Spring of freedom

Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich   Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich issued a statement in support of a Washington Times article written by Governor Tom Ridge, the first US Homeland Security Secretary. The article is titled, “Yes, the Iran regime has a viable alternative.” “Yes, I too, assert that the Iranian regime has a viable alternative,” Mr. Gingrich said in his statement. Tom Ridge, the first United States Homeland Security Secretary, described the recent devastating floods engulfing 27 out of 31 provinces as a damning indictment of the mullahs for their 40 years of mismanagement, incompetence and the looting of Iran’s national wealth. “It is not a moderate regime; it is a ruthless, violent, totalitarian and incompetent regime. But there is an alternative, a better way, a new way: The NCRI, led by Madame Rajavi, who has been working toward a free, prosperous and non-nuclear Iran with an excellent culture and history and a viable population that could joi...

In a meeting in Paris, Jan. 19, 2018, former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich expressed his support for the Iranian people’s uprising and for the organized resistance under the NCRI The prominent Republican and former presidential candidate was addressing a meeting with representatives of Iranian communities from Europe, which was held at the  NCRI  ’s headquarters in a northern suburb of Paris. Maryam Rajavi  , the President-elect of the NCRI, addressed the meeting, titled “Regime change in Iran.” The meeting took place in the wake of a popular uprising that erupted in Iran on December 28. According to the network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), the NCRI’s main constituent group, the protests rapidly spread to 142 cities across the country. The MEK network reported that some 50 protesters were killed and at least 8,000 were detained. A growing number of are found to have been tortured to death. In his speech on January 9, Iran’s Supreme ...