the speech of Maryam Rajavi in the biggest gathering in Paris

Maryam Rajavi: A democratic, non-nuclear Iran with the overthrow of the religious dictatorship

13 June 2015

In the name of God,
In the name of Iran,
In the name of Freedom,
In the name of 120,000 shining stars, the blazing flames of honor and dignity who defied the religious tyranny, and
In the name of all the unsung heroes and heroines who made the ultimate sacrifice so that others could live free; so that in the darkest hour of her history, Iran shines with stars, stands proud and cries out:  “Down with the velayat-e faqih regime!”

Voice and message of Iran’s genuine owners

Elected representatives of nations around the globe,
Honorable dignitaries,
My fellow compatriots, here and all over Iran,

I sincerely extend my gratitude to you all for joining this gathering.
We have come here to convey to the world the voice and message of Iran’s rightful owners, the Iranian people.

Amid an unrelenting uproar over the Iranian regime’s ominous nuclear program and three inhuman wars in the region, we have come to say that those who are speaking on behalf of Iran are in fact the enemies of Iran and all Iranians.

The people of Iran neither want nuclear weapons, nor meddling in Iraq, Syria or Yemen, nor despotism, torture and shackles.

The people of Iran are the tens of millions of enraged teachers, students, nurses and workers who demand freedom, democracy, jobs and livelihood.

They say:
First, the velayat-e faqih regime has reached the end of the line.
Second, the only way to end the violations of human rights in Iran, the nuclear impasse, the crises in the region, and the confrontation with ISIS and terrorism, is to topple the Caliph of regression and terrorism in Iran.

alive report from the gathering in Paris for free Iran

all the Delegations participate in Paris Rally proves the Irainan alternative

Prominent Bipartisan Delegation Of Americans Back Iranian Opposition Movement At Paris Rally

PARIS – Although few in America probably are aware of it, taking place right now is a huge gathering of the Iranian diaspora calling for regime change by the Iranian people.

I’m writing from this gathering of tens of thousands of expats and their international supporters (including an impressive and bipartisan group of American attendees that includes former CIA director James Woolsey, former Sec. of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, former head of the UN Human Rights Commission Ken Blackwell, former Labor Sec. Elaine Chao, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Hugh Shelton, former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps James Conway, Alan Dershowitz, and former DNC head Howard Dean).

Some background on the event organizers — and this rally. The good news is they’re no longer considered a terrorist organization. The bad news is…I’m attending their eight-hour rally. It’s not that I disagree with what I’ve heard and understood (it’s not all in English and translations are hurried), it’s just that I don’t know of anything (even, let’s say, eating pizza) that I would want to do for eight hours. But at least it’s full of passion and intensity.

The rally which, as far as I can tell, also includes many thousands of young people who were bused in from all across Europe, is sponsored by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a Paris-based group that serves as an umbrella organization for five Iranian opposition groups, the most controversial being the MEK. I came here partly out of curiosity. This is a group whose American boosters include (aside from the aforementioned names) people like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Ambassador John Bolton, and former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/06/13/bipartisan-group-of-americans-back-iranian-opposition-movement-at-paris-rally/#ixzz3cyBMMpgu

an article By Guy Taylor about real alternative of Iran

Khamenei regime legitimized by Obama nuclear talks, Iranian dissidents say


By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times - Thursday, June 11, 2015
Days before a major Iranian dissident rally in France, the head of the host organization says the “circumstances are ripe for regime change” in Tehran, but Washington and other Western governments are standing in the way by legitimizing the regime of Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khamenei through the pursuit of a nuclear deal.

“Through their policy of appeasement and giving concessions to the regime, Western governments have served as an obstacle to the regime’s overthrow,” said Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. “In the absence of Western assistance, this regime would have fallen by now.”

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the biggest gathering in Paris with Maryam Rajavi

today gathering in Paris and the president elect of the NCRI Maryam Rajavi was  present and she had a remarkable speach and she said:

Indeed, to carry out this great responsibility, which will herald a glorious future, we pledge before Iran's history and nation that we are ready, ready, ready.
Indeed, with the hope and faith in freedom, we have gone through half a century of struggle against two dictatorships. And we will continue with ever-greater hope and determination until freedom and democracy reign supreme in Iran.

