Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the Iranian Resistance, traveled to Strasburg on Monday Oct. 1st for an official visit on the invitation of Christian Democrat Parties group and European people parties in the Parliamentarian Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Lord Russell-Johnston, Former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, welcomed Mrs. Rajavi and appreciated her efforts for establishing freedom and democracy in Iran.
Mrs. Rajavi said in her speech: ’Today we are meeting at a very dangerous crossroad. A year ago, I said in this same building that the world is at a dangerous crossroad. At the same time I said that the threat of Iranian regime’s meddling and terrorism in Iraq is a hundred times more dangerous than its nuclear, and I warned against the regime’s efforts for export of terrorism, fundamentalism and crisis to the whole region. Today I want to tell you that the situation has got much more momentous. Iraq is already occupied unofficially by the mullahs.
The situation in the whole region is critical,
The Iranian regime is at the heart of this current crisis that warmongering in Lebanon, fomenting turmoil in Palestine and the expansion of terrorism in Afghanistan is part of it.
These are all connected links of a single strategy.’
On the same day, Mrs. Rajavi addressed the European countries in a press conference in the EC Parliamentarian Council.
In the beginning of the conference, Lord Russell-Johnston, Former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, who headed the conference, welcomed Mrs. Rajavi to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and said: I am very happy that Mrs. Rajavi is visiting the Council of Europe for the second time. Mrs. Rajavi has a lot to say about her country to this parliament, and is doing a lot of activities for releasing her country from the religious dictatorship. I am deeply impressed by the struggle and the values she represents.
Mrs. Rajavi appreciated the invitation by the Parliamentarian Assembly and the assertions of representatives and prominent political figures for their support of democracy and freedom of the Iranian people. In part of her speeches, she said:
’Now there is a moment of choice. International community must make its choice. Today, the world is at a dangerous crossroad: The prospect of a religious dictatorship going nuclear, and prospect of another destructive war in the region. Today, the mullahs are at the heart of this crisis
’You do not have to choose between two catastrophic options. Foreign Military intervention is not the solution to the Iranian crisis and on the other hand, continuing the negotiations with the mullahs only gives them the opportunity to acquire nuclear bomb.
’European countries must put an end to the policy of appeasement and stand by the Iranian people and the desire to establish democracy in Iran. The people of Iran want regime change; this desire must be respected.’

Baroness Knight, member of British House of Lords, said: Not only this is not a pride for me, but a shame that while my country is fully aware of the situation of the Iranian regime, still continues appeasement policy with it. They have put the Iranian Resistance in the terror list and this is disgusting.

Mr. Messer Schmidt, the member of Danish parliament, said: Observing what is going on in Iran reminds me of Churchill’s words when he told Chamberlain: “Seeking for peace, you started appeasement policy, but you will gain war instead.”