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MEDIA ADVISORY: DC Rally to Denounce Iran’s Sham Election and Its Leading Contender, Join Boycott

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:01:08 +0000

WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday June 18, 2021, simultaneous with Iran’s rigged presidential election, the Iranian diaspora of the DC area will hold a rally to join the Iranian people’s all-out boycott of the electoral farce and denounce the clerical dictatorship’s pre-determined victor, Ebrahim Raisi.

Some families of victims of Raisi’s atrocities will be attending the Friday rally. Nicknamed “The Henchman,” he is responsible for the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners.

Raisi also had a key role in the massacre of 1,500 peaceful protesters during the 2019 nationwide uprising.

The regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has fixed the outcome so that Raisi will be declared president. For the clerics in Iran, holding elections’ sole purpose is to give a veneer of legitimacy and republicanism to an otherwise ruthless totalitarian theocracy.

The people of Iran are calling on Washington to hold this regime accountable for its crimes against humanity. In recent weeks, they have been clear with their message in public gatherings and on social media, declaring “my vote is regime change.”

DATE: Friday, June 18, 2021

TIME: 12:00-4:00 p.m. (EDT)

LOCATION: Iran’s Regime Interest Section

1250 23rd St. NW, Washington DC, 20037

MEDIA CONTACT: Phillip Choobin, (202) 257-1605, IacVAorg@gmail.com

#NoImpunity4Mullahs #RaisiMassMurderer #MyVoteRegimeChange

The Iranian American Community of Virginia (IAC-VA) advocates for a democratic, secular, non-nuclear republic Iran in peace with the global community of nations. IAC-VA supports a free Iran committed to the United Nations Human Rights Charter, respect for human rights, gender equality, as well as religious and ethnic tolerance. IAC-VA honors and supports the Iranian people’s aspiration for democratic change.

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Iranian Americans Welcome Restoration of UN Sanctions, Call for Recognition of Struggle for a Free Iran

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:33:25 +0000

Iranian Americans supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCR) held a rally across from the White House on September 22, 2020.

WASHINGTON, DC, USA, September 25, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — Iranian Americans supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a rally across from the White House on September 22, 2020. The event, live streamed into Iran, declared support for the restoration of all UN sanctions on the regime in Iran, as called by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of NCRI in her speech at European Parliament on February 7, 2015, and asked for recognition of the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom.

The rally also urged a firm policy on Iran in response to a staggering rise in arrests and executions of pro-democracy protesters, as well as terrorism and regional aggression. It called for additional sanctions on “all Iranian regime’s entities and officials involved in the suppression of the Iranian people, export of terrorism abroad, and propaganda to whitewash the regime,” stressing that “the time has come to end impunity for the criminal regime in Iran, and stand with the people of Iran who are protesting for a secular, non-nuclear republic.”

Representatives of the Iranian American Community of Virginia, Ms. Shirin Nariman and Ms. Seema Tabatabaei, addressed the rally which was emceed by Mr. Aref Alvandi, a member of the Iranian American Community of Maryland. Mr. Moslem Eskandar Filabi, former Iranian wrestling champion, three-time heavyweight Olympian, recipient of 17 medals in international games, and Chairman of the Sports Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, also spoke at the rally.

In his opening remarks, Mr. Alvandi said, “We call for imposing additional sanctions on all the Iranian regime’s entities and officials involved in suppression of the Iranian people, export of terrorism abroad, and propaganda to whitewash the regime.”

Keynote speaker Mr. Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director of the US Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI-US), noted that “Since 2015, the Iranian Resistance, on behalf of the people of Iran, has demanded that all six previous UN Security Council resolutions sanctioning the Iranian regime be restored. The Iranian people welcome the reimposition of UN sanctions on the regime.”

Quoting Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI President-elect, Mr. Jafarzadeh said, “Our people do not want uranium enrichment plants; neither do they want a ballistic missile program, nor the regime’s criminal wars in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon.”

In another rally held across from the State Department as the regime’s president, Hassan Rouhani, addressed the UN General Assembly virtually, Iranian community members denounced him as a main culprit in the November 2019 massacre of Iranian protesters and as being directly involved in the regime’s malign activities in Iran and abroad.