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Fox News report said - Maryam Rajavi: Iran regime “cannot and should not be trusted”

In an interview with Fox News the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said the current regime in Iran ‘cannot and should not be trusted’ and is calling on the U.S. and world powers to recognize Tehran’s intentions in advance of a deadline on the interim nuclear framework agreement.

"Nuclearhttp://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/nuclear negotiations should compel the Mullahs' regime to abandon its nuclear weapons program. This is the desire of the Iranian people who oppose this program. The Mullahs need the bomb for their own survival," warns Maryam Rajavi.

"No concession should be made to this brutal regime."

"Do not make more concessions to this regime. Adopt a firm policy and make it clear to the Mullahs ruling Iran that they have to abandon their nuclear weapons program," she told Fox News in an exclusive interview, in which she issued a stark prediction as the talks continue.

Mrs. Rajavi warns that "making more concessions to the regime lays the ground for more instability, and more conflicts and war. U.S. policy has embolden the Mullahs' regime. I warn them that their illusion of changing the behavior of the Mullahs' regime by making concessions to it has already cost the Iranian people dearly, continuing on that path would have serious consequences for the region and the world."

Mrs. Rajavi told Fox News that the West trying to find a "moderate" in the government is an "illusion," and she branded Tehran "the epicenter of extremism and Islamic fundamentalism" that covets a nuclear ability.

Maryam Rajavi made the remarks to FoxNews a day before the largest gathering of Iranian opposition which will be held in Villepinte, north of Paris.


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read this article about the Iranian Resistance by Linda Chavez

  Time to Recognize the Iranian Resistance

With the June 30 deadline for a deal with Iran on halting its nuclear weapons program fast approaching, the Obama administration is playing its usual bait-and-switch game. When talks first began, the administration said its goal was to dismantle Iran's nuclear infrastructure. Now the administration seems willing to accept any deal the Iranians are willing to agree to that might slow Iran's race, even marginally, to build a bomb. In return, U.N. economic sanctions that have crippled the Iranian economy would be lifted. But those sanctions are the one point of leverage we have against one of the most brutal regimes in the world and one that poses a direct threat to neighboring countries, as well as to the U.S. and our allies.
Against this backdrop, a huge gathering of Iranian expatriates from around the world will take place June 13 in Villepinte, France. Organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the gathering will draw tens of thousands of participants who oppose the regime in Tehran, including thousands of American citizens. As I have at similar gatherings in the past, I will be there to lend my support to the efforts of those who want to give voice to the Iranian people and the organized resistance to the Iranian regime, along with some 600 political dignitaries, including former Democratic and Republican administration officials and 120 parliamentarians from more than 60 countries.

In an interview this week, Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the NCRI, told me, "We have to tell the U.S. government that if you do not want to see the clerical regime equipped with a nuclear bomb, stop appeasing it."

Rajavi warned: "Today the clerical regime, through its growing expansion in the region, has entered a lethal crisis. In Syria, the Assad dictatorship is on its last leg. In Iraq, the clerical regime lost its hand-picked government, headed by Nouri al-Maliki. This has marked the start of the demise of the clerical regime not only in Iraq but also throughout the region, because if the mullahs lose Baghdad, their rule in Tehran will be jeopardized."

Ironically, it is precisely because of Iran's involvement in Iraq that the Obama administration seems so willing to accept a nuclear deal on Iran's terms. The administration's reluctance to commit U.S. troops to fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq has de facto made Iran our proxy there.

President Barack Obama admitted this week that "we don't yet have a complete strategy" to deal with the growing threat of the Islamic State in Iraq or elsewhere in the region. With the Islamic State in control of Ramadi and much of Anbar province in Iraq and attacks this week on a city less than 40 miles southwest of Baghdad, the administration is desperate for help.

A ‘bad’ nuclear deal with Iran would jeopardize world peace

Most people would wish that President Obama succeeds in striking a deal with Iran that will see it shut down its nuclear centres, halt uranium enrichment and give up permanently the goal of obtaining a nuclear weapon. Iran however has shown next to no signs that it will forgo its nuclear weapons program. What most of us don't know is how ordinary Iranian citizens opposed to the mullahs' regime would feel about a "bad deal" that would see Tehran cheat its way to the bomb as it stalls world powers.
Amineh Qaraee, 34, and her brother Ehsan, 28, who fled the mullahs' persecution to Norway four years ago, have a striking story. As children, they witnessed their parents’ arrest and imprisonment for supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization (PMOI/MEK), the main moderate Muslim group opposed to Khomeini’s theocratic rule.
By Raymond Tanter

Conservative UK lawmaker: To defeat ISIS we must support democratic forces

A former member of UK Prime Minister David Cameron's Cabinet has said that in order to defeat the terror group ISIS, the West must support the forces of moderation in Iraq and the Middle East.

