinejad or Madame Rajavi? [applause] [chanting] Those values of gender equality, of separation of mosque and state, freedom, of abolishing the death penalty, those are not just Iranian values.  Those are American values and we should be supporting those who wish to spread democratic values around the world.

Paris, February 2, 2013 - Thank you, very, very much.  And I have to confess that that does make me feel welcome, so I'm grateful.  Callista and I are delighted to be with you today.  This is the fourth time I have worked with you, and in the short time I've been directly involved we have seen progress, for example, in your legal status in the United States—progress that did not seem possible a few years ago.  Things are developing.  It was totally appropriate that your master of ceremonies it eh attorney who first took up the case and who in the last 11 years has made such a difference in making sure that the world understands that this is a movement for freedom, for democracy, for equality, not a movement for terrorism.  And so I commend your master of ceremonies for the great work he did.  And I commend your leader for the extraordinary courage she has shown in standing up to a dictatorial regime quite capable of killing, torturing and assassinating.  It is an honor to be with you today.  [applause]

Paris, February 2, 2013 - Good evening all to you.  It's really an honor to stand here.  And first of all maybe I'd like to give best wishes from Estonian Parliamentarians who couldn't attend in this event, and best wishes all to you and to Mrs. Maryam Rajavi as well.  I take the risk to say that Estonians really understand what Iranian people are living through nowadays.  And it's very simple way, because we lived under Soviet occupation five decades, more than 50 years under Soviet Russian occupation.  Russia, which is now ally of mullah regime in Europe.  So, with killings, executions, deportation and huge, huge pressure from the regime.  And I think that every people, every single person of free world must even try to understand the difficulty of fighting against dictatorship, against criminal regime.  And I think everyone must try to support these kind of fightings.  And I think everyone in here agrees that Iranian regime, what it is today, is a great danger to the whole, whole world.  We must remember it.  If every day people are executed, (systematically) killed, that's not normal.  You know, dictatorships and dictators are like cancer or AIDS, we can't live peacefully in the world when regime like mullah regime, Iran, continues its existence.  It must be stopped. [applause]

December 19, 2012 - Mrs. Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance? visits Spain to gain support for a policy of regime change towards Iran. In her first visit to Spain, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, entered Madrid on Monday December 17 for a few days visit at the invitation of members of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of Spain. On Tuesday, Mrs Rajavi presented an assessment of Iran crisis as well as its prospects and solutions in the Human Rights Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate.

Paris, February 2, 2013 - My brothers, my sisters, I thank you.  Before I start I'd like to do the same thing I've done the past two times, to make a point to all our guests here.  Everybody in this room who has a loved one—a brother, a sister, a son, a daughter, a father, a mother—at Camp Ashraf or Camp Liberty, please stand.  Members of the panel, this is how real the situation is.  Here are the people who have a very strong, vested interest of the situation at Camp Liberty and Camp Ashraf, and I share with you.  They are my brothers and my sisters there as well and we need to fight to get them out.  [applause] Thank you, thank you.

Albert Einstein was correct when he stated, "The world is a dangerous place to live not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who do not do anything about it."  The residents of Liberty and Ashraf dedicated themselves to correcting the evil that had taken over the government of Iran.  Unfortunately, the residents have become victims of that evil, and that evil now controlling the government of Iraq.  Meanwhile, covering their ears, eyes and mouth, we have the United Nations, the United States State Department and Western media seeing no evil, hearing no evil, and speaking no evil.

December 19, 2012 - Dear Friends,  I am very happy to be meeting you here. On behalf of the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance, I salute the great people of Spain.

The history of the world consistently remembers the nation of Spain with reverence for the very heavy price that they have endured for the cause of democracy and progress. That is why there are discernible common links between our people and the nation of Spain. Our people have been struggling against the religious fascism ruling Iran for the past three decades, and over 120,000 of their children have lost their lives in the course of this struggle.

