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Iranians mark the nationwide Nov 2019 protests & netizens are holding an online event focusing on:

-Iranians' drive for regime change
-holding regime leaders accountable for their crimes against humanity

#Iran
#WeStand4FreeIran
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"We have witnessed the regime’s crimes against its own people & its int'l terror schemes... #Iran’s shuts down the internet & access to info to keep Iranians in the dark," said former Columbian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.
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"We need to work for democracy in #Iran. We need change, a standard democracy. In different cities, people are rising up and saying it’s enough. It’s time for Sweden to support Iranian democracy," said Swedish MP Magnus Oscarsson.
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"The UK must also take the lead in Europe to increase pressure on the regime in Iran through punitive measures & proscribing the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in its entirety," said British MP Theresa Villiers.
#Iran
#WeStand4FreeIran
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"The November 2019 uprising was rebellion against religious fascism in #Iran. Protesters knew they will neither have freedom nor decent livelihoods as long as the regime is in power," said Behrouz Maghsoudi of the Iranian Youths Association in Norway.
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"The message of the uprising was that #Iran's regime must go & is on the verge of collapse. The regime’s tactics of terrorism & repression to scare the people is no longer effective," said Dr. Ramesh Seperad of George Mason University.
#WeStand4FreeIran
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"The main strategy for change in Iran lies in disbanding the IRGC, not working with them as some have proposed," said Omid Behrooz, spokesperson of Iranian associations in Norway.
#Iran
#WeStand4FreeIran
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"A democratic future for Iran is closer today than ever before. Please know that freedom-loving people the world over all stand with you," said Mitchell Reiss, former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Dept.
#Iran
#WeStand4FreeIran
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"The people of #Iran have turned to the international community to boycott the regime. The NCRI led by Maryam Rajavi is the Iranian people’s opposition to the current regime," said Princess Zamaa Swazi Dlamini-Mandela of South Africa.
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"The world needs to come together and dedicate ourselves to enable the citizens of #Iran to achieve a free Iran," said Theresa Payton, former White House Chief Information Officer.
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"To the people of #Iran, your victory will be cherished and your path will be followed. You are the future of Iran and you will prevail," said Belgian Senator Else Ampe.
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"I think it is shameful to try to legitimize [#Iran's] regime. History has shown that dictatorships can never outlast the desire of the people who want to be free," said Norwegian MP Geir Sigbjorn Toskedal.
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"We Iranian youth despise appeasement & appeasers who stand with #Iran's regime & don’t recognize our people’s rights," said Neda Amani, women's football team coach in Switzerland.
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"One regime official said, 'Only god saved us.' Our final word with the criminals ruling #Iran is, God didn’t save you. Satan did. This time around not even Satan will save you," said Ali Fatemi, President of Iranian Youth Association of Luxembourg.
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"In 2017, #Iran’s students targeted by the regime’s reformism propaganda chanted, 'Reformists, principalists, Game Over!” said Amir Seifi from the Iranian community of Ireland.
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"#Iran's regime uses terrorism to suppress the resistance and dissidents. We need to open our eyes to the use of Iranian cultural institutions and diplomatic facilities for terrorism," said German MP Martin Patzelt.
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"The reason for #Iran's behavior is a weak behavior by the European Union. The EU must ask the regime why one of its diplomats was involved in a terror attempt," said Italian Senator Roberto Rampi.
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"#Iran lies about the numbers of coronavirus casualties because it fears further protests. Last year, the regime killed 1,500 protesters. An independent fact-finding mission must investigate," said former Finish MP Kimmo Sassi.
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"#Iran has thousands of people who have been imprisoned and are suffering torture. We can’t remain silent on this," said San Marino MP Marica Montemaggi.
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"We are very worried about the situation of prisoners, including the tortures and conditions they are enduring, as well as the executions that are taking place," said Italian MP Chiara Gribaudo.
#WeStand4FreeIran
#Iran
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"Instead of economic relations with #Iran to the benefit of the IRGC, the West must designate the IRGC & MOIS as terror orgs & shut down the regime’s embassies," said Elaheh Zabihian from the Iranian community in the UK.
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"This shows how much the regime fears the power of the youth. They are the ones who are constituting the Resistance Units," said Hasti Hesami, Medical Dosimetrist representing the Iranian American Community of North Texas.
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"There has been an ongoing struggle for freedom in #Iran for 40 years. The work you are doing is very important. Keep up the spirit & the good work. We all have to stand up for democracy & human rights," said Danish MP Uffe Elbaek.
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"Millions of people in #Iran are raising their voice for justice and freedom. We must support their desires and be their voice," said Jonathan de Patoul, Member of the Brussels Francophone Parliament.
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"#Iran’s youth should not be in jail and not know if they will survive the next day. It’s time for all of us to raise our voice in solidarity with the people of Iran," said Hoda Imad, central board member of AUF.
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"We hope to put an end to the tyranny of the Iranian regime. We express our solidarity and welcome the youth. They are our hope for change during times like these," said Andrea Gavazza, a mayor in Italy.
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"I support your fight for democracy, especially the democratic youth of #Iran who are building the future of their country. Democracy will never be given as a gift & we must defend it," said Mario Barbaro of the Italian Radical Party.
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"My uncle Younes was executed with 30,000 other political prisoners. The blood of those martyrs came to life in the 2019 uprising," said Parsa Zolfaghari, member of the Iranian Youth Association in Switzerland.
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"We will never forget those who laid their lives for freedom... The regime knows that while there are brave youths in Shiraz & other cities in #Iran, it has no future," Pegah Jahanmiri of the Iranian youths in Germany.
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"#Iran's regime can’t prevent the uprisings no matter what. The 2019 uprising was very huge. The repression was much more brutal, but the regime could not stop the youth," said Maryam Khalaghdoost, from the Iranian youths in Austria.
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"More uprisings are on the way and the regime is afraid. We tell the mullahs you are right to be afraid and you should fear even more," said Vida Amani of the Iranian youths in Switzerland.
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"This regime has no future other than being overthrown. The mullahs’ own media are warning about a flood that will wash away the regime," said Samira Ardalan of the Iranian Democratic Youths Association in Italy.
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"The [November 2019] uprising took over all of the country. The mullahs responded with bullets. The youth resisted and sacrificed their lives for their struggle," said Sara Ehsani from the Iranian Youths Association in Norway.
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"The only way they could stop the 2019 protests was through brutally gunning down protesters. They know that they can’t escape their overthrow," said Arezu Eshraghi, Director of the Iranian Women Association in the UK.
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"The regime’s lobbyists will do whatever they can to throw a lifeline to the regime. They try to discredit the Iranian opposition," said Aidin Saidian, from the Iranian Youths Association in the U.S.
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"Marking the 2019 protests, we pledge our support for all who have lost their loved ones & commit to continue our struggle for a bright future for the people of #Iran," said Maryam Sadeghpour of the Iranian Women Assoc. in Australia.
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"The Iranian regime is long overdue. A leader that is not elected has no place in #Iran," says Ali Pahlavan from the Iranian Community of Sweden.
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"#Iran has large oil and gas reserves and can be one of the richest countries on the planet. However, it is torn apart by poverty," says Fouad Eini from the Iranian Community of Sweden.
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Read this tweet & watch the video to the end.
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Periodic reminder of the disastrous Obama/Biden era that gave us eight years of appeasement & weakness.

Iranian MP Alireza Zakani says the Obama administration gave #Iran's regime $1.7 billion in unmarked cash, with $400 million in suitcases.
2)
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What do I remember from the Obama/Biden era?

"the Obama administration derailed an ambitious law enforcement campaign targeting drug trafficking by the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah"
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