1. L,In democracies like America, we have learned that tolerance and respect for all religions and individual freedom of religion are essential to a peaceful society.
That is why we agree with the NCRI that the Iran will remain a threat to its neighbors and to its own people so long as the Supreme Leader claims total authority over the nation’s affairs and violates the sovereignty of other countries.
2. In democracies like America, elected leaders have limited terms, and citizens are accustomed to choosing new office-holders promising a different direction whenever the public believes change is needed.
That is why we agree with the NCRI that US policy has misunderstood Iranian regime politics for years; whether hard-line or so-called reformist, all of Iran’s leading regime figures bear responsibility for terrorism, assassinations, massive human rights violations and political executions. None have clean hands and all will try to block true reform.
3. In democracies like America, we tend to label politicians based upon their place in the liberal-toconservative spectrum, because these differences in philosophy translate into differences in policy.
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8. Back in America we along with many members of Congress have had the opportunity to meet Iranian-Americans who actually know what happened to their relatives opposing dictatorship and corruption in Iran under the Shah and the mullahs. For decades Washington has had a false and very misleading understanding about the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) resistance group, promoted by Iranian intelligence and propaganda.
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The true story of those in Iran brave enough to stand up to dictatorship and repression is a story of heroism on behalf of a great civilization and 79 million Iranians trapped by a failed and desperate regime. We support the NCRI and the MEK because we now know the truth about their legitimate resistance to tyranny, confirmed by several major judicial reviews in Europe and North America, and are no longer confused about whose cause is just. Not one member of the MEK has ever been convicted of terrorism.
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With the US Administration clearly having misread Iran’s unchanging hostility toward US interests in the nuclear talks, it is time for America to move forward and start talking with the organization representing educated, principled, modern Iranian Muslim men and women all over the world who support the NCRI and Madame Rajavi’s ten-point plan. We therefore recommend that from now on, the United States should maintain an open channel of dialogue with the National Council of Resistance, to benefit from these exiles’ experience and knowledge about the regime in Tehran. The regime is discredited, illegitimate and in decline, and the people of Iran deserve to know that Americans understand their plight, and respect their right to determine their own future, free of oppression.
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In this respect we have all steadfastly demanded security for the residents of Camp Ashraf, now Camp Liberty, and continuously reminded our government to uphold America’s obligation to ensure the protection of the residents. We ask the Administration to take all necessary measures for their safety until the last residents leave Iraq, and to urge the United Nations to relocate the residents with far greater urgency. We call on the Government of Iraq to prevent agents of the Iranian regime from gaining access to Camp Liberty with the intention of disrupting the relocation, and to uphold its commitment to allow the residents to sell their assets in Ashraf and Liberty and take personal possessions with them to Albania. Our country and the UN have promised protection to the MEK members in Iraq, and yet in seven attacks, many have been killed or wounded by Iraqi security forces and militias acting at Iran’s behest. It is time the United States made clear that we will keep our word and uphold our principles and those of the UN.
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