Spring of freedom

A delegation consists of 2 MEPs and the former chair of European Parliament’s official Delegation for Relations with Iraq meet with Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the Iranian opposition On Sunday, Mrs.  Maryam Rajavi , President-elect of  the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) , met with a delegation of Members of European Parliament (MEPs) in Tirana to discuss Ashraf 3, the MEK camp in Albania. They also discussed the ongoing protests in Iran.   YouTube   ‎@YouTube Maryam Rajavi ✔ @Maryam_Rajavi Maryam Rajavi, MEPs meet and hold talks # FreeIran2018 # Iran https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=Cb6VOW I0o7k  … 386 7:58 PM - Nov 26, 2018 433 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Members of the delegation included Tunne Kelam, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Vice Chair of Friends of a Free Iran inter-parliamentary group, Jaromir Stetina, m...

The European Union is distancing from Iran’s regime  Warsaw will be hosting an international conference in the middle of February and the Iranian regime is already expressing deep concerns in this regard. The state-run “Iranian Diplomacy” website writes about a wave of different blows inflicted upon Tehran’s mullahs, especially their policy of warmongering and terrorism across the region. “The expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Tirana (capital of Albania); the anti-[Iranian regime] conference in Warsaw scheduled for February 13-14 parallel to the recent Iranophobia in Denmark and the Netherlands; Vienna refusing to host the ‘special purpose vehicle’ office, the recent sanctions imposed by the Green Continent against Iran; and the European Union’s simultaneous efforts to pursue activities aimed at launching the SPV, all render complicated circumstances and even contradicting behavior by the Europeans vis-à-vis Iran.” Jahan-e Sanat,  another state-run newspaper in I...

The 'Ashraf 3' Conference in Albania, on 25 November 2018. [Handout photo] Jaromír Štětina MEP, is a Czech journalist, writer and politician. He was a war correspondent for the conflict areas of the former Soviet Union. He is currently Vice-Chair of Subcommittee on Security and Defence in the European Parliament Last week, together with colleague MEP Tunne Kelam, and former MEP Struan Stevenson,  I visited “Ashraf 3”  the new site of the Iranian democratic opposition PMOI (MEK) in Albania outside Tirana. This visit was truly an inspiring journey and an eye-opener to how misinformation and fake news can deceive the general public about the reality when states like Iran use their vast financial resources to divert the truth. Nearly 3000 members of Iranian democratic opposition, many of whom have dedicated their entire lives to establish freedom and democracy in their country, are residing in Ashraf 3. As a war journalist covering various conflict zones in Europe a...