Rt Hon. David Jones MP wrote in The Diplomat on Tuesday: "It is illusory to believe that allowing Tehran to take the lead in the fight against ISIS will ultimately lead to a stable Iraq."

"There should be no doubt in the West that Tehran is using its proxies to compete with ISIS for dominance in Iraq, Syria and the wider Middle East. Iran has absolutely no interest in defeating and degrading the Islamic fundamentalism that is threatening the region.

http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/iran-resistance/18479-conservative-uk-lawmaker-to-defeat-isis-we-must-support-democratic-forces

Iran won’t end its nuclear project

Referring to last month’s extension of the nuclear negotiations with Iran, the Iranian regime doesn’t stop their nuclear project.
Tehran’s nuclear weapons program will be continuing to do exactly the things that the whole world would not want to be doing…
The ayatollahs are on a clear path to their 30 year objective of getting deliverable nuclear weapons. The talks that have been going on have achieved nothing to slow that down!!!
If you think an acceptable agreement has been reached to protect against is the risk of violation.'
Underscoring the nuclear revelations by the main Iranian opposition; North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile experts visited a military site near Teheran.
It has revealed that seven officials from the North Korean Defense Ministry were in Iran the last week of April
And the third time in 2015 that a North Korean delegation had visited Iran!!!
Massoud Jazayeri, deputy IRGC commander said: We will not allow any visits to military sites, whether they be limited, controlled, unfree or in any other form!!!
Western powers want the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit military sites to check on past activities that could indicate attempts to build an atomic bomb…
France has specifically warned against the blocking of a final nuclear settlement over the issue of granting access for inspectors to all installations, including military sites.

Is it possible to kill the sun?

When it becomes clear that even with my departure, the assailant cannot be God. 
Do not forget to move straight

Flying for Peace and Freedom

On June 7th 1986, The Iranian Resistance's leadership moved from France to Iraq

Mehdi Abrishamchi discusses Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps agenda on Orient TV

“The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in Iran is a name to cement fear, terror and saber-rattling. In the region Iran’s military wing in all issues is seen in the Quds Force under the command of Qassem Suleimani. The IRGC established its political role alongside its military role, after Khomeini came to power in 1979, under the disguise of defending the Islamic revolution.”
“What is the IRGC? And what role does it play in various periods in the region? Is the IRGC a fearful force or has it been exaggerated in this regard. This is a subject that we will learn more about from Mr. Mehdi Abrishamchi.”
Source: Arabic Language Orient TV – 26 May 2015
Translation of Orient TV exclusive interview with Mehdi Abrishamchi
Introduction

