A memorial ceremony for the late Lord Russell-Johnston was held at the residence of Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the Iranian Resistance, in Auvers-sur-Oise, north of Paris. Participants, including British parliamentarians, French dignitaries and many other French and Iranians expressed condolences to members of Lord Russell-Johnston's family in this ceremony. In a speech, Mrs. Rajavi paid tribute to this great friend of the Iranian Resistance.

The Press Association, 5 August 2008 - A memorial service for the Liberal Democrat peer Lord Russell-Johnston has taken place in Paris.Family and friends paid tribute to the pro-European former MP at the service in the French capital, where he died last month.

His wife, Lady Joan Johnston and his three sons, Graham, David and Andrew, all attended the ceremony.

Reuters, Paris, 5 August - Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, speaks during a memorial ceremony for Lord Russell-Johnston, a former Scottish Liberal leader, at the headquarters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in a suburb of Paris August 4, 2008. Lord Russell-Johnston died in Paris on July 27, 2008, on the eve of his 76th birthday.

Following Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, trip to Italy, the mullahs' regime frantically attacked the Italian lawmakers for inviting her. Revolutionary Guards' commander, Hossein Shariatmadari, mullahs' Supreme leader Ali Khamenei's representative in the official daily Kayhan showed the most hysterical reaction when he called the members of the Italian parliament "Mafioso Italian regime."

The mullahs' regime will hang a number of political prisoners among the announced 30 death row inmates scheduled for execution on Sunday. These political prisoners were arrested in the course of last summer's fuel uprisings in Iran. The ruling religious fascism will execute them as "thugs" on July 27.

Mrs. Rajavi called for referral of the clerical regime’s human rights dossier to the Security Council and an end to prisoners’ executions

The prosecutor general of Tehran on Friday announced, "Thirty convicts and thugs in the capital will be executed Sunday morning July 27, 2008."

Media Fax,24 July 2008 - Exiled Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi, president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gives a press conference at Italian Parliament in Rome on July 23, 2008. Rajavi's group is a coalition of which the armed opposition People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) is a member.  

Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, held a press conference on Wednesday in the Parliament of Italy. Following is the full text of her presentation:

Rome, 23 July (AKI) - A leading Iranian dissident, Maryam Rajavi, said on Wednesday that the international community must support Iran's resistance movement if it wants to deal with the country's nuclear programme.