A bi-partisan congressional delegation from the House Foreign Affairs Committee led by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, chair of the subcommittee on Europe met with Maryam Rajavi, at Paris.
The delegation included Judge Ted Poe (R-TX), chair of the subcommittee on Terrorism, non-proliferation, and Trade, Brian Higgins (D-NY), HFAC member and ranking member of the subcommittee of Counterterrorism and Intelligence of the Homeland Security Committee, and Congressman Paul Cook (R-CA).
The delegation discussed ways to counter the threat posed by the Iranian regime to global peace and security, failure of the nuclear talks to contain the nuclear weapons program of Iran, severe violation of human rights in Iran, the increasing threat to the security and well-being of the Iranian dissident members of Mujahedin-e Khalq in Camp Liberty, Iraq, the rise in the number of executions and the mounting discontent in Iran, and what the United States should do to address these pressing issues. The delegation emphasized the following points:

Conference emphasized need to adopt a resolute policy toward clerical regime, recognition of Iranian Resistance, support for the 10-point platform of Mrs. Rajavi, and return of Liberty residents to Ashraf
Maryam Rajavi.

•    The Iranian regime has lost its pillars and consumed its reserves, and has entered its final phase.
•    Combating fundamentalism and terrorism is not possible without confronting its epicenter in Tehran and presenting a democratic Islam as what the Mojahedin introduce.

On Saturday, February 2, on the eve of the thirty-fourth anniversary of the Anti-Monarchy revolution in Iran, on the invitation of the French Committee for a Free Iran, an international conference was held in Paris, titled “Anniversary of Revolution, Change in 2013”, where many prominent dignitaries from France, Europe, United States and parliamentary delegations from Egypt, Spain, Czech Republic and Estonia participated and offered speeches.

Maryam Rajavi: I hope the French government stands against mullahs’ dictatorship and leads the policy of change in Iran and bringing about freedom in this country
•    In a declaration signed by 3000 French Mayors and Elected Representatives, Jean-Pierre Béquet urged the French government to recognize Iranian Resistance and support the 10 point program of Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance
•    More than 60 French mayors and elected representatives participated in this ceremony

On January 13th a grand session was held in Auver-sur-Oise, near Paris , with more than a thousand elected representatives, mayors and residents of Val-d’Oise province participating. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, congratulated the people of France, especially supporters of the Iranian Resistance in this country, on the New Year. Dominique Lefebvre, Member of Parliament; Jean-Pierre Béquet, Mayor of Auvers-sur-Oise; Jean-Paul Jeandon, Mayor of Cergy; Gilbert Marsac, Mayor of Jouy-le-Moutier; Jean-Pierre Muller, Mayor of Magny-en-Vexin and Michel Valade, Mayor of Pierrelaye were among the speakers in this event.
Mrs. Rajavi, the keynote speaker in the event, briefly reviewed the successes of the Resistance in 2012, including the Iranian Resistance removal from the blacklists of the United States and Canada.
“We begin 2013 with many hopes, and all are in reach. The time has come to deliver the final blow to fundamentalism in Iran.

During the visit of Mr. Patrick Kennedy from Auvers-sur-Oise, Mrs. Radajvi addressed a brief speech hommaging him in front of sympathisers of the Iraninan resistace:
 
Dear Congressman Patrick Kennedy,
I am honored to welcome you, I welcome you on behalf of all members of the Iranian resistance and in particular the residents of Ashraf and Liberty.
They send their greetings to you they feel that you are standing close to them and they ar

 e proud of having a friend like you.As you know, the Iranian resistance is under the most brutal suppression of the mullahs.
Ashraf and Liberty residents are not only facing inhumane pressures, loss of their lives under the attacks
by the Iraqi government or trampling of their freedoms.
But, they are also facing a disinformation and demonization campaign.
Listing MEK in the United States is an open injustice against the MEK.

 Violating the commitments of the US for protection of Ashraf was another injustice.
And finally, pressures by the US administration to evacuate Ashraf without ensuring the minimum requirements
is another injustice.

But these do not represent the United States for the Iranian people.
The truth is, under all these pressures, the friendship of men like Patrick with such principles and affection encourages our Resistance and gives us strength.
You have proven that one can combine politics with ethics and morality.
We believe in tomorrow.
We believe in freedom and the victory of freedom.
Future will show that we have been on the right path and we will prevail.
Thank you for your presence today.