The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in Iran is a name to cement fear, terror and saber-rattling. In the region Iran’s military wing in all issues is seen in the Quds Force under the command of Qassem Suleimani. The IRGC established its political role alongside its military role, after Khomeini came to power in 1979, under the disguise of defending the Islamic revolution. The IRGC even has the last word in the economy and military industries after Khamenei, being the regime’s supreme leader. It is also said that decisions on Iran’s nuclear program is all up to the IRGC. However, outside of the country, from Lebanon to Syria, and meddling to bring the popular revolution in this country to a failure, and in Iraq to defend the government associated to Tehran, and recently in Yemen and the Houthi movements to gain control and dominance over the Yemenis lives and to turn this country into one of Iran’s spheres. What is the IRGC? And what role does it play in various periods in the region? Is the IRGC a fearful force or has it been exaggerated in this regard. This is a subject that we will learn more about from Mr. Mehdi Abrishamchi.
Mr. Mehdi Abrishamchi was born in 1948. He is a chemistry graduate from Tehran Engineering University. He is the representative of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and Chair of the National Council of Resistance of Iran Peace Commission. 47 years ago he joinbed the PMOI (MEK) and in 1971 he was arrested by the Shah’s regime along with the PMOI (MEK) founders. He spent 7 years in jail and was released during the anti-monarchial revolution and the overthrow of the Shah regime. He is from a renowned Azerbaijan family and in the first parliamentary elections following the Shah’s over throw he was a candidate from Tehran and received 350,000 votes. However, Khomeini’s regime banned him and other PMOI members from reaching the parliament. Before leaving Tehran his home was targeted in many IRGC attacks, but he was fortunate to exit Iran safely. He has represented the Iranian Resistance in many international delegations.
He has also written numerous books about the Resistance and the Iranian regime, including one called the “Revolutionary Guards” that has been published in French.
Anchorman: Greetings to you
How will you inform us about the establishment and formation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards?
Iranian Resistance member Mehdi Abrishamchi: Before answering your question I see it fit to send my greetings and hail your audience. I would also like to hail all those people who are struggling against the Iranian regime’s conspiracies in various Arabic and Middle East countries, especially the dear Syrian rebels. I would also like to congratulate the revolutionaries and the Free Syrian Army in their recent victories in Idlib and other areas. I sent them my warmest greetings, I salute them and they are doing a wonderful job. Their victory is definitely near and revolution will always prevail, meaning the overthrow of the Bashar Assad regime and the Khomeini regime in Iran.
Anchorman: We, too, salute you and are very proud to have you on Orient TV. Please.
Mehdi Abrishamchi: Regarding your question about the IRGC, it was established in 1979 immediately after the overthrow of the Shah. The reason was that Khomeini, who had stolen the anti-monarchial revolution and due to his reactionary and un-Islamic nature, didn’t want to respond to the Iranian people’s demands and slogans, with freedom topping the list. Therefore, he decided to quickly form a force by the name of the Revolutionary Guards and his objective was to suppress the people and spy on the opposition that was against the mullahs’ regime from the very beginning, because Khomeini could see that he could not resolve the political and social problems inside Iran.
Therefore, he had two paths before him: either give up power or crackdown on the people. He chose the second path and formed the IRGC in 1979. The first commander of the IRGC was an individual by the name of Javad Mansouri, a high-ranking criminal of the mullahs’ regime. After a short period, Mohsen Rezaie was assigned by Khomeini to form the IRGC intelligence branch to gather information on the mullahs’ opposition and dissidents.
Anchorman: Are you saying that from the beginning the IRGC only had an intelligence role?
Mehdi Abrishamchi: No. Other than the IRGC the regime had various intelligence systems that were accompanied with crackdown patrols. Mohsen Rezaie in 1981 became the IRGC commander and he remained in this position until 1997. After him was Rahim Safavi who led the IRGC from 1997 to 2007. From 2007 to this day the IRGC commander has been an individual by the name of Mohammad Ali Jafari.
Anchorman: What is the difference between the IRGC and the army? Does the IRGC inside Iran carry out its measures independently?
Mehdi Abrishamchi: As I said from the beginning, with the start of the Iran-Iraq War, the role of the IRGC was internal crackdown. Khomeini had no trust in a classic army because many of the personnel and officers were in their ranks and files from the Shah era, and they were cooperating with opposition forces, including the PMOI. Therefore, Khomeini could not completely trust the army. Thus, he established this new force, meaning the IRGC, alongside the army in order to use it in the internal crackdown and the Iran-Iraq War. Khomeini used the war to strengthen the IRGC.
Anchorman: Do you mean that the IRGC is not an action military force, but it is also a political force on the ground?
Mehdi Abrishamchi: Yes, for two reasons the IRGC plays a political role. First of all, the IRGC is the pillar force in internal crackdown inside Iran and various cities. Second, its role is to export the so-called revolution, but it is in fact sending its fundamentalism and reactionary mentality outside of Iran, to the region and the entire globe. This is in line with Khomeini’s motto of seizing Quds through Karbala, and this was a mission assigned to the IRGC. Here, if you allow me, I will show a map that shows Iran’s intentions in exporting the revolution. This map shows the regime’s plot to export “revolution” from Iraq, to Syria, Jordan and then conquer Quds. This IRGC map was top secret at the time that we obtained and published it.
Anchorman: We will look more precisely into the IRGC’s role outside of Iran. However, on IRGC’s role inside Iran, as you already know, during the Green Revolution the IRGC carried out vast crackdown on peaceful demonstrators in Iran’s streets and used force.
Mehdi Abrishmachi: The role of the IRGC inside Iran is to act as the spinal cord of all crackdown forces. This includes the Bassij paramilitary forces in all Iranian cities. The IRGC has 34 divisions across Iran’s provinces, with two divisions in Tehran to suppress the people. The IRGC had prior to 2009 and the so-called Green Revolution been suppressing the Iranian people. On June 20th, 181, after the PMOI announced a 500,000-strong rally in which the youth and people took part in, the IRGC opened fire on the people in that demonstration while the people were only demanding and chanting for freedom. Therefore, the IRGC played its crackdown role again in the uprisings of Mashhad, Isfahan and Ghazvin where thousands of people were killed. In 2009, as you said, in the demonstrations and uprisings that were staged on 27 December 2009 the repressive and IRGC forces carried out attacks on the people, killing and executing many, and also arresting and throwing young men and women to jail.
Anchorman: The IRGC is renowned throughout the world on its use of violence. We all remember the 2009 uprising how it reacted towards peaceful protests, treating the Iranian people with horrible measures. Is it true that the IRGC requires everyone that serves in the military must also pass through the IRGC?
Mehdi Abrishamchi: No. The IRGC does not have mandatory service for soldiers. But the people don’t want to join the IRGC because they reject this force, and thus the Iranian regime uses laws of mandatory service to force some people to serve in the IRGC. However, some youths pass through the army service program.
Anchorman: Some people say the IRGC is in charge of decisions regarding Iran’s oil and nuclear program and even declaring war or peace on a neighboring country?
Mehdi Abrishamchi: The IRGC doesn’t have the last word. It is Khamenei, the supreme leader that makes the final decisions. The supreme leader controls the IRGC and uses it for internal crackdown and exporting fundamentalism abroad. I have here with me an image along with a map that reveals the role of the supreme leader and IRGC. The IRGC receives orders from the supreme leader, not the opposite.

