Spring of freedom

Maryam Rajavi   In her  Christmas and New Year message , the Iranian Resistance President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi hailed all the Iranian Christians and greeted them for a happy and prosperous new year 2019. Mrs. Rajavi addressed the suffering Christians of  Iran , and all followers of Jesus Christ around the world, by saying: “My greetings for Christmas, on the birth of Jesus Christ, son of Mary, the great prophet of God. And I bow before the Virgin Mary, the eternal example of innocence and purity. The birthday of Jesus Christ is a jubilant celebration for the enchained humanity that yearns for emancipation and fraternity. He was the messenger of compassion and friendship. He used to say, “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25: 35-40) Christ set a tradition that showed men that they could be privileged by sacrificing for others. He said, “Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has n...

Under scrutiny. The conference room of the Zahra Centre, the headquarters of a Shia association in northern France, after it was raided by 200 policemen, on October 2. (AFP) There was a time Iran systematically assassinated Iranian opposition members in Europe. Some of the more prominent assassinations of the 1980s and early 1990s were: Shahriar Shafiq, the shah’s nephew; General Gholam-Ali Oveissi; former Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar; regime critic Reza Mazlouman in France; Iranian Kurdish opposition leaders in Austria and Germany and Kazem Rajavi, representative of the People’s Mujahideen of Iran (MEK) to the United Nations in Switzerland. The practice of assassinating opponents abroad ended in the 1990s when the regime in Tehran tried to gain respectability and international acceptance. There are signs, however, that Iran is turning the clock back to the bad old days. The first ominous sign appeared in July when the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service confirm...