NCRI-US Representative Ms. Soona Samsami was the keynote speaker at the afternoon rally. On behalf of the Iranian people, she welcomed the new round of US sanctions on the theocratic regime, adding, “The people of Iran demand accountability for the ruthless rulers of Iran; those who massacred 30,000 political prisoners in 1988; those who assassinated Professor Kazem Rajavi, the champion of human rights, in broad daylight in Geneva in 1990, and so many others who fell victims to the terror machine of the Ayatollahs; and those who massacred 1,500 protesters in the November 2019 uprising.”

“Now that the Iranian people’s uprisings – from December 2017 to November 2019 and January 2020 – have dispelled all illusions about the stability of the clerical regime, we call upon all governments to stand on the side of the people of Iran as they strive for freedom, liberty and prosperity,” she said in closing.

Mr. Kazem Gholami, a renowned international and Iranian wrestling gold medalist, addressed the rally, as did Mr. Amir Bolurchi, a Virginia-based Iran policy analyst. The State Department rally was emceed by Ms. Rahileh Sadeghpour, a member of the Iranian American Community of Virginia.

“We call on the United Nations and the Security Council to compel the mullahs’ regime to admit international delegations to visit Iranian prisons and political prisoners, particularly the detained protesters”, said Ms. Sadeghpour.

Simultaneous with the DC rallies, representatives of the Iranian American Community of New York assembled across from United Nations Headquarter, where they denounced Rouhani as being not the representative of the Iranian people. They also declared that, given over 40 years of executions and massacres of Iranians and region-wide terrorism and aggression, Iran’s UN seat must be taken away from the theocratic dictatorship.

Iranian American Communities of Virginia and Maryland
members of the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC)
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Navid Afkari’s Execution Should Weigh Heavy on Silent Conscious

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 21:47:54 +0000

Statement

Washington, DC; September 12, 2020 – Today, Iranian authorities executed prominent athlete Navid Afkari for taking part in anti-regime protests. In condemning the murder of this bright and innocent man, Iranian Americans in DC metropolitan holds regime’s appeasers, including the Swiss government responsible for enabling such crimes.

Navid was imprisoned and repeatedly tortured for taking part in the 2018 nationwide protests in Iran. His two brothers were also arrested and sentenced to decades in prison for participating.

As the world grapples with how best to address Iran’s nuclear program, OIAC warns against inaction and passive disregard for gross human rights violations in Iran. We particularly condemn European governments for intensifying their so-called diplomatic dialogue with Tehran and view these appeasing measures as a green light to Ayatollahs and facilitators of Navid Akbari’s execution.

We call on the United Nations to appoint a qualified body to investigate ongoing human rights abuses and crimes against humanity, including the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran. Accountability not silence, is in our view the only way to prevent further persecution and execution of the innocents in Iran.

DC-Area Iranians to Rally against Today’s Execution in Iran, Call for Firm Response

WASHINGTON, DC, Sept 12 – DC-area Iranians will gather across from the White House this afternoon, September 12, 2020, at 3:30 pm to condemn today’s execution of Navid Afkari, an Iranian wrestling champion, by the religious dictatorship in Iran and call for prompt and firm international response to this blatant case of injustice and savagery.

Family members of victims of executions and rights violations in Iran will also attend the protest.

DATE & TIME: Today, Saturday, September 12, 2020 – 3:30 pm
LOCATION: Across from the White House (1600 Penn. Ave. NW)
CONTACT: IACVAorg@gmail.com, (202) 505-2840

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Urgent call to stop the bloodshed in Iran

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 21:55:48 +0000

Since November 16th, arrests and killings of protesters continue in Iran. Internet access is resumed with intense state surveillance. The Iranian officials have vowed the harshest treatment of protesters like the mass arrests and executions of the 1980s. Based on the latest information from Iran, more than 500 people have been killed during the ongoing protests, 4,000 wounded, and 10,000 arrested across 182 cities and towns. Iranian American community of greater Washington DC area holds a rally in support of the uprising and defense of protesters in Iran.