World powers agree on ‘snapback’ if Iran fails to honor nuclear deal

The 5+1 countries negotiating with the Iranian regime have agreed on a way to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran if Tehran breaks the terms of a future nuclear deal, Western officials told Reuters.

U.S. and European negotiators want any easing of U.N. sanctions to be automatically reversible if Tehran violates a deal. Russia and China traditionally reject such automatic measures as undermining their veto power as permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.

As part of the new agreement on sanctions snapback, breaches by the Iranian regime would be taken up by a dispute-resolution panel, which would assess the allegations and come up with a non-binding opinion, the officials said.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would also continue regularly reporting on Iran’s nuclear program, which would provide the six powers and the Security Council with information on Tehran’s activities to enable them to assess compliance.

If the Iranian regime was found to be in non-compliance with the terms of the deal, then U.N. sanctions would be restored.

The officials did not say precisely how sanctions would be restored, but Western powers have been adamant that it should take place without a Security Council vote, based on provisions to be included in a new U.N. Security Council resolution to be adopted after a deal is struck.

“We pretty much have a solid agreement between the six on the snapback mechanism, Russians and Chinese included,” a Western official said. “But now the Iranians need to agree.”

Another senior Western official echoed his remarks, describing the agreement as “tentative” because it would depend on Iranian acceptance.

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IRAN: Political prisoner sentenced to one year of solitary confinement instead of being released

Iranian regime Judiciary condemned political prisoner Mr. Ali Moezzi to one year of additional incommunicado imprisonment at the end of his 5-year sentence. Mr. Moezzi who just had a week remaining of his sentence was transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hessar Prison on May 28 as new fabricated charges were brought against him. In protest to Iranian regime’s sham and illegitimate courts, Mr. Moezzi has persistently refused to attend them. On May 4, a group of henchmen took him to a court in Karaj while his hands and legs were in shackles, he was battered and had a cut in his forehead.

The new sentence against Mr. Moezzi was issued while his lawyer was refused access to his file and was prevented from defending him; Mr. Moezzi refused to sign the verdict.

Henchmen have repeatedly threatened him who is the father of two People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) members in Camp Liberty that “we shall ultimately torment you to death in prison and you should not leave the prison alive”.

