speeches

Petre Roman, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Romania Dear Mrs. Rajavi, there, Iranian friends, brave fighters for freedom, I’m very glad to have this opportunity to send a message to you. You are indeed brave fighters for freedom. It’s a novel fight. It’s a fight for freedom of expression, people should be able […]

Guy Verhofstadt, former Prime Minister of Belgium Dear friends, let’s be straightforward from the outset. The recent election of the hardliner Ebrahim Raisi is bad news for Iran, for human rights, for the rule of law, and also, I think for the security of the region. The way these elections were organized showed again that

Carlo Cottarelli, former designated Prime Minister of Italy and Director of the International Monetary Fund Thank you very much. It is, for me, a great honor to participate in this event with such a distinguished minister or speaker. We are here to discuss a topic, which is of extreme importance from a political, social, and

Enda Kenny, former Prime Minister of Ireland Thank you. Thank you, Madame. I speak here as a private citizen and not on behalf of the Irish government. I’ve never been to Iran. I do not speak Persian or Arabic, or any of the regional languages of your great country. I condemn terrorism, state terrorism or

Matteo Renzi, former Prime Minister of Italy Good afternoon to everyone. I’m Matteo Renzi, the former prime minister of Italy. And I’m so happy to be with you in this particular event. Very emotional, a lot of people in different parts of the world in a time of great troubles and discussion about the future

Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City Madame Maryam Rajavi, all of you who are assembled in the name of justice, liberty and the rule of law, good morning. And it is a good morning. I first I want to take just a moment to personally thank you, Madame Rajavi, and Farzin and Alireza,

Senator Robert Torricelli, former Member of the US Senate Good day. Thank you for allowing me to give you today. What’s most important is that through pandemics and terrorist attacks, whatever may come, there is no place else on Earth today that I would be willing to stand here with my colleagues around the world

Ingrid Betancourt, former Senator and Presidential candidate of Columbia Thank you so much. As I observe you all, especially the attitude for issues to resolve, and I hear your words, I am struck and impressed by the contrast and significance between this woman, a truly exceptional leader, hoisting with courage and determination, the flag of

The Right Honorable Baroness Boothroyd, former Speaker of the UK House of Commons Greetings Madame Rajavi, as I do to the people of Iran, to our friends in Ashraf 3, and to dignitaries gathered here for this event. It is a privilege to join you all to this year’s Free Iran Global Summit. We gather,

Radoslaw Sikorski, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland … is one of outrage at the recent election and the election of a man who is universally condemned as one of the systemic violators of human rights, a man condemned by Amnesty International someone who has been the regime’s enforcer, and someone who is stands