Youth Representatives speaking at Brussels Conference

Excerpts of speech by the youth representatives at the Brussels Conference commemorating the first year of the Iranian uprising:
Amine Qaraee
Amine Qaraee

I am the child of one of the victims of the 1988 massacre in Iran’s prisons. On the first anniversary of the uprising of the people of Iran, I send my greetings to all of the people. We suffer as you did when you lost your loved ones. But we are a thousand times more determined than before. We will not allow any of that blood to be in vain.
The 2022 uprising was the culmination of more than five decades of bravery and struggle of the Iranian people in the prisons of the Shah and the mullahs’ regime. They said no to dictatorship and yes to freedom, and they paid the ultimate price.
The blood of the women who sacrificed their lives is flowing in the veins of Iranian society. We will never forget and never forgive until there is a democratic republic in Iran.
To achieve this important goal, we are inspired by the youth and inspired by our leader, Mrs. Rajavi, who has given meaning to the struggle in the face of difficulty. You taught us not to bow in the face of oppression. You taught us that the path to freedom can be difficult, but we can go through it and achieve our goals.
With their slogan “Down with the oppressor, be it the shah or the mullahs,” the people of Iran have proven their determination to continue their struggle. And we will be their voice. We will rally around the ten-point plan of Mrs. Rajavi. We will confront the political conspiracies of the regime with foreign powers against the Iranian Resistance and the PMOI.

Hanif Mahoutchian

Hanif Mahoutchian
Hanif Mahoutchian

The Shah and the mullahs’ regime are two sides of the same coin. Down with the oppressor, be it the shah or the mullahs. Our generation despises the shah and the mullahs. This is our slogan, and it is being shouted all over Iran.

Let them censor the Iranian resistance. But they will never deceive us, the youth. This time, history will be written by the PMOI and the Iranian youth. We will not allow another coup d’etat like during the Shah’s rule, with the leadership of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.

We, the youth, have chosen to struggle and stand against the regime with more fervor, and we reject this regime in its totality and any kind of dictatorship.

Our choice is a real alternative, which has a program. The youth who are sacrificing their lives in Iran will not compromise with the regime. It is people like the son of the former shah that are preserving the regime. The path of the Iranian resistance is difficult. You must make personal sacrifices. You cannot live with billions of dollars that your father has stolen from the Iranian people and try to suddenly hijack the leadership of this movement for which the people have made so many sacrifices.

With the leadership of Mrs. Rajavi and with the resistance units, Iran’s democratic revolution will achieve its goals.