In his speech to some 100,000 Iranians who had gathered in Paris to stand for a free Iran, undersecretary P.J. Crowley told the audience, “For many years those of us here on stage have been coming here to show our solidarity for the people of Camp Ashraf and Liberty. The recent rocket attack in Baghdad just reminds us of the urgency of moving them to safety. When we are here next year in Paris, we can celebrate the fact that all of the residents, will finally be out of harm’s way God bless Albania.
As the existing order disintegrates, putting the Middle East back together again will be the work of a generation. But just when we think there is no hope for the region, we return to Paris. When we wonder where we’re going to get the energy to rebuild the Middle East, we return to Paris. When we wonder where we’re going to get the ideas to build the Middle East back better, we return to Paris. We return to you!
 
The future will reward those who govern based on not what they are trying to prevent, but what they are trying to build, based on the foundation that is here in Paris, the ideas that you have embraced, the determination and inspiration that you have shown to see this struggle through to the end.
Iran will rise again as a country to be admired, not feared; as a country to be supported, not contained; as a country that unites, not divide the region; as a country that believes that the people, that you, should be empowered, not oppressed. We support you and let me assure you, you inspire us.”