The book discusses contemporary Iranian history and how the Pahlavi dictatorship assisted the ruling theocracy in appropriating the 1979 anti-monarchic revolution. Members of the Iranian diaspora and several British lawmakers attended the book-release event.
On Thursday, February 23, the Rt. Hon. David Jones MP, former Minister for Wales and Brexit and President of the British Committee for Iran Freedom, and Bob Blackman MP traveled to Ashraf 3 in Albania and met with Iranian opposition President-elect Maryam Rajavi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), to discuss the transfer of sovereignty to the Iranian people.
The rally in Munich was attended by German and Iranian participants, as well as Jan Piere Brard, a former mayor and former member of the French National Assembly who welcomed attendees on behalf of the French Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran.
Among them are Samaneh Asghari, a children’s rights activist and industrial engineering student at Kharazmi University who has been detained since October 11, 2022. Asghari was first held at Ward 209 of Evin Prison before being transferred to Qarchak Prison, where she remains in custody.
He expressed his support for the ongoing Iranian uprising that has been demanding freedom, democracy, rule of law, equality, separation of state and religion, and a democratic republic for over five months. Mr. Dautzenberg condemned the inhuman policies of the Iranian government and its use of brutal force against demonstrators, including women and children.
During his speech, Mr. Święcicki emphasized the need to stand in solidarity with the Iranian Resistance and the Iranian people’s struggle for democracy and human rights. He argued against the idea of restoring the monarchy represented by Reza Pahlavi and supported the Iranian people’s demand for a democratic republic.
Workers who have not received paychecks for months and retirees who are demanding their overdue pensions are among those taking to the streets. The demonstrations have expanded to at least 282 cities and have been ongoing for 160 days. According to sources from the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), over 750 people have been killed, and more than 30,000 have been arrested by the regime’s forces.
The Intelligence and Security Organization of the Country, AKA by its Persian abbreviation of SAVAK, was founded on March 20, 1957, as Shah’s secret police. SAVAK was Shah’s security “achievement” following the 1953 coup against the nationalist government of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh.
The group has threatened to spread the poisoning of girls to schools across Iran if girls’ schools are not shut down. Fadayeen-e Velayat has previously carried out attacks under the orders of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the mullahs’ supreme leader.
The attendees claimed that they were seeking a secular and democratic society in Iran, but their true intentions were brought to light through the posters they carried. The crowd carried a portrait of Reza Pahlavi and a picture of Parviz Sabeti, the former head of the Internal Security Division of the SAVAK, Shah’s secret police.
