On Saturday 19 April, a ceremony was held in Sorbonne sq. in Paris to commemorate Aime Cesaire, the great poet and pioneer of the black pride movement of France.
A delegation on behalf of the National Council of Resistance of Iran consisting of Dr. Saleh Rajavi, the representative on NCRI in France, Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, NCRI’s Women’s Committee Chair, Mr. Mohammad-Reza Rowhani, chairman of the NCRI Minorities Committee and a number of members and sympathizers of the Iranian resistance participated in this ceremony. The NCRI delegation dedicated bouquets of flowers on behalf of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi to this commemoration ceremony.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi in her message offered her condolences to the people of France, especially the people of Martinique, and all freedom lovers across the world.

It is worth noting that Aime Cesaire, was a friend of the Iranian Resistance. In July 2007, in a statement, he expressed his support for the Iranian Resistance and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, and regarded the democratic change by the Iranian people and Resistance as the only solution to Iran’s problem under the rule of mullahs. In his statement, Aime Cesaire also asked for the removal of the PMOI from the terror list.