It is fortunate that in Spain, members of parliament, personalities and human rights organizations have offered extensive support for the Iranian people, specially for the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) activists in camps Liberty and Ashraf.

December 19, 2012 - Good afternoon, friends. Good afternoon, Ms Rajavi. It was a pleasure to meet you in person, and discover your commitment to your colleagues, your people, and the desire for democracy in your country. It has been one of the greatest personal satisfactions I have experienced in this challenging 2012, to discover the Iranian resistance, their commitment to the people of Iran and the human quality of the people who, like yourself, want the best for Iran over the forthcoming months.

December 19, 2012 - Thank you, thank you. Dear friend, Alejo, I almost fainted with your words. You know we are friends but we are brothers. We are united in the cause which is Free Iran and all humanity with the same rights and this is why I am very moved by your words, which deeply move me. Allow me to speak a little about myself, for the other political leaders, and leaders of humanitarian associations in Spain. I’m Portuguese, you’ll have noticed, I’m a socialist and I have been working for a long time on the Iranian issue. I wanted to remind you that on the 4th of December this year we witnessed the 32nd anniversary of an accident where the Prime Minister and the Defence Minister of Portugal were killed [Francisco de Sá Carneiro and Adelino Amaro da Costa]. Many years later, a Parliamentary committee reached the conclusion that it was a terrorist attack. Some days ago, the Minister of Foreign Affairs at that time said that the attack could not have been caused by any other reason than weapons trading with Iran. Right now in Portugal there is, I believe, the 11th investigation committee on this attack 32 years ago, and I think that the words of Alejo, the words you used in your keynote speech are the most important words. The problem is that without morals we are not going anywhere. The main problem: political, economic and social we are facing is a moral problem, and the issue is that there is weapons trade or any other trade which makes it worthwhile to hide facts of something that happened 32 years ago. It may well be that in Portugal imaginary business with Iran is regarded as being more important than fundamental values, even the lives of rulers themselves, this is something that I wanted to comment as I am closer to Portugal here than I have been recently. I wanted to say this.

December 19, 2012 - Good evening, everyone and welcome to this meeting with the President of NCRI, our good friend Maryam Rajavi and her aides. In reality, I am opening this event on behalf of my colleagues of the Spanish Parliaments – the Senate and the Congress – who have been the true stars in the organisation of this visit. My attendance today is merely due to the fact that our long relationship of cooperation with the Iranian resistance in the European Parliament means that as this is the first visit of Ms Rajavi to Spain, it was a duty for the members of the EP, in this case, me as a Spaniard, to welcome her. However, I wish to thank the Senators and the MPs who have played a magnificent role making a huge effort to make this visit of Ms Rajavi to Madrid possible.

December 19, 2012 - Good evening, it is difficult for me to speak after so many politicians, I am not a politician but in 1968 I graduated in Political Science and Sociology and I was a Member of Parliament in the first parliaments, but my greatest joy came later when I started defending Human Rights. And it started after a call made to me by some collaborators of the former French Prime Minister and Mayor of Lille who was visiting for a twin city ceremony with the city of Valladolid. Some collaborators called me and asked me if I could meet them a few days before the PM’s visit as I was the Mayor of Valladolid, the city that was going to twin. I said there was no problem, I was in Valladolid at the time and their proposal was to initiate the Spanish Pro-Human Rights League through my organisation which was then clandestine, Spanish League for the Defence of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, which was formed in 1913 in the Ateneo de Madrid to defend some anarchists who had occupied a property and had been sentenced to death. From then onwards, I joined the fight for Human Rights and this has been one of the greatest satisfactions of my life. I must say that I have had opportunities to meet dictators and democrats. For me it’s an honour to be here today and to have on my right a … son… of an American Senator who was assassinated and the nephew of a President who died when I was 16 years old and I was doing voluntary military service and I remember that we were at camp for an entire week and not allowed out and I was at the American Base in Zaragoza. For me it’s an honour because you are from a family who are role models in the field of Human Rights and Liberties, your father and your uncle.