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by OIAC      |     October 5, 2024

On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, thousands of Iranian Americans and their supporters from across 40 U.S. states held a large rally outside the U.N. headquarters in New York City to call on the international community to stand with the Iranian people and recognize their right to overthrow the clerical regime.

The large-scale gathering denounced Iran regime president Masoud Pezeshkian’s presence at the U.N. and expressed support for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Participants also commemorated the 2022 uprising and called for regime officials to be held accountable for massacre and genocide in Iran. The rally capped a week-long campaign in New York which also featured moving photo exhibitions, picket lines, media interviews, and candle light vigils.

Mrs. Sona Samsami, the NCRI U.S. Representative read a powerful message from NCRI President Elect Mrs. Mayram Rajavi.
In a video message, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) expressed solidarity with the Iranian people and their ongoing resistance to overthrow the clerical regime in Iran.

Ambassador Sam Brownback who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom (2018-2021) and was two-term governor of Kansas as well as a U.S. Senator, addressed the rally.

In his speech, Mr. Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law Professor, Legal scholar, attorney, and author; called on the international community to hold Tehran accountable for its terrorism and rights violations.

Ambassador Marc Ginsberg (Former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco under President Bill Clinton, 1994-1997) also addressed the rally, urging a firm U.S. policy towards Iran. Other speakers included a healthcare professional who recently escaped the regime in Iran, had an active role in in the 2022-2023 nationwide protests, and also treated injured pro-democracy protesters during the uprising.

Delegations of Iranian American women, youth, university students, family members of those executed by the Iranian regime, and former political prisoners also addressed the rally.

Rally participants express support for the Iranian Resistance’s President-elect, Maryam Rajavi, and her Ten-Point platform for a democratic, non-nuclear republic in Iran.

Dozens of media outlets, including the NYTPoliticoABCNBC NewsFox NewsAssociated PressAP PhotoReutersReuters TVFox and FriendsVoice of AmericaNew York 1SIPA,…, with many outlets reporting about the rally’s denunciation of Pezeshkian, the desire of the Iranian people for complete regime change, as well its support for the Iran’s main opposition (the National Council of Resistance of Iran).
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