Mrs. Maryam Rajavi said: With this army and the Iranian people's support for it, I can clearly see the triumph of democracy, peace and justice over suppression, ignorance and poverty. She added: In the free Iran of tomorrow there will be no killings, repression and discrimination against women and religious and ethnic minorities. The Iran of tomorrow will be the symbol of fraternity, friendship and prosperity; it will herald peace and coexistence in the entire region and the world.
Mrs. Rajavi called on the youth who can carry arms to join the NLA in order to expedite the realization of this noble ideal. She stressed that the NLA was the most precious treasure in the history of the Iranian people and their answer to the inhuman mullahs. No obstacle can stand in the way of its combatants' iron will in their quest for victory, Mrs. Rajavi emphasized.
Mr. Massoud Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance's leader, referred to the increasing wave of young people who are leaving through the borders to join the NLA. He also noted the combat readiness of the army and the Iranian people's active cooperation with the Mojahedin combatants across the country, which had remarkably increased in the latter months of the Iranian year 1375, following the trip by the Resistance's President-elect to the Iran-Iraq border region. Mr. Rajavi stated: These realities convince us that the end of this regime has become closer than ever before and that the new Iranian year would be the year of major developments in our country. Particularly since Rafsanjani's imminent and inevitable removal will exacerbate the mullahs' internal crises and feuding.
The Iranian Resistance's leader reiterated that in the year that just ended, 168 cases of protests, strikes, military operations and extensive clashes between the people and the Guards had been recorded in which different sectors of society, including workers, students, pupils, the educational staff and civil servants actively participated. He also recalled that two polls conducted by the Iranian Resistance inside the country last year had indicated that more than two-thirds of the Iranian people support this resistance and its President-elect. Mr. Rajavi concluded that the time had come to combine the NLA with social activities and that the road for the regime's overthrow was paved for the NLA as never before.
Mr. Rajavi described the past year as one of the worst years of the mullahs' rule in which executions rose three-fold, arrests increased 200% in the last three months of the year relevant to the preceding months, and new laws were adopted to suppress Iranian women. Foreign journalists repeatedly reported about the assaults, beatings and arrests of Iranian women in the streets of Tehran by the Pasdaran. The assassinations of dissidents abroad also increased 300%.
The Iranian Resistance's leader noted the regime's increasing isolation internationally and the growing support for sanctions against the regime among European countries. He said today cracks have appeared in critical dialogue as the official policy of the European Union. Addressing all international interlocutors who have still pinned hope on the regime due to their economic interests, Mr. Rajavi emphasized that the illegitimate dictatorship had no future and that any political and economic investment in this regime were doomed to failure and against the highest interests of the Iranian people. He added: The time has come for the international community to identify Iran and her future with the Iranian Resistance and its President-elect who enjoys the support of the absolute majority of the Iranian people.
Office of the People's Mojahedin of Iran - Baghdad
March 21, 1997
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