In addition to suffering from cancer, Ali Moezzi, a political prisoner of the 1980s, has developed many illnesses, including acute renal problem and obstruction of the intestine, due to his years of tolerating imprisonment and torture. He was arrested for a second time in 2009 for visiting his two children in Camp Ashraf and condemned to five years in prison. In June 2011, he was arrested for a third time for attending the memorial ceremony of PMOI member Mohsen Dogmechi who was tormented to death in prison as he was deprived of medical treatment. Mr. Ali Moezzi has always been under the harshest pressures and physical and psychological tortures. His brother Mr. Mohammad Moezzi was executed in 1981 for his support for the PMOI.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
May 31, 2015



                                                                

A call to rise against human rights violations in Iran

Syrians try to build case against Assad in chlorine attacks

Frustrated and despairing, Syrian opposition activists are trying to garner international pressure to stop a growing number of attacks using chlorine gas, which they say are undoubtedly carried out by government aircraft.
Two years after President Bashar Assad agreed to destroy his chemical arsenal and joined the Chemical Weapons Convention, activists say they have documented 18 cases of chlorine gas used in the country’s rebel-held north since March 6, when the United Nations issued a resolution determining that chlorine was used in Syria and warning of repercussions. They say the attacks have killed nine people and injured hundreds.
Despite Syrian regime’s denial of using chlorine gas, activists and residents of the villages hit by these gas bombs say the attacks, usually at night, are clearly by regime forces. The chlorine bombs are dropped in barrels from the skies, and residents say they hear the buzz of helicopters first. Syrian military forces are the only combatants in the civil war known to fly helicopters, and the villages hit are pro-rebel, largely in the northwestern province of Idlib.
The world agency in charge of determining whether chlorine was used does not have the mandate to assign blame. The Organization for the Proliferation of Chemical Weapons also can’t get to the scenes of suspected attacks without the cooperation of the Syrian government, while testimonies or evidence collected by people on the ground are considered circumstantial. The U.N. Security Council is paralyzed because Russia, a major ally of Assad, insists the allegations are 'propaganda.'
The Syrian Civil Defense, a group of 2,640 volunteers that provides emergency and rescue services in rebel-held and contested areas, has been gathering evidence to document the recent attacks, said Farouq Habib, the group’s political adviser. He and the group’s director, Raed Saleh, returned this week from the United States, where they met U.S. and European officials.
They collected remains from the barrels used in a number of bombings, soil samples that the group says show high levels of chlorine traces and urine and blood samples from victims.
'The samples are valuable for the Syrian people because they document the crimes committed against it,' Habib said in a telephone interview. 'It is there and documented and saved but will only be presented after putting together a legal case that guarantees it is used in an effective way to indict the criminal who used chlorine against the Syrian people.'
Habib said his group has offered the OCPW to either take the samples in a handover over the border with Turkey or to host its staffers on visits of areas of suspected attacks.
Deliberations are underway over a U.S. proposal to set up a parallel commission of inquiry that would be mandated to determine blame.
Details of the proposal have not yet been made public, but Saleh said the new commission is likely to face the same obstacles. For example, he said, only those who reach the scene of an attack immediately would be able to document a case. 'We all know the gas effect doesn’t last for more than a few hours,' he said.
That’s one reason, experts say, Assad continues to use the gas.
When used with the intent to hurt or kill, chlorine is considered a chemical weapon, but chlorine itself, used for industrial or domestic purposes, is not included in a state’s declaration of chemical weapons.
'The regime thinks that if there were documentations of samples contaminated with chlorine gas, it can claim it is in homes or that anyone has used it,' Habib said.
Kelsey Davenport, the director of nonproliferation policy at the Washington-based advocacy group Arms Control Association, said that while the use of helicopters points to Assad’s government, negotiating access for a formal investigation with a mandate to assign blame is difficult.
'If a designated body has the authority to determine who is responsible for the chlorine attacks, the Assad regime is unlikely to cooperate, or provide security assurances,' Davenport said.
Speaking to reporters, U.S. President Barack Obama said last week that his administration will work with the international community to investigate the claims but has stayed clear of threatening action. Obama threatened military strikes after 2013 sarin gas attacks blamed on Assad in Damascus suburbs that killed hundreds, but later backed off amid a Russian deal that saw Assad agree to destroy his chemical weapons.
Saleh and other Syrian opposition figures are campaigning for a no-fly zone, or safe zones, to protect the civilians against future attacks. But over the course of the 4-year-old civil war, there’s been no appetite in the U.S. or its allies to enforce such a zone.
Kayali, the medic, said even precautions taken by civilians to avoid government bombing have become lethal.
'People used to think that by digging underground vaults that they would be safe,' he said. But he said a recent attack that killed six saw a barrel land in the ventilation shaft of a bomb shelter.
'We will end up dying one by one, and no one is aware of us,' he said.

France warns Iran over nuclear deal as deadline nears

France warned it was ready to block a final deal between Iran and the six major powers unless Tehran provided inspectors access to all installations, including military sites, according to a report by Reuters.

