No 263 News Bulletin of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran 24 MARCH 2008 e Ir an ia n New Year wa s ce le br ated wi th Mrs. Ma rya m Rajavi, Pre side nt -elect of the Iranian Resistance, at her residence in Auv ers-sur-Oise, northwest of Paris on ursday , March 20. Hundreds of members and supporters of the Resistance took part in the event and many local residents joined them to express their well wishes to Mrs. Rajavi and her movement in the NewY ear. In a message to the nation which was b roadcast live to Iran via satellite, Mrs. Rajavi hailed Iranians for their continued protests throughout the year and enumerated achievements of the Resistance. T he following are excerpts from Mrs. Rajavi’ s New Year message: Last year was truly one of advancement and pride for the Iranian people’s Resistance on the one hand, and weakening and flagging for the mullahs’ regime, on the other, which is indicative of the beginning of its implosion and ultimate overthrow. Last year witnessed an unrelenting cycle ofprotests and demonstrations across our enchained nat ion . ese pro tes ts wer e exa cer bat ed by those surrounding fuel rationing, and their flames engulfed the country’s neighborhoods, cities, universities and factories, where people chanted the slogans heard in Ashraf City: “We are the men and women of resistance. Fight and we w il l fi g ht to th e en d, ” “W e wi ll stand , ch ant, an d fight unti l th e en d, ” an d “Free do m is our inalienable right. ” For the mullahs, last year ended as bitterlyas it had begun, with UN Security Council resolutions 1747 and 1803. e mulla hs tried their utmost to prevent the passage of the resolutions, ranging from taking British sailors hostage to deceiving US intelligence agencies about their clandestine nuclear program. But, those plots failed. In reality, it was the Iranian Resistance, which did not allow the mullahs to achieve their ends. It exposed the mullahs’ plans through a groundbreaking revelation, dealing a crushing blow to the religious fascism’s malevolent plans CELEBRATING NOWROUZ, IRANIAN NEW YEAR Resistance advances, mullahs reach impasse , appeasement and concessions fail Maryam Rajavi’s New Year message Iranians defy mullahs, mark Festival of Fire On page 4 B ritish MPs and Peers at a conference in the House of Commons on March 11 urged the Government to comply with a High Court decision to remove the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) from its list of banned organisations. Speakers included Lord Corbett of Castle Vale, Chairman ofthe British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom; Rt. Hon. Lord Waddington QC, former UK Home Secretary; Brian BinleyMPs, Peers demand UK government obey the law, remove PMOI from terror list From left: Baroness Verma, Brian Binley, Lord Waddington, Lord Corbett, Hossein Abedini, Baroness Turnerand Lord ArcherMP (Con); Baroness Verma; David Drew MP (Lab); Roger Gale MP (Con); Baroness Turner of Camden; Rt. Hon. Lord Archer of Sandwell QC, former UK Solicitor-General; Lord Clarke of Hampstead; Baroness Blood; Baroness Knight of Collingtree; Masoud Zabeti of the Committee of Anglo-Iranian Lawyers and Hossein Abedini of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. e Br it is h Par li amenta ry Committee for Continued on page 2Continued on page 3
