APA Staff

Timo Juhani Soini, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland Good evening, everybody and thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to present to you this evening. Ladies and gentlemen, democracy, human rights and basic freedoms are the key pillars of a successful and humane society. I was the

Louis Freeh, former Director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation Thank you very much. It’s a great honor to be with you again at a very important meeting at a very critical time in the struggle for freedom and liberty in Iran. Mrs. Rajavi, congratulations to you again, and thanks for your leadership, your

Garry Kasparov, former World Chess Champion I’m honored to address the Free Iran World Summit today. My sympathies are with the people of Iran living in the regime today, and with Iranians, everyone living with dark memories of oppression and mourning. For all the foreign interference, terror and war caused by the illegitimate Iranian regime,

John Baird, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Thank you. Thank you very much. I am so honored and thrilled to be with you today. Particularly pleased to be joined by two new Canadian colleagues who will speak following my remarks. I’m so pleased to as well join many, many Canadians of Iranian background

Senator Joseph Lieberman, former Member of the US Senate and Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States Thank you, dear friends, Mrs. Rajavi, a great leader, dear friend, greetings to you from not just myself, but my wife Hadassah , who is your wonderful admirer, and to our friends in Ashraf 3 with

Michael Mukasey, former Attorney General of the United States Thank you. Mrs. Rajavi and other freedom fighters in Ashraf in Iran and outside Iran, thank you for allowing me to participate in this important conference and to help bear witness to the fact that the spirit of resistance is not diminished by the desperate flailing

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