Iran’s supreme leader, Khamenei, last week ruled out international inspection of Iran’s military sites or access to nuclear scientists under any nuclear agreement. Iran’s military leaders echoed his remarks.

'France will not accept (a deal) if it is not clear that inspections can be done at all Iranian installations, including military sites,' Laurent Fabius told lawmakers.

Talks resumed in Vienna on Wednesday to bridge gaps still remaining in negotiating positions before a June 30 deadline.

Iran’s state TV quoted senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi as saying the deadline could be extended, echoing comments by France’s ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud. Araud said on Tuesday that the deal was not likely by June 30 because technical details would remain to be agreed.

'The deadline might be extended and the talks might continue after the June 30 (deadline),' Araqchi said. 'We are not bound to a specific time. We want a good deal that covers our demands.'

France is considered to be demanding more stringent restrictions on the Iranians under any deal than the other Western delegations, officials said, although U.S. officials have cautioned that France’s position privately is not as tough as it is publicly.

Senate Dems call on Obama to resettle 65,000 Syrian refugees

A group of Senate Democrats is urging the Obama administration to allow at least 65,000 Syrian refugees to settle inside the United States.
“While the United States is the largest donor of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees, we must also dramatically increase the number of Syrian refugees that we accept for resettlement,” the group of 14 lawmakers — led by Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) — said.
The group letter noted the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) wants to resettle 130,000 Syrian refugees over the next two years and has thus far submitted more than 12,000 resettlement cases to the United States for consideration.
However, only 700 have been let into the U.S. since the Syrian conflict began nearly five years ago, “an unacceptably low number,” the senators say.
“Following the international community’s tragic failure to shelter Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi genocide, the United States played a leadership role in establishing the international legal regime for the protection of refugees,” they wrote. “In keeping with this history, we urge your Administration to work to accept at least 50 percent of Syrian refugees whom UNHCR is seeking to resettle, consistent with our nation’s traditional practice under both Republican and Democratic presidents.”

There are no one imprisoned in Iran for their belief ! And we are completely honest about Nuclear deal!

Maryam Rajavi at French Senate Conference

Maryam Rajavi at French Senate Conference: Iranian regime is not West’s ally; instead of countering ISIS, it seeks to expand its hegemony over Iraq and Syria, cleanse Sunnis

Extending break out time by six or nine months is not a solution after three decades of concealment by Tehran. 

The guaranteed solution is comprised of stringent implementation of six Security Council resolutions, full halt to enrichment and closure of all nuclear sites

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Only implementation of  UNSC resol  can prevent  Iran regime’s access to nuclear bomb

Maryam Rajavi’s Message on International Labor Day 2015

The mullahs’ president, Hassan Rouhani actively pursues the policy of workers’ victimization. He proposed a bill to the parliament to “remove obstacles of production”. Ratified last week by the Council of Guardians, the bill actually removes the obstacles of firing workers and has furthered the ground for imposing temporary contracts.
Astronomical expenditures to support the wars against the peoples of Syria, Iraq and Yemen as well as the expenses of its nuclear and missile projects are paid from the pocket of Iranian nation and toiling masses. Yet the mullahs refuse to cut down on these colossal expenditures.

The economic crisis in Iran is basically rooted in the deadly crises engulfing the clerical regime and can be resolved only by toppling their tyrannical rule.
Mrs. Rajavi called on the brave, courageous workers of Iran and said: On the International Labor Day, I call on you to expand your protests and step up your resistance for overthrowing the Velayat-e Faqih regime hand-in-hand with your fellow compatriots, specially students and teachers and in conjunction with the organized Resistance and inspired by the endurance of the pioneers in Camp Liberty.

The path to freedom, equality and justice passes through regime change in Iran which can be made possible in our own hands. Mrs. Rajavi called on her fellow countrymen and women to assist the families of imprisoned workers and not hesitate in providing the needs of families whose breadwinners have lost their jobs.

The protests of Iranian workers, the struggles of the nation as a whole, and the steadfastness of the organized resistance movement herald a new era where fundamental freedoms and rights are safeguarded for Iran’s workers where they enjoy the right to form syndicates and labor associations, to go on strike, stage protests, enjoy job security, health insurance and unemployment benefits, an Iran where men and women are equal, all discriminatory laws are abolished and child labor is banned.