2005 National Convention for a Democratic, Secular Republic in Iran
Date: April 14, 2005

 Place: DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

 

With special thanks to the  attendees, delegates and to everyone who  made this event a success. 

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FOR A DEMOCRATIC, SECULAR, REPUBLIC IN IRAN
 

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Past and present U.S. government officials, members of Congress, Iran experts, European parliamentarians and religious leaders, women and human rights activists are invited to attend and address the convention. The convention will also feature short films on the century-long struggle of the Iranian people for democracy and a representative government.  Iranian, American and international artists will perform. A symbolic stage drama on the state of human rights will be presented as well.

 

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BUILDING TRUST

To gain the trust of Iranian people, we must adopt a sincere policy devoid of any obstacles for the Iranian Resistance. Rejecting appeasement is indispensable to the policy towards Tehran.

 

To gain the support of Americans, President Bush must work to adopt a firm policy in dealing Tehran’s nuclear and terrorism threat.

 

To achieve a real solution, America must support a third option, which is to allow the Iranian people and Resistance change the regime in Tehran.

"And to the Iranian people, I say tonight: as you stand for your own liberty, America stands with you." President George W. Bush State of the Union Address February 2005

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr.
May 1963
"We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others."

John F. Kennedy

May 1961

"The right of freedom and the responsibility to exercise of that right cannot be divorced."

Theodore Roosevelt

December 1904

"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object."

Thomas Jefferson

March 1801

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

George Washington
 March 1788

" I have come here today to say that there is a third option: Change brought about by the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance".  

Maryam Rajavi

Addressing European Parliament

December 2004

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