DATE: Sunday, December 1, 2019
TIME: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION: The White House, 1600 Penn. Ave., NW, Washington, DC
MEDIA CONTACT: Mrs. Shirin Nariman, (703) 856-2656

#IranProtests #FreeAllProtesters #StopIranBloodshed

The Iranian American Community of Virginia (IAC-VA) advocates for a democratic, secular, non-nuclear republic Iran in peace with the global community of nations. IAC-VA supports a free Iran committed to the United Nations Human Rights Charter, respect for human rights, gender equality, religious and ethnic tolerance, etc. IAC-VA honors and supports the Iranian people’s aspiration for democratic change.
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Rally and call to action in support of the ongoing Iran Protests

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:02:34 +0000

On Sunday, November 24, 2019, the Iranian Americans of greater Washington, D.C. area hold a rally by the White House to support Iran’s uprising and denounce the ongoing massacre of the protesters with the Internet cut off. Based on the latest information from Iran, more than 300 people have been killed during the ongoing protests, 4,000 wounded, and 10,000 arrested across 165 cities and towns.

DATE: Sunday, November 23, 2019
TIME: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION: The White House, 1600 Penn Ave., NW, Washington, DC
MEDIA CONTACT: Mrs. Shirin Nariman, (703) 856-2656

#IranProtests #Internet4Iran

The Iranian American Community of Virginia (IAC-VA) advocates for a democratic, secular, non-nuclear republic Iran in peace with the global community of nations. IAC-VA supports a free Iran committed to the United Nations Human Rights Charter, respect for human rights, gender equality, religious and ethnic tolerance, etc. IAC-VA honors and supports the Iranian people’s aspiration for democratic change.

IacVAorg@gmail.com
www.iac-va.org

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White House Rally to Support Iran’s Rising Protests in Over 75 Cities

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 23:45:40 +0000

MEDIA ADVISORY
NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Washington, DC- Members of the Iranian American communities of DC Metropolitan area will hold a rally across from the White House to declare their full support for the anti-regime protests sweeping Iran, and call on the International community to stand with the people of Iran as they stand for freedom.

WHEN: Sunday, November 17, 2019; 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: The White House, 1600 Penn Ave., NW, Washington, DC
ORGANIZER: Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC)
CONTACT: Dr. Majid Sadeghpour, media@oiac.org; 202-559-9232

BACKGROUND: The latest nationwide anti-regime protests in Iran which began on November 15, has so far reached over 75 cities and continues to grow fiercely. The protests began over government-imposed gas price hikes up to 3 fold, but have quickly become political, targeting the regime’s leadership and its symbols and calling for the change of the regime.
Protesters are chanting: “Khamenei your end is near, be afraid”, “Down with dictators, Down with Khamenei, Down with Rouhani”, “We will stand to the end”, and “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon, we give our lives for Iran.”

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Iranian-American Community of Virginia Endorses Senator Dick Saslaw

Wed, 01 May 2019 21:16:39 +0000

Falls Church, VA – April 30, 2019

The Iranian-American Community of Virginia (IAC-VA), on behalf of our majority members in Virginia’s Senate District 35, is endorsing Senator Dick Saslaw for re-election to the Virginia Senate.

The Community members in District 35 applaud Senator Saslaw’s strong track record, and service to Virginians and are proud to stand with him in his bid for re-election. Over the years, Senator Saslaw’s tireless efforts and fight for investments in public K-12 and higher education has created a strong foundation for Virginia’s growth. Under his leadership and ability to work across the aisle, we have seen improved transportation, a wider social safety net, and a thriving business-friendly climate which has brought thousands of jobs to the area.

Northern Virginians from all walks of life, background, status, heritage and religions have benefited from the inclusive culture Senator Saslaw has fostered in the district. IAC-VA is just one example of such diversity and inclusiveness. Fleeing from the barbaric theocracy in our native land, Iranian-Americans have successfully established themselves in the United States, enjoying professional, scientific, and financial prosperity.

Iranian-Americans have benefited from long held virtues that have been enablers of their success in America and motivates their continued interest in their homeland’s disposition. IAC-VA is a member of a larger Iranian-American network, Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC) that reaches over 40 states across the country. OIAC supports a secular, democratic, non-nuclear republic in Iran. OIAC does not support a foreign war, nor does it support an appeasement policy towards Iran regime.

www.iac-va.org,
1405 S. Fern St. Suite 524 Arlington, Virginia 22202

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