Thursday, July 14, 2016

Amb. Blackwell: Let's work together for a free Iran

NCRI - At a conference to discuss a solution to the crisis in the Middle East, American politician and activist, Kenneth Blackwell assessed that those in the Western world had a responsibility to take a bipartisan approach and amplify the disenfranchised voices of the Iranian Resistance.
 He highlighted the oppression faced by political dissidents, religious minorities, and women by the Iranian regime. He said that the U.S.'s foreign policy must amplify the voice inside and outside of Iran, especially those who have suffered the cruelty of the regime. Speaking at a round-table on July 8 in Paris, a day before the major "#FreeIran" rally was held Amb. Blackwell said: "I would suggest to you that is going to take the same sort of bipartisanship and consensus-building and resolv to win in our struggle against that regime. 
" He said that members of the main Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Orgazation of Iran (PMOI or MEK ) in Camp Liberty, Iraq, represented so much more than just the residents of the particular camp, but the whole resistance movement. 
Mr. Blackwell is a forner U.S. Ambassador to the #UnitedNations #HumanRights Commission.