Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi condemns Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack

The President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a coalition of organizations opposing the rule of the clerical regime in Iran has ‘strongly condemned the ruthless terrorist attack’ in Paris on Wednesday that killed 12 people.

Masked gunmen stormed the offices of a satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in the city, killing 12 people, including the paper’s editor and a cartoonist, before escaping in a getaway car.

According to a statement published by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, Maryam Rajavi “offered her condolences to the bereaved families of the victims of this tragedy and to the people and the Government of France,”

“Mrs. Rajavi emphasized, the Iranian people and their Resistance stand with the people of France and the aggrieved families of the victims of this heinous crime.”

The attack is considered France’s deadliest terror attack in at least two decades.

World leaders including President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the attack.