Abbe Pierre, expressed support to Iranian Resistance

Abbe Pierre, founder of the Emmaus International aiding the poor and homeless, was warmly received by Mrs. Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran at her residence in Auvers-sur-Oise, north of Paris, on Thursday, October 13.

Abbe Pierre was a member of the French Resistance during World War II and has been a fervent defender of human rights and especially the right to housing which has turned him into one of the most popular personalities in France.

Mrs. Rajavi praised him for his lifetime humanitarian work and expressed her gratitude to his sincere support for Iranian people and their resistance in the past number of years.

She reiterated that he is a symbol of humanity and brotherhood for many around the world, in particular for Iranians and he is fighting for the values that Iranian Resistance has been struggling for.

In his talks, Abbe Pierre reaffirmed his support to the democratic and humanitarian goals of the Iranian Resistance under Mrs. Rajavi’s leadership and expressed his deep concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran.

The founder of Emmaus regretted that horrific crimes in Iran are taking place under the name of religion and god where young people and women are hanged in public.

Addressing the French government, he said that the members of the Iranian Resistance who are victims of the Iranian regime should benefit from the asylum rights and freedom in France and should not be subjected to intimidations in various ways.

Abbe Pierre was alarmed by growing threat of fundamentalism and violence in Iraq and expressed hope that people in Iran and Iraq would gain their freedom soon and live in peace. He also prayed for residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq where members of the PMOI are based and reiterated on their rights to asylum as people who are devoted to freedom and democracy of their nation.

At the end of his meeting in Auvers-sur-Oise, mothers and children of the Resistance’s martyrs expressed their gratitude to Abbe Pierre for his support to Iranian people and presented him with a sculpture depicting the suppression